DOI: 10.32725/978-80-7394-939-6.12

Economic and ethical dilemma of helping professions and volunteer activities

Jaroslav Šetek , Tomáš Volek , Stanislav Simbartl
University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Economics, Department of applied conomics, Studentská 13, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic, jsetek@ef.jcu.cz
University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Economics, Department of applied conomics, Studentská 13, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic, volek@ef.jcu.cz
Ministry of Defense of the Czech Republic, stanislav.simbartl@gmail.com


The activities of helping professionals and volunteers are reflected in the quality of life of all members of society and, consequently, also create a precondition for ensuring stable economic growth. Within the methodology of elaboration, the aim of the article is to characterize a different concept of human work of helping professionals and volunteers by an interdisciplinary approach (especially institutional economics and ethics). Adam Smith's concept of the moral philosopher and spiritual father of economics about productive and unproductive work is considered the starting point. The importance of helping professionals and volunteers is emphasized in the crisis situations of 2020 - 2022 (pandemic covid-19, war in Ukraine).

Keywords: helping professions, volunteer activities, productive and unproductive work

pages: 78-83, online: 31. 12. 2022



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