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Building Act: public interest or public conflict? The process of creation of the Building Act from the perspective of key stakeholders with focus on care for public interests
Voldřichová, Magdaléna ; Rynda, Ivan (advisor) ; Špecián, Petr (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with the process of preparation of the new Building Act, with regard to negotiation and balancing of public interests, specifically on the protection of nature, landscape, environment and cultural values. The thesis examines both the legislative process of adopting a law and the representation of the specified public interests in it. At the same time, the thesis reflects the outcome of the procedure, respectively whether and how the protection of the above-mentioned public interests will be treated in Act No. 283/2021 Sb. The research is conceived as an explanatory case study aiming not only to understand the phenomenon, but also to thematize the relationships of the involved stakeholders. The key sources of data for the research were written materials and expert interviews. The main finding is that the legislative procedure was legal and in accordance with procedural requirements, despite not fully standard. The legislation is also legitimate, adopted by legitimate political representation with eligible expert backing, and there are mechanisms for the protection of the selected public interests included. Key words: building act, legislation, legislative process, public interests, conflict of interests, decision-making process
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Coaching as a profession: bases for professional ethics of coaching and reflection on selected topics
Červenka Kocourková, Karolína ; Jinek, Jakub (advisor) ; Sousedík, Prokop (referee)
This diploma thesis presents coaching as an independent profession. It shows that it is not just a method of training, counseling or employee management, which would then follow the ethics of the fields in which it is applied, but that coaching is a profession that has its own methodology, research and practice, during which atise a specific ethical issues, and this diploma thesis will focus on selected ones. The first part deals with the issue of the concept of coaching. Based on the definition of coaching and its historical development, it tries to distinguish coaching from psychotherapy, mentoring, counseling and also from sports coaching. It examines the etymology of the word coach, whether there is any more suitable Czech equivalent of this profession designation, which is closely connected primarily with the sports environment. It tries to define the professional base of coaching, to find its position among the helping professions, to show its independence and thus to obtain starting points for future ethical reflections. In the second part of the diploma thesis, the paradigm of the coach- client relationship is determined, the coach's professional competencies and assumptions on the client's side are defined. It also presents ethical issues that are specific to the coaching profession. These...
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Selected matters covered by statutory provisions on shareholders protection as set out in the commercial code
Pokorná, Veronika ; Štenglová, Ivanka (advisor) ; Dvořák, Tomáš (referee) ; Macek, Jiří (referee)
This dissertation looks at selected matters covered by the statutory provisions on the shareholders protection as set out in the Commercial Code. It focuses mainly on the matters contained in Section 196a of the Commercial Code, Section 193 (2) of the Commercial Code, and on the issue of financial assistance. In addition, this dissertation deals with the legal protection of shareholders under the Business Corporations Act which is to take effect on 1 January 2014, and provides a brief outline of how these matters are regulated under certain foreign laws. As well, it provides a comparison with the legal regulations of the European Union. This dissertation is comprised of three sections, each having several parts. The parts are further divided into articles. Section 1 analyses the statutory provisions on the protection of shareholders as given in the Commercial Code, and is divided into four parts. The introduction, given in Part I, focuses on the protection of shareholders under the Commercial Code in the general sense. The remaining three parts concentrate on the above said selected statutory provisions. In each of those three parts, I attempt to discuss the key purpose of the provisions, describe how they developed including respective amendment (novelizations) of the Commercial Code and, in this context,...
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Phenomenon eSports.cz in the Czech media market
Jakubec, Dominik ; Němcová Tejkalová, Alice (advisor) ; Macková, Veronika (referee)
This diploma thesis is a case study focused on the Czech company eSports.cz and its production in the Czech media market. The company is not only responsible for the administration of many sports journalistic websites, its young employees also engage in a PR communication while writing for the official club websites of professional sports organization. This means that many of the beginner sports journalists, who start their careers in eSports.cz, already combine PR communication with journalism, which is considered one of the ethical problems of journalism. The diploma thesis is trying to map the operations of the company in the Czech media field while briefly introducing its history and describing its currently most important projects. The focus will mostly be on the employees of this company, who usually take their first steps in the world of sports journalism while working for eSports.cz. Many of these young journalists later become professional sports journalists or PR employees and often use the experience gained in the company. The case study is attempting to explain the pros and cons of the company's production of future professional journalists by surveying its employees, interviewing current and past employees of the company and representatives of the organizations who cooperate with the...
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The choice of a defence counsel and attorney for a legal entity in criminal proceedings
Hujerová, Věra ; Jelínek, Jiří (advisor) ; Heranová, Simona (referee)
The Master's Thesis deals with the issue of the choice of a defence counsel and attorney for a legal entity in criminal proceedings in the context of the right to a fair trial and the right to defence of a legal entity. Defence of a legal entity in criminal proceedings is exercised by persons authorised to act on its behalf. If those persons find themselves in the incompatible procedural position of an accused, a witness or a victim in the same case, they are excluded by law from all acts on behalf of the legal entity in criminal proceedings on the grounds of a presumption of conflict of interests. The title of the Master's Thesis is based on the conclusions of the case law of the Constitutional Court which case law, in order to preserve the right of defence of a legal entity, also grants a person in an incompatible procedural position of an accused or a witness the right to choose a defence counsel or an attorney for the legal entity, subject to other conditions described in this Master's Thesis. I get focused in the introductory part on the description of the rudiments of criminal liability of legal entities, I mention the legal regulation which is used in the Master's Thesis and I summarize what is its content. Subsequently, I deal with the definition of individual persons authorised to act on...
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The impact of changes in public procurements law on the behaviour of actors
Procházka, Jan ; Ochrana, František (advisor) ; Zápotocká, Veronika (referee)
The goal of this thesis is to contribute to our understanding of the legislative framework governing public procurement in the Czech Republic. Using data from interviews, applying Game Theory and the Principal-A|gent model, and using the Goal Tree tool I show that individual actors behave rationally. Before submitting a tender they evaluate not only expected profits, but also possible corruption, threat of penalties. I also identify several practices used by actors in order to to manipulate public procurement. After evaluating actors' behaviour, developments inf public procurement legislation and of possible penalties, and drawing on extensive literature search I draw up recommendations for public policy. These t would help improve public procurement in the country, their efficiency, effectiveness and economy, without violating key public procurement principles (non-discrimination, equal treatment, transparency and proportionality). If adopted they would contribute to reducing the level of corruption in the Czech Republic.
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Phenomenon eSports.cz in the Czech media market
Jakubec, Dominik ; Němcová Tejkalová, Alice (advisor) ; Macková, Veronika (referee)
This diploma thesis is a case study focused on the Czech company eSports.cz and its production in the Czech media market. The company is not only responsible for the administration of many sports journalistic websites, its young employees also engage in a PR communication while writing for the official club websites of professional sports organization. This means that many of the beginner sports journalists, who start their careers in eSports.cz, already combine PR communication with journalism, which is considered one of the ethical problems of journalism. The diploma thesis is trying to map the operations of the company in the Czech media field while briefly introducing its history and describing its currently most important projects. The focus will mostly be on the employees of this company, who usually take their first steps in the world of sports journalism while working for eSports.cz. Many of these young journalists later become professional sports journalists or PR employees and often use the experience gained in the company. The case study is attempting to explain the pros and cons of the company's production of future professional journalists by surveying its employees, interviewing current and past employees of the company and representatives of the organizations who cooperate with the...
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State capture as market distortion: Effect of political connections in the Czech Republic
Špolc, Martin ; Vacek, Pavel (advisor) ; Kameníček, Jiří (referee)
Politically connected firms may extract rent which significantly improves their financial performance, but with social costs to others in form of market distortions. The thesis presents the first empirical analysis of personal political connections to government ministers in the Czech Republic. We estimated value of political connections and inspected subsidies and public procurements allocation as channels of rent extraction on firm-level data set of 1993-2015 period. For both approaches, cross-section regressions and dynamic matching on covariates and propensity score, we found that connected firms significantly underperform their similar rivals, but slightly improve their performance over the time of connection to minister in office. Connected firms gain significantly more subsidies which confirms subsidy allocation as a channel of rent extraction. We interpret our results that firms may seek political connections as the last option how to improve their bad financial results and remain on the market. Biased subsidy allocation to connected firms in sectors where firms are dependent on subsidies like agriculture creates market distortions and could lead to significant consumer harm.
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Conflict of interest in management of business corporations
Procházka, Jakub ; Josková, Lucie (advisor) ; Eichlerová, Kateřina (referee)
The thesis is focused on the conflict of interest issue with relation to the management of business corporations, adjusted especially in the Business Corporations Act. The conflict of interest has been codified in a more detailed way after the recodification of the private law and this new codification brought up questions concerning practical application. The aim of the thesis is an analysis of the effective conflict of interest rules, providing proposals on how to solve some uncertainties which may appear and showing opinions of experts. The aim is also to show concrete examples of non-legislative adjustment in the conflict of interest area, especially through the corporate governance codices. The first chapter contains general information on conflict of interest, because the private law is not the only branch of law, where it can be found. In Czech public law, for example, is effective Conflict of Interest Act. Unfortunately, due to limited extent of the thesis it is not possible to analyse even the whole conflict of interest topic in private law, therefore the scope of the thesis is restrained on the general issues contained in the Sec. 54 and following of Business Corporations Act. The second chapter provides a short preview of the basic principles, which must be obeyed by the members of the...
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