科学发展观视野下的企业可持续发展

企业可持续发展是经济、社会可持续发展的基础。在科学发展观视野下的企业可持续发展思路是 :人才辈出为企业可持续发展之本 ;创新乃企业可持续发展之源 ;清洁生产是可持续发展之路 ;企业文化建设是企业可持续发展之魂 ;建立学习型组织是企业可持续发展之保证。     

马克思主义理论创新与理论联系实际方法--论江泽民关于理论联系实际进行马克思主义理论创新的思想

在新的历史时期进行马克思主义理论创新 ,必须坚持运用理论联系实际的方法。运用理论联系实际方法进行马克思主义理论创新 ,既有马克思主义理论研究传统的根据 ,又有中国共产党历史经验的依据 ;既是社会实践、时代发展和社会主义现代化建设的客观要求 ,又是辩证唯物主义哲学原理的实际展现。近年来 ,江泽民同志明确地提出了理论联系实际进行马克思主义理论创新的思想 ,并将其概括为 :对马克思主义进行理论创新 ,既要坚持马克思主义的基本原理、观点和方法 ,又要坚持解放思想、实事求是、追求真理、勇于创新的科学原则 ,二者必须有机结合。这一科学方法论思想 ,与江泽民同志的“三个代表”重要思想有着密不可分的关系 ;可以说 ,“三个代表”重要思想 ,就是理论联系实际进行马克思主义理论创新方法在新时期具体运用的结果。     

苏联法制建设的失误与教训

存在了七十多年的苏联在短短的时间内土崩瓦解 ,其法制建设上的失误是重要原因。斯大林至勃列日涅夫时期的失误埋下了国家分裂的种子 ,戈尔巴乔夫时期的失误则提供了适宜的土壤。这些失误留给我们的深刻教训在于 :政治权力的行使必须纳入法制化轨道 ,国家的稳定才不致因领导者个人的去留而发生动摇 ;共产党的活动必须局限于宪法和法律的范围以内 ,不能允许任何党员有超越于宪法和法律之上的特权 ;法律文化建设必须作为一项战略性任务予以高度重视 ,以促进全民族的法制文明尽早实现。     

As Good as it Gets? A Life Course Perspective on Marital Quality

Marital relationships, like individuals, follow a developmental trajectory over time with ups and downs and gains and losses. We work from a life course perspective and use growth curve analysis to look at trajectories of change in marital quality over time. Although the tendency is for marital quality to decline over time, some groups begin with much higher levels of marital quality than others. Moreover, a number of life course and contextual factors can accelerate or slow this path of change. Our findings point to the importance of considering the multi-dimensionality of time (e.g., age, marital duration, the passage of years) as well as family transitions (e.g., having children, emptying or refilling the nest) in creating the meanings and experiences of marriage over time.     

Social Protection: Values to be Defended!

Social protection is a part of human rights. I therefore believe it is important to react to the many reproaches levelled at it, which are undermining its legitimacy. This involves defending social protection, first and foremost in the name of its mission, its fundamental objectives and, consequently, the values upon which it is founded. After briefly reviewing the content of these values, I emphasize the fact that they should be promoted and cultivated at least as much as the economic values that are dominant in the world today.     

The Cost-Effectiveness of Alternative Advance Mailings in a Telephone Survey

Advance letters are being used increasingly to combat the declinein response rates, but their effectiveness depends partly ontheir being read. In the face of the post-9/11 anthrax mailingscare, the Office for Survey Research (OSR) converted to usingadvance postcards rather than advance letters. Subsequently,the OSR conducted an experiment to test the effectiveness ofsending letters, postcards, or nothing to directory-listed numbersselected in a large random digit dial (RDD) telephone survey.In terms of response rates, the results clearly indicate thatsending advance letters is more effective than sending postcards,which, in turn, is more effective than sending nothing. A detailedcost-effectiveness evaluation indicates that sending lettersactually saves money, despite the increased costs associatedwith the mailings, compared to sending postcards; sending postcardsis also more cost-effective than not sending anything.