Search

Schools and teachers have been subject to a number of debates and often face contradictory demands. In this study we analyse radio interviews with three Czech experts on education. Building on ethnomethodology, namely conversation analysis and membership categorisation analysis, the study was guided by two research questions: (1) What practices and membership categorisation devices do the experts employ when speaking of Czech education and schools? and (2) How do the experts relate to teacher professionalism when characterising Czech education? The analysis shows how the expert’s credibility is negotiated, how they problematise gaining fundamental knowledge and skills at schools and situate the learning of “important things” outside school, and how they claim that Czech teachers teach badly while downgrading positive results of Czech schooling. This way the experts cast doubt on basic characteristics of teacher professionalism and thus undermine trust in the professional project in teaching. Školy a učitelé jsou předmětem množství debat a často čelí rozporuplným požadavkům. V této studii analyzujeme rozhlasové rozhovory se třemi českými odborníky na vzdělávání. Za využití etnometodologie, zejména konverzační analýzy a členské kategorizační analýzy, studie odpovídá na dvě výzkumné otázky: (1) Jaké praktiky a inventáře sociálních kategorií používají odborníci, když mluví o českém vzdělávání a školách? (2) Jak se odborníci vztahují k profesionalismu učitelů, když charakterizují české vzdělávání? Analýza ukazuje, jak je důvěryhodnost odborníků v rozhovorech vyjednávána, jak experti problematizují získávání základních znalostí a dovedností ve škole a situují učení se "důležitých věcí" mimo školu a jak tvrdí, že čeští učitelé vyučují špatně, a současně bagatelizují pozitivní výsledky českého vzdělávání. Tímto způsobem odborníci zpochybňují základní charakteristiky profesionalismu učitelů, a tak podrývají důvěru v profesionální projekt v učitelství.

The aim of this thesis is to determine the strongest factor influencing the difference in trust levels in East and West Germany, and to explore the extent of influence institutions have on societal values using Germany as a natural experiment. The three main factors which literature hypothesize include historical institutional differences, shock of reunification, and shock of the aftermath of reunification. The common belief following reunification of Germany is that Communism affected East Germany's values including trust, while the other two hypotheses grew in popularity in more recent years. The objective of this thesis is fulfilled through the survey of relevant literature on trust in Germany, finding that the shock of the aftermath of unification is the strongest explanation for lower trust levels in Germany. Key Words: reunification, Germany, trust

This diploma thesis deals with the phenomenon of artificial intelligence, which is viewed through the lens of social science. Specifically, it seeks to answer the question of whether social science has been able to anticipate the future in the case of artificial intelligence. In order to answer this question, a combination of the methods of symptomatic reading and hermeneutics is used in the following paper. These consist of reading the selected literature in order to find deeper meanings that may have seemed hidden at first glance. For the analysis I have chosen Ulrich Beck, Anthony Giddens and Niklas Luhmann as representatives of the social sciences, as each of them deals with the relationship between society and nature and thus their holistic worldview can be assumed to includes the topic of artificial intelligence. The thesis first deals with artificial intelligence itself, its development, types and threats. It concludes the first part by defining three selected areas of current risks, namely: the ambiguity of what AI actually is and is not and people's unclear ideas about it, the possibility of text and image manipulation, and finally the problem of outdated data and biased code. Before the analysis itself, I briefly introduce a few concepts from the social science literature for better...

The aim of this thesis is to through interviews with selected experts from both countries - the Czech Republic and Estonian Republic - find lessons and/or best practices in the areas of disinformation and strategic communication applicable to the Czech and Estonian state. I will gradually try to answer several substantive questions. How do selected experts perceive the resilience of the Czech Republic and Estonian Republic against disinformation? What specific methods do both countries use in combating disinformation? Do they have practical or theoretical knowledge and skills that can benefit the other country?

This master's thesis focuses on the credibility of social media as news sources in journalistic practices in the Czech Republic. The paper is based on the sociological conceptualization of trust put forward by Niklas Luhmann and Piotr Sztompka and its modern adaptation by media scholars, e.g. Thorsten Quandt. The aim of this work has been to find out through thirteen substantive, one- on-one interviews with readers of the print and online media editions of Krkonošský deník how the credibility of news stories depend on the information sources used. The thesis includes the theoretical part that is based on the theoretical conceptualization of trust: from the main concepts and conflict topics to the journalistic practices that should ensure trustworthiness and audiences' perceptions of trustworthiness. The Methodology section describes the area of qualitative research and related procedures, which include a detailed description of the data collection method, which is a semi-structured, in-depth interview, and the characteristics of the research sample. In findings the results of the research from the data obtained through interviews conducted with respondents are interpreted. The conclusion of the thesis is dedicated to summarizing the research results.

Social media provide many benefits to its users, but with their use, people also face many risks. In this paper, the authors focus on these risks and, using two methods, a questionnaire survey and a focus group, research of the target group is conducted. The aim of this research is to learn whether the research participants feel safe on social media and whether they know the risks that may affect them or their close ones. At the end of the paper, there are recommendations and preventive measures that could help to minimize the exposure of users to these risks.

The aim of this Bachelor thesis is to find out what currently is parents´ trust in teachers like in selected nursery schools, what factors form this trust and in what way parents engage in pre-school education. A mixed method research, a questionnaire survey with parents and subsequent semi-structured interviews with nursery school teachers have been used for collecting data. The research survey has been carried out in two nursery schools. The first one is situated in a large town in the South Bohemia Region, the other one in a small town in the Vysočina Region. The theoretical part of the thesis introduces terms such as trust, family, nursery school, mutual cooperation and communication. The practical part presents the results of the research survey.

The diploma thesis deals with the sources of trust in artificial intelligence, and how these sources are conditioned by social representations. It examines what risks the user is aware of when using artificial intelligence and how various factors affect the user's thinking. Artificial intelligence is represented in my work by intelligent virtual assistants (IVA). Based on semi-structured research interviews with their users, I have identified as the main sources of trust: neutrality, belief in the future, fulfillment of expectations and closeness. The first two sources are constant and based on social structure, while the last two sources of trust are based directly on user experience and are variable over time. It was also found that social representations have a significant impact on sources of trust. I divided all social representations into three categories - mechanicality, personification, intangibility, according to which the user's perception of artificial intelligence could be assessed and, based on that, his thinking about it. Because of this, I have proved that the trust of users is conditioned by social representations. An important part of trust is risk awareness. In my work, I have identified six main risks that users are aware of: unexpected software error, mechanical error, misuse of...

This diploma thesis combines the method of monitoring the social impact with the phenomenon of the credibility of non-profit organizations. According to the results of public opinion polls in the Czech Republic, confidence in non-profit organizations has been low for a long time. Lack of transparency and low awareness of the activities and principles of non- profit organizations can be reasons for distrust in non-profit organizations. This thesis aims to present a method of monitoring the impact of those who do not yet know it using a manual based on the results of action research and thus contribute to greater transparency and better presentation of results and later greater credibility of organizations. The theoretical part of the thesis deals with trust and credibility, the method of monitoring the impact and the introduction of the non-profit sector of the Czech Republic. Emphasis is placed on a multi-sided view, practical examples, and data support. The empirical part of this work uses action research and human-centerd design to connect trust and credibility with the method of monitoring the impact in the sphere of non-profit organizations. The result of action research is that the implementation of the impact monitoring method brings with it many changes, which can be distinguished into...

Výzkumná zpráva shrnuje klíčová zjištění z dotazníkového šetření české populace na konci roku 2020. Zaměřuje se na to, jak se během pandemie vyvíjela recepce zpráv (s důrazem na online sociální sítě), jak se Češi zapojovali do online diskuzí a proč a jak se vyvíjela důvěra a polarizace během prvního roku pandemie. The research report summarizes the key findings from survey research on Czech adult population at the end of year 2020. It focuses on the news reception (emphasizing the role of the online social networking sites), online dicussions, trust and polarization - and their changes in the first year of pandemic.

Public trust in the social system and media is falling. Media transformation, new media and social networks point to developments in postmodern societies which have accelerated trust erosion. Fragmentarization and social inequality fundamentally influence the order of today's world, even through the media. I focus in this work on how the trust or distrust in media and media discourse is constructed, what the relationship is between media and trust, how they intertwine and interact with each other. I describe the trust concept from its past history to the present, its meaning and principles of construction in media discourse. I highlight in a case study a concrete mediation of (dis)trust and its construction in the media coverage of the Czech alternative website Parlamentí listy as well as the topic of disinformation in the mainstream media. Based on this analysis, I also describe which social products the mistrust mediation brings and what the future development looks like. I also focus on social inequality as a significant cause of trust erosion, confidence in the media and also ontological security.

I deal with the democratic school term in my diploma thesis. I clarify the term, I present few of the democratic schools and critical pedagogy. My goal is to highlight the qualities of the democratic school and demonstrate the arguments for considering it as equal and adequate to classical education system. I highlight the importance of attention and financial support from MŠMT for the democratic schools. Few of the democratic schools and the movements were inspired by the concept of independent british boarding Summerhill school and his founder Alexander Sutherland Neill. I will describe pedagogical principles of A. S. Nell and the history of Summerhill school in my thesis. Partial goals are to clarify in what extant and how were employed the principles of Summerhill school in schools in the Czech republic; and how can be the pedagogy of A. S. Neill followed in Czech settings. I will decribe my own point of view on the schooling and teaching. I will compare them to several schools, e.g. Scio school, Ježek bez klece school, Neškola, Sudbury Valley School, Neue Schule etc. after that. I will address the terms unschooling, democracy and boarding school. I employ a method of comparison, analogy, analisis and synthesis.

The thesis represents the environment of amateur volleyball and at the same time familiarizes with a concept of social capital. As the environment of amateur volleyball the author chooses seasonal contest Amateur volleyball league. To clarify the concept of social capital, she uses mainly the knowledge from works of sociologists Putnam, Coleman, and Bourdieu. The aim of the thesis is to know the degree of creation and usage of social capital in the environment of amateur volleyball with an emphasis on amateur concepts. Based on selected articles from some works of the mentioned authors, several hypotheses are developed. A sociological survey in the form of a specially compiled questionnaire and subsequent analyzes serves to verify these hypotheses. The analyzes confirmed all the developed hypotheses, namely that the actors included in the group of amateur volleyball players are able to successfully create and use the concept of social capital.

Placement in a children's home constitutes an immense change of a child's life as the child has known it so far; this is certainly reflected in the child's experience and evaluation of life. Life at a children's home affects mental and social aspects of children's experience, in certain cases favourably and in other cases adversely. Reasons for that can be found in previous experience from own families and the ability to adapt to the new environment. One of the objectives of the present thesis is to point out specifics of children's experience in children's homes at the very least in connection with any trauma experienced. This diploma thesis pursues several objectives. The pivotal objective is to raise awareness of and popularize the aforementioned theme and to carry out research into what kind of complaints children might have as regards children's homes and, on the contrary, what factors reinforce their competences. The research was performed with the aim of helping children's homes focus on improving conditions for better development and psyche of the children who live there. Another objective of the research was to explore the relationship between children and their carers, and to determine their future plans with respect to their past when it comes to life goals and family life. The theoretical part of the thesis is concerned with the family, institutional upbringing system and defines a children's home. In addition, the theoretical part reflects upon causes for placing children in a children's home, risks of institutional upbringing as well as the problem of mental deprivation and personality of a child or an adolescent. The following chapters analyse the role of male and female carers and psychosocial experience of children in children's homes. The empirical part of the thesis is engaged in the research per se, summarization and presentation of data acquired and, last but not least, determination of replies to research questions. The research was carried out on the basis of a qualitative survey using the technique of anchored theory, by means of three-level coding and determination of anchored statements. Data were processed in the software programme ATLAS.ti, where graphic outputs were generated in order to supplement every category and subcategory in the empirical part of the thesis. The analysis and interpretation of the data acquired revealed that despite the fact that children express certain dissatisfaction with the schedule that they have to keep in children's homes, they complain of certain aspects and their past experience has an impact on them, their life in children's homes is not entirely stressful, subject to exceptions, and most of them are relatively happy. In spite of this, conditions in children's homes might and must be improved, which fact constitutes a challenge especially for staff of children's homes. Another outcome of the research showed that relationships between children and carers are mostly good and rely on mutual trust, despite occasional disagreements. The research also delved into future goals and ambitions of children in children's homes, which concern changes in their future family life, leading to solid relationships between them and their own children and enabling them to care of their children in a due form. From the perspective of other goals, children want their dreams to come true, complete their education, settle down, be happy and lead a "normal" life. This diploma thesis could contribute to spreading awareness of and popularizing the theme of psychosocial experience of children in children's home. Furthermore, with respect to its results, the thesis might serve as instructional material for staff in children's homes to identify areas of improvement or risk areas and to learn what it is that makes children happy. Performed on the state-wide level, the extent of the research is very wide-ranging and is based on real responses of children from children's homes.

Informed consent can be considered, without any doubt, as a central issue in current bioethics and in medical law. The modern relationship between physician and patient has completely changed. Informed consent has dominated the theoretical discussions since the 1970s. Its importance is essential for both medical research and clinical practice. This work focuses mainly on clinical practice, on the relationship between a doctor (or more generally a healthcare professional) and a patient. The institute of informed consent has evolved similarly in medical ethics as well as in the medical law, but there are some significant differences. One of the basic issues of this work is to distinguish both positions and point out differences between legal and ethical aspects of this institute. The thesis sees the fundamental differences in the different purposes of both two key normative systems, in their function, in the values they represented and in the principles they emphasized. While trust and mutuality are essential to informed consent in ethics, the legal institute reflects more the protection of the subjects, especially the protection against abuse, thus providing legal certainty especially for the patient. The ethical level is primarily to ensure respect for the other person so that he or she is...

V této kapitole byl vytvořen společný analytický příběh klíčových aktérů mediační praxe. Umístění aktérů do právního pole ukazuje, že popisují sociální svět ze specifické pozice v hierarchicky strukturovaném sociálním prostoru. Právní pole je pole konkurenční. Tři klíčoví aktéři jsou držiteli odlišných mocenských pozic. Advokát a zapsaný mediátor vykonávají svou činnost nejčastěji v prostředí hospodářské soutěže a jsou tudíž vystaveni silnému konkurenčnímu boji, což nepochybně ovlivňuje jejich jednání. Soudce jako státní zaměstnanec sice není vystaven konkurenčnímu boji, je však pod tlakem systému, který kontroluje rychlost uzavírání případů, dodržování procesních procedur, kterých neustále přibývá apod. Zapsaný mediátor, zejména neprávník, má v právním poli mocensky slabou pozici. To se pak odráží v tom, že zapsaní mediátoři neprávníci nedokážou prosadit v poli svoje zájmy, které plynou z cílů a účelu mediace. Ze společného příběhu tří aktérů mediační praxe můžeme odvodit odpověď na otázku, co se podílí na tom, že se mediace v praxi uplatňuje méně, než se očekávalo. Jedním z vlivů je nízká důvěra soudců a advokátů v proces mediace i ve schopnosti zapsaných mediátorů, která pramení z toho, jaké obrazy si o sobě vytvářejí a jaká mají vzájemná očekávání. Hlavním problémem, který byl v rámci výzkumu identifikován, je nedostatek interakce a komunikace mezi klíčovými aktéry mediace. Mezioborová komunikace by přispěla k větší vzájemné informovanosti. V této kapitole byl vytvořen společný analytický příběh klíčových aktérů mediační praxe. Umístění aktérů do právního pole ukazuje, že popisují sociální svět ze specifické pozice v hierarchicky strukturovaném sociálním prostoru. Právní pole je pole konkurenční. Tři klíčoví aktéři jsou držiteli odlišných mocenských pozic. Advokát a zapsaný mediátor vykonávají svou činnost nejčastěji v prostředí hospodářské soutěže a jsou tudíž vystaveni silnému konkurenčnímu boji, což nepochybně ovlivňuje jejich jednání. Soudce jako státní zaměstnanec sice není vystaven konkurenčnímu boji, je však pod tlakem systému, který kontroluje rychlost uzavírání případů, dodržování procesních procedur, kterých neustále přibývá apod. Zapsaný mediátor, zejména neprávník, má v právním poli mocensky slabou pozici. To se pak odráží v tom, že zapsaní mediátoři neprávníci nedokážou prosadit v poli svoje zájmy, které plynou z cílů a účelu mediace. Ze společného příběhu tří aktérů mediační praxe můžeme odvodit odpověď na otázku, co se podílí na tom, že se mediace v praxi uplatňuje méně, než se očekávalo. Jedním z vlivů je nízká důvěra soudců a advokátů v proces mediace i ve schopnosti zapsaných mediátorů, která pramení z toho, jaké obrazy si o sobě vytvářejí a jaká mají vzájemná očekávání. Hlavním problémem, který byl v rámci výzkumu identifikován, je nedostatek interakce a komunikace mezi klíčovými aktéry mediace. Mezioborová komunikace by přispěla k větší vzájemné informovanosti. In this chapter, the common analytical story of key actors in mediation practice was created. The placement of actors in the legal field shows that they describe the social world from a specific position in a hierarchically structured social space. The legal field is a competitive field. The three key participants hold different positions of power. A lawyer and a registered mediator most often perform their activities in an environment of economic competition and they are therefore exposed to strong competition, which undoubtedly influences their conduct. Although judges, as civil servants, are not exposed to competition, they are under pressure from a system that checks the speed of closing cases, adherence to process procedures, the number of which is constantly increasing, etc. A registered mediator, especially a non-lawyer, has a weak position of power in the legal field. This is reflected in the fact that in the field, registered mediators are unable to assert their interests, which stem from the goals and purpose of mediation. From the common story of three participants of mediation practice, we can infer the answer to the question of what contributes to the fact that mediation is applied less than expected in practice. One of the influences is the low confidence of judges and lawyers in the mediation process and in the ability of registered mediators, which stems from what images they form about themselves a what mutual expectation they have. The main problem identified in our research is the lack of interaction and communication between key participants in mediation. Interdisciplinary communication would contribute to greater mutual awareness.

The realm of trust has of late become the subject of a new agenda of research. Withal, as this paper demonstrates, trust has always implicitly been at the core of international relations theory. The object of the research is the transatlantic relationship and the role that trust plays on the field of security, using NATO as the platform. In this connection, at first, the author considers the category of trust in international relations as a whole. A detailed analysis of the phenomenon of trust, its principles and distinctive signs will be conducted. For the further application of the theoretical findings to the case of transatlantic relations, special methodology as exploratory research is elaborated. It develops a multiframework strategy for recognizing signals of trust in a relationship, emphasizing the role of the security dilemma, hedging strategies and reassurance in this manner. The selected research methods are determined by the theoretical basis and the available data for the research. Taking stock of the history of transatlantic relations on the basis of researching literature and using the research findings of the case study, the author estimates the level of trust between the United States and European NATO members during periods of turmoil. The aim is to reveal the causes of such state of...

This master's thesis addresses TED, the global phenomenon dedicated to spreading revolutionary ideas worldwide. The aim of this thesis is to find and show correlations between interesting ideas from TED talks - under the tags 'education' and 'teaching', and their potential implementations among the Czech society. Through monographic method I investigate the most significant attributes/trends of the current crisis of the educational systems worldwide and their impact on a teacher - their role as a whole and the perception and acceptance of the goals of their work. These issues are addressed in a discourse about the changes in educational systems in 21st century worldwide and in the Czech Republic. It also explores the interconnections between problems in education and the state of society, its values and philosophical superstructures. One of the sections shows reader a compilation of categorize analyses of individual talks from TED based on their topic and content. The final part revolves around the most common topics from the talks that have direct connection to the current state of the Czech educational system which have been identified through educational research. The analyses of the talks are part of the appendix. KEYWORDS educational development, core values, authenticity, inovation,...

V oblasti automatického rozpoznávání obličejů (AFR) byla vyvinuta celá řada metod, které dosahují vynikající úspěšnosti v případě kontrolovaných podmínek. Pokud podmínky nejsou kontrolované nebo jsou kontrolované jen v omezené míře, je úspěšnost významně snížena. Poskytnutí informace indikující pravděpodobnost, jestli je výsledek rozpoznání správný, je tedy velmi žádoucí. Tato práce se zabývá použitím konformního prediktoru (CP), který umožní k výstupu AFR metod přidat dobře kalibrované míry důvěry. CP je kombinován s klasifikátory založenými na deskriptorech POEM a SIFT. Dále je použita vážená kombinace obou klasifikátorů. Porovnáváme úspěšnost pěti způsobů výpočtu míry nonkonformity. Many Automatic face recognition (AFR) methods achieve a high recognition accuracy when the environment is well-controlled. In the case of moderately controlled or fully uncontrolled environments however, the performance of most techniques is dramatically reduced. As a result, the provision of some kind of indication of the likelihood of a recognition being correct is a desirable property of AFR techniques. This work investigates the application of the conformal prediction (CP) framework for extending the output of AFR techniques with well-calibrated measures of confidence. In particular we combine CP with one classifier based on POEM descriptors, one classifier based on SIFT descriptors, and a weighted combination of the similarities computed by the two. We examine and compare the performance of five nonconformity measures.

Effectiveness of law in behavioral perspective Abstract The thesis is considering effective influence of law in society. Firstly, the basic concepts on effectiveness of law in fields of theory of law, sociology of law and legal philosophy are briefly introduced along with current system of assessing effectiveness of regulation in Czech legislative process in second chapter. Next it encourages to try on oneself the psychotherapeutical interview with the Law of Benjamin Sells, to find out about one's own potentially hidden ideas and prejudices about law and society. Finally in three consecutive chapters are introduced three basic concepts of human nature (anthropological pessimism, realism and optimism) that are informing our often unconscious choice of instruments used to enhance the effectiveness of law. Anthropological pessimism typically chooses control and deterrence. Anthropological realism uses control and deterrence for those, who are not influenced by softer measures, which it deliberately cultivates - trust and respect. These instruments are than examined from the perspective of their real effects on human behavior by means of research, studies and experiments mostly from the field of social-psychology. Finally, the sixth chapter concerns itself with anthropological optimism, which is introduced on...

In this paper we theoretically discuss and empirically examine the influence of trust on collaborative behavior in supply chain relationships. These concepts are very important in today’s inter- organizational business world, and therefore in supply chains. In theoretical part of this article we presume that establishment and development of relationships in supply chain depends on development of trust. Trust is defined as a willingness to rely on a partner in a supply chain in whom one has confidence. The stress is on expectation that another partner can be relied on to fulfill obligations and at the same time previous experience with partners in exchange relationships are taken in the consideration. Collaborative behavior is defined as a concept where two or more organizations, which work together in a supply chains, can through complementary characteristics gain shared means and goals that could not be achieved individually. Logistics managers, purchase and sales managers, project managers and employees in logistics department were included in our survey made on primary, secondary and tertiary sector of Slovene economy. We included companies of all sizes, both local and foreign companies present in Slovenia. 118 questionnaires were completed and involved in our research. According to the demographic data, our sample is comparable to population in terms of economy branch and size of companies. The Pearson correlation coefficient and linear regression analysis demonstrate statistically significant strong correlation between trust, shared values and communication and strong negative correlation between trust and opportunistic behavior. At the end we can confirm that there is a statistically significant influence of trust on collaborative behavior in supply chains. The results clearly indicate that all factors included in research are very important for today’s supply chain management.

The paper presents a simple qualitative model of online trust in the context of e-commerce. Qualitative models use just three values: Positive/Increasing, Zero/Constant and Negative/ Decreasing. Such quantifiers of trends are the least information intensive. Qualitative models can be useful, since models of online trust include such variables as e.g. Perceived website quality and ease of use (SIT) or Company’s positive reputation (REP) that are sometimes difficult or costly to quantify. Hence, a significant fraction of available information about online trust is not of numerical nature, e.g. if SIT is decreasing then online trust is decreasing as well. Such equationless relations are studied in this paper. The model has 13 variables and 32 pair-wise interrelations among them. The set of variables and interrelations was established based on discussions with experts and internet users. The model is solved and 23 solutions, i.e. scenarios are obtained (thus, we reduce a vast set of all “imaginable” scenarios concerning online trust to a manageable list of scenarios). All qualitative states, and the first and second qualitative derivatives of all variables are specified for each scenario. Many modifications, upgrades and extensions of the present model are easy within the methodological framework introduced in the paper. Qualitative modeling can be seen as one of the uncertainty calculi, such as fuzzy sets and rough sets, that can be helpful e.g. under information shortage (for example when new website is about to be launched and/or when novel, subjective or difficult to measure variables are considered). The paper is self-contained and no a priori knowledge of qualitative modeling is required on the reader’s part.

The work presents the concept of trust in artificial intelligence for students of cybernetics at ČVUT. It focuses on exploring the main sources of trust and describing the most important attributes which affect the trust of students in artificial intelligence. In addition, the secondary aim of the work is to find out how student trust influences the discussion of public and experts on security and trust in the implementation of artificial intelligence into everyday life. How it affects their view on artificial intelligence and how the discussion is reflected in their work. In analyzing the interviews, the participants answers were compared with Luhmann and Giddens concepts of trust. It has been found that trust in artificial intelligence students of cybernetics is based on a sufficient amount of complete information, the distributor of which is predominantly a school. This is similar to the concept of trust in Giddens, which it considers to be a necessary condition for the existence of trust. Giddens concept also coincides with the student's attitude towards possible risk. Risk awareness is another important source of trust. Students on the risk of using artificial intelligence are considering continuously because information draws on previous experience or again from the information gathered in...

This bachelor's thesis focuses on the relationship between the patient and the doctor, which can be changed by the influence of the Internet and modern technologies. Possible relationship transformation is investigated from the perspective of patients with Crohn's disease. The aim of the work is to find out whether Internet access can affect the relationship between the patient and the doctor. In the theoretical part, there is described the importance of trust, which fulfills an important function in the relationship between the patient and the doctor. Furthermore, the social role of the patient in society and the medical description of Crohn's disease are also clarified here. The results of the thesis are presented and analyzed in the empirical part. The data was gathered through semi structured interviews with six patients with Crohn's disease and two chairmen of patient organizations. The research results did not confirm the assumption that access to the internet may be the cause of a change in the relationship between the patient and the doctor. Respondents interviewed stated that the relationship with their doctor was based on trust, and the information found from the Internet would not be preferred to those provided to them by their doctor.

This paper deals with the trust as an aspect of pedagogical relationship between a child in primary school age and a school club educator. The first part is theoretical. It describes a primary school age child from the developmental psychology point of view. It explains the phenomenon of trust and its relationship with close concepts. It defines concepts such as self-confidence, self-concept, and self-respect. It also characterizes the first stage of psycho-social development according to Erickson, pedagogical relationship between a school club educator and a primary school age child, personality and authority of a school club educator and the school club itself. The practical part deals with a basic research question: whether children at the first degree of a primary school perceive their school club educator as a trustworthy person to whom they can confide. The research was conducted through an unfinished story and a semi-structured interview. The conclusion shows that children perceive their school club educator as a trustworthy person, who they characterize as a nice, kind, sometimes a strict person who is competent to solve children´s problems. The children trust the educator due to his/her authority of an adult person and a pedagogical worker.

This bachelor thesis deals with a teambuilding program for a specific working group. More precisely, with its creation and with its piloting on a group, similar to the target group . The thesis has two parts. In the theoretical part, the thesis deals with the analysis of the term teambuilding, history of teambuilding and current trends and activities in teambuilding. The practical part of the thesis deals with the creation of the program itself, the creation of particular activities and the realizacion of this program. Key words: teambuilding, experience, outdoor, group, work team, communication, confidence, entertainment

Hlávková Barbora. User experience focused on credibility in e-commerce. Brno: Mendel University in Brno, 2017. The thesis deals with User experience focused on credibility in e-commerce survey of the Y generation. To determine the perception of the credibility on e-shops was used eye tracking (n = 30) with in-depth interviews (n = 30) and questionnaire survey (n = 155). The aim of the thesis is to suggest general recommendations for e-commerce in terms of consumer trust.

Trust between states and the principle of mutual trust in international law This thesis focuses on the role of trust in international law. The main objective is to assess the position and use of trust between states and in relevant areas and institutes of international law. Another key objective is to clarify the function of the principle of mutual trust. The thesis core is divided into three research areas. The first one aims to describe the use of principle of mutual trust and its application in international and European law. It addresses the question of who should carry the risk of trust. It concludes that the state which puts trust in another state should bear all the risks associated with it. The second area discusses confidence-building measures which are theoretically analyzed and further explored in the context of the current events of the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict that started in the year 2014. The purpose of this section is to ascertain how trust is created between states, whether confidence-building measures are effective and what they bring into international law. The aim of this chapter is to ascertain how trust is created between states, whether confidence-building measures are effective and what they bring into international law. The author believes that trust between...

The aim of this master thesis is to analyze the local Albanian market of e-commerce and to determine the customer behavior of Albanians toward local e-commerce providers. Several studies have been conducted for developed countries. However, there is a research gap in the same studies regarding the developing countries. That is the reason why this thesis considers one of the smallest and on continues developing countries of Europe: Albania. In a fast growing globalized world where the internet is a leading engine, e-commerce is a must for businesses that want to compete and retain customers. Local businesses struggle every day to survive and to have profit in an economy which is globally oriented, and the movement of goods is easier than ever. A questionnaire was designed online using Google form and was distributed online via a social network as the target respondents are online customers. There were 300 relevant answers received from 19-25 March 2017. There is also included a case study in this thesis, analyzing one of the biggest local e-commerce providers in Albania which offers B2C and B2B sales. The results of the questionnaire and the case study show that the customer behavior is influenced by various factors: lack of trust, national culture, online shopping experience, exposure to the internet, infrastructure, family, marketing, etc.

Dynamical development of information and communication technologies has been one of the major factors of economic growth in recent decades. Electronic commerce allowed selling and buying of products or services to many times larger number of customers than ever before. Electronic banking as a part of electronic commerce is nowadays very important distribution channel for banking services. With the intense development of information and communication technologies also several forms of electronic banking arose and also vanished. Especially mobile banking recorded turbulent development in recent decades. Mobile banking in smart devices together with internet banking are now the main forms asserting in the electronic banking market. Competition among banks in the fi eld of electronic banking pushes them to improve their electronic banking services to sustain or increase their market share. The important issue is trust of bank customers in the form of electronic banking used. Banks’ customers also sensitively perceive security of electronic banking forms used by them. In this article, we mainly investigated the infl uence of security and trust on electronic banking adoption. Research model based on technology acceptance model was developed and research hypotheses based on this research model were constructed. Data for hypotheses verifi cation was gathered by online survey with 211 answering respondents. The infl uence of perceived security, trust, attitude toward using and behavioral intention to use electronic banking in Slovakia was examined using factor analysis. The results reveal that all factors investigated have statistically signifi cant direct and indirect effects on electronic banking adoption by users on the Slovak retail banking market.

Social work is based on trust and the social worker can build it in various ways. This thesis deals with the issue of confidence in social workers working with the elderly and why trust is so important. The theoretical part is devided into three chapters. The first chapter deals with confidence in general and its importance in social work, where also the relationship between social worker and client is described. In the second part I describe the social worker, what are the basic requirements for the performance of his profession and the general qualifications and skills. Also important are his ethical standards, moral responsibility, qualities, skills, motivation and personality to gain the trust of the client. The third part is focused on social work with the elderly and at the example of their admission into the residential services I refer to some problems associated with it. I deal with how suitable communication, activation techniques and approaches can help to create an environment full of atmosphere of trust, where the senior adapts easily and can live a competent, autonomous, satisfied and meaningful life. As for activation techniques I chose and further described the reminiscence therapy and the animal assisted therapy (canistherapy) and as for approaches the existential analysis and logotherapy, which seemed the most appropriate for the target group of seniors to me. The theoretical part ends with how trust is related to religious belief and dying and how social workers perceive their work. In the empirical part I set one main goal, in which I tried to find out what factors affect confidence in social workers. One main and three research subquestions were part of the goal. I chose qualitative research, method of questioning techniques, data collecting in the form of halfstructured interview. I chose the research group, which was made up of six social workers working in homes for the elderly in Písek, by a simple method of deliberate choice. Implementation of the research took place in the period of February-March 2016. The aim of the study was to determine what factors affect confidence in social workers. The research showed that the most important are the social worker´s personality, especially his empathy, patience, appropriate communication and providing of quality services. Also important is the time spent listening to the seniors, so that they have the feeling of being important and that somebody is interested. Confidence is allowed to continue thanks to various activating methods, but not all social workers perform these, only occasionally they make use of them and as I learned only a psychotherapist, who unfortunately does not work in organizations, uses my chosen logotherapy approach. Most seniors are believers in God and confidence is sometimes built through religious belief and is also important in the last moments of life of seniors, the social worker helps them in dealing with their personal affairs or to settle relations in the family, so they can leave reconciled. The social worker then sees his work as meaningful, when he or she can help elderly people to live well and with dignity the final stage of their lives and can see the feedback, trust and gratitude of not only the seniors, but also their families. I believe that I answered the research questions. This thesis could serve as an inspiration for aspiring social workers or as the basis for a scientific article.

The work is devoted to the topic of credibility in social work. For understanding of the whole context, it is necessary to start with the key concepts because the phenomenon of confidence is processed there. The thesis notices the conditions and rules of the origin and following development of the relationship based on trust. Then the related psychological needs and values of human are the main concern. The accent of confidence is highlighted in the context of its relationship to social institutions and structures of social capital. The thesis subsequently deals with the role of intimacy, the development of identity and individuation. At the same time the theme of family in the context of work is developed too. The topic of trust in relation to social work, the skills and qualifications of social workers are solved separately. It equally shows the theme of trust in connection with the main ethical approaches to sensitive ethical issues. The basic overview of problematic trends in social work, i.e. assistant syndrome and burnout is also offered. Biographical narration of social workers not only the topic of trust but also other topics are continuously assessed in separate chapters. The main aim of this thesis is understanding of the general and specific factors influencing the formation of trust.

Lenka Rabová, Vývoj přístupu zdravotní politiky k homeopatii na počátku 21. století Abstract The research theme of this thesis is the trend of raising disbelief of patients in Czech Republic in scientific medicine. The goal of the thesis is to reflect evolution of the homeopathy status in CZ from 1989 to present and to find causes and factors, for which patients prefers treatment by homeopathy, instead of scientific medicine. For the research, methods of (1) critical discourse analysis (CDA) (2) institutional analysis and (3) semi structured interview. The result: Homeopathy was tolerated between years of 1991-1996 by ČLS JEP. Worldwide studies of homeopathy gradually led to the summary of the assessment findings to the inefficiency of homeopathy. In the last five to ten years we can see strong critical and professional discourse on the national (CLS JEP, CLK Sysifos) and international (HNMRC, FDA) levels, which strongly aims against homeopathy. Homeopathy is being used by the patients because of lack of trust in scientific medicine, which is caused by commercializing of the scientific medicine, dissatisfaction of doctor's attitude, dissatisfaction of the methods and practices of scientific medicine, its results and absence of the holistic treatment. Part of the doctors also holds the critical attitude of...

The presented thesis deals with the basic premises of the common good and sustainable develompent the society. The thesis deals with the themes of freedom, fairness, trust, responsibility, morality, ethics and ekonomics tested on the specific phenomenon of the Global financial crisis in 2008. The attention is focused especially on the way of thinking and behavior of humans, which played a significant role, both on the part of institutions, politicians, economists, financiers and ordinary citizens. It reveals the key factors leading to the formation of crisis. In this context it suggests possible solutions to prevent similar crises in the future.

This thesis analyzes impact of social trust on environmental regulations stringency. Negative effect is suggested. Thesis documents that, in a cross section of countries, there is no evidence of such an effect. On the other hand, there is evidence of positive impact of GDP per capita and level of education.

DEECo represents an example of a Cyber-Physical System (CPS) consisting of potentially vast number of components able to share data with each other. So far, access to data was not restricted, thus enabling components to exploit sensitive data owned by other components. The goal of this work is to analyze security threats in distributed environments such as DEECo and propose a security solution which would provide both physical security of component data and introduce an access control mechanism. However, while confidentiality may be critical to certain applications, data integrity is crucial to almost every one. This work therefore also proposes a trust model, which prevents components operating with defective or malicious data. Both proposed models are realized in jDEECo, a Java implementation of DEECo.