Responsibility as an Ethics and Sustainability Element during the Pandemic.
Eugenia Țigan, Monica Lungu, Oana Brînzan, Radu Lucian Blaga, Ioana Anda Milin, Simona Gavrilaș
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Eugenia Țigan: Faculty of Food Engineering, Tourism and Environmental Protection, "Aurel Vlaicu" University of Arad, 2-4 Elena Drăgoi Str., 310330 Arad, Romania. ORCID
Monica Lungu: Faculty of Food Engineering, Tourism and Environmental Protection, "Aurel Vlaicu" University of Arad, 2-4 Elena Drăgoi Str., 310330 Arad, Romania.
Oana Brînzan: Faculty of Food Engineering, Tourism and Environmental Protection, "Aurel Vlaicu" University of Arad, 2-4 Elena Drăgoi Str., 310330 Arad, Romania. ORCID
Radu Lucian Blaga: Faculty of Economics, "Aurel Vlaicu" University of Arad, 77 Revoluției Bdl., 310032 Arad, Romania. ORCID
Ioana Anda Milin: Faculty of Management and Rural Tourism, University of Life Sciences "King Mihai I" from Timisoara, 300645 Timisoara, Romania.
Simona Gavrilaș: Faculty of Food Engineering, Tourism and Environmental Protection, "Aurel Vlaicu" University of Arad, 2-4 Elena Drăgoi Str., 310330 Arad, Romania. ORCID
This article addresses two perspectives of responsibility: as an element of taking action and as ethics towards one's fellow citizens and the environment. These aspects have been used since the beginning of the pandemic. In this context, we wanted to determine the mechanism that triggers increased responsibility. We have considered two possible initial processes: one external and one learned from the family in early childhood or trained/learned during studies. Based on that, three concerns were brought to our attention. First, we targeted the impact of the pandemic on respondents' degree of responsibility for their livelihoods. Second, we wanted to determine to what extent the new situation increased the interviewee's involvement only in some activities. The third statement called into question the causal relation between the influence of extrinsic elements on a highly educated person's degree of responsibility. The focus group was the active population of the industrial sector in the North-West border area of Romania. The data obtained are the result of the sociological survey implementation. The people in the region were subject to several new limiting external factors. The results show that the unique challenges up to that point made them more accountable for their actions in a situation that affected them directly (pandemic). It also can be underlined that lifelong education is important in forming healthy principles of responsibility.
