Lobbying activities in relation to the implementation of EU Directive 91/477 / EEC on the control and acquisition of weapons

Kateřina  Bočková; Gabriela  Gabrhelová; Monika Dohnanská

doi:10.23762/FSO_VOL6NO2_18_7

Published : 2018-06-14

Vol. 6 No. 2 (2018)

Lobbying activities in relation to the implementation of EU Directive 91/477 / EEC on the control and acquisition of weapons

Kateřina Bočková

Gabriela Gabrhelová

Monika Dohnanská

DOI: https://doi.org/10.23762/FSO_VOL6NO2_18_7

Abstract

Public affairs and lobbying support the dynamics of today`s global business world, and are important as a result. Lobbying is not an industry that is well known and understood by many people. Only a few people have any real idea what lobbyists do and why. Therefore the aim of the paper is to explore this sphere of business, and to describe lobbying activities related to the process of the implementation of Directive 91/477/EEC in Czech legislation and the attitude of Czech society towards this directive. Our research showed that opinions are shared among the members of parliament, the government and interest groups regarding the implementation of this directive in Czech legislation, i.e. the directive violates current Czech legislation which restricts consumers and arms manufacturers. In addition, the adoption of this directive would significantly reduce the rights of citizens to carry weapons and limit the export of the products of arms manufacturers.

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public affairs, lobbying, EU Directive 91/477/EEC, weapons

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Bočková, K. ., Gabrhelová, G. ., & Dohnanská, M. (2018). Lobbying activities in relation to the implementation of EU Directive 91/477 / EEC on the control and acquisition of weapons . Forum Scientiae Oeconomia, 6(2), 91–104. https://doi.org/10.23762/FSO_VOL6NO2_18_7

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Kateřina Bočková

bockova@dti.sk

Affiliation:

Dti University, Dubnica nad Váhom, Slovakia

Bio Statement (e.g., department and rank)

Kateřina Bočková, PhD is an assistant professor at Dti University, Department of Management and economics, Dubnica nad váhom (slovakia). she specialises in theoretical and practical issues relating to project management. she is the author of numerous scientific papers on project management, the education of project managers, and soft competencies in project management published in both slovak and international journals. her research activities mostly include project management, project team creation, and project managers’ competencies. She earned Ph.D. and M.sc. degrees in economics of Civil Companies at the Faculty of Civil engineering, technical University of Brno (Czech republic), and her MBa degree at the Business institute, Praha. Currently she combines her scientific activity with the determination of the correlation of Belbin´s team roles and the 5F model of performance in the context of the identification of the performance factors of project managers. she has previously been employed in various project management positions.

Gabriela Gabrhelová

gabrhelova@dti.sk

Affiliation:

Dti University, Dubnica nad Váhom, Slovakia

Bio Statement (e.g., department and rank)

Gabriela Gabrhelová, PhD is an associate professor at Dti University, Department of Management and economics, Dubnica nad váhom (slovakia). she specialises in theoretical and practical issues relating to strategic management and coping with stress. she is the author of numerous scientific papers on strategic management, coping with stress, and the education of managers published both in slovak and international journals. her research activities mostly include coping with stress. she earned D.sc (habilitation), Ph.D., M.sc. and B.sc. degrees in Management at the Faculty of Management, Presov University (slovakia). in turn, she earned her MBa, l.lM and DBa degrees at Warsaw Management University (Poland). Currently she combines her scientific activity with holding the position of director and statutory authority of Dti University

Monika Dohnanská

dohnanska@dti.sk

Affiliation:

Dti University, Dubnica nad Váhom, Slovakia

Bio Statement (e.g., department and rank)

Monika Dohnanská is an assistant at DTI University, Department of Didactics of vocational subjects, Dubnica nad váhom (slovakia). she specialises in theoretical and practical issues relating to personal management. she is the author of numerous scientific papers on personal management published in both slovak and international journals. her research activities mostly include personal management. She earned an M.Sc. degree in Management at the Faculty of Management, Presov University, and is a PhD student at the same institution. Currently she combines her scientific activity with work on the emotional intelligence of managers and its impact on their performance.