Ukhta State Technical University is a unique representative of Russian oil and gas universities and one of the largest technical higher education institutions of the European North of Russia. The University was founded on the basis of the Ukhta Industrial Institute (the Institute was founded in 1967). By this time, more than 25000 engineers and economists had graduated in oil, geology, building, and timber industry majors. After the successful attestation on April 14, 1999, the Institute was granted a status of a State Technical University..
In anticipation of the tenth anniversary of the development of the professional ethics rules for cadastral engineers (hereinafter referred to as the «Rules») [3], the authors have attempted to assess the updated (4th) edition of this document, which was approved at the end of last year. The analysis was conducted not only from a formal perspective, but also from substantive, ethical, and practical viewpoints. The drafter of the Rules is the Association «National Association of Self‑Regulatory Organizations of Cadastral Engineers», a non‑profit organization whose members include more than 50 % of the country’s self‑regulatory organizations of cadastral engineers [1]. It has been established that the fourth edition of the Rules demonstrates generally positive changes: enhanced client‑centricity, consolidation and clarification of scattered requirements, and the introduction of disciplinary liability for violations of ethical norms. At the same time, systemic shortcomings have been identified: rhetorical statements in the absence of mechanisms for resolving ethical conflicts, vague criteria for «harm to the reputation of a self‑regulatory organization (SRO)», the risk of using ethical norms to suppress criticism, insufficient attention to conflicts of interest between a cadastral engineer and their employer.
The present study is devoted to a comparative analysis of organizational features, methodological approaches and forms of conducting training sessions in the discipline “Physical culture”. The results of a survey of students regarding their satisfaction with the organization of practical classes are presented, as well as generalized results of an expert assessment of key factors that reduce students’ motivation to actively attend physical education classes. The comparative analysis of the opinions of students and experts made it possible to identify and formulate possible ways to increase students’ motivation to attend practical physical education classes.
Drawing on the authors’ definitions of the phenomenon of human natural needs and the phenomenon of val-ues, the article reveals the logic behind the successive reproduction of three global demand‑and‑value‑driven hype cycles of capitalism: the consumer cycle, the credit cycle, and the investment cycle. The instrumental and media function of the phenomena of pleasure, luxury, and success in launching and intensifying the corre-sponding cycles is identified. The possibility of two modifications of the representation of these phenomena in the public consciousness – the demand‑based and the value‑based – is substantiated. It is shown how the transformation of these phenomena from one modification to another, carried out by the marketing strategy of capitalism, contributes to the intensification of demand‑and‑value hype cycles. In connection with the under-standing of labor in Karl Marx’s social philosophy as an object‑transforming activity, the article identifies the logic of the transformation of the phenomenon of pleasure in the context of capitalism – from a phenomenon accompanying the satisfaction of needs and performing a signaling function into an independent need. The logic of the functioning of luxury as a means of legitimizing capitalist elites is disclosed through and analysis of the spiritual foundations of capitalism in the studies of Max Weber and Thorstein Veblen.
The successful attraction of financial resources to an organization is determined by its investment attractiveness. When choosing an organization for investment, an investor is guided by the company’s financial and economic performance indicators. The article discusses qualitative, quantitative, and comprehensive methods for assessing an organization’s investment attractiveness. Based on the financial statements of Gazprom PJSC, a five-year analysis of the organization’s investment attractiveness is conducted using an indicative seven-factor model based on the calculation of return on assets and a comprehensive integral index. The organization’s creditworthiness class is determined using the methodology of Sberbank PJSC. The article summarizes data from rating agencies assessing investment attractiveness through the assignment of credit ratings. The authors provide recommendations for purchasing shares of Gazprom PJSC depending on investment goals
