Foreign Policy as Part of Strengthening the Polish Economy in the World: the Ethical Aspect

• Autorzy: Mateusz Pawlak

Warianty tytułu

Polityka zagraniczna jako element wzmacniania polskiej gospodarki na świecie - aspekt etyczny

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The technological, economic and political advances of the 20th and 21st centuries have established new conditions for the development of civilization. The world economy has simultaneously expanded (the number of states/organization participating in world trade or the volume of heterogeneous transactions) and shrunk (close interrelations between transactions, no matter their geographic origins). Economic policy has gained an indispensable role in the creation of order in international relations and foreign policy. The tendency to prioritize foreign policy aims towards economic policy aims has resulted in 'reverse flow', i.e. foreign policy has become a central part of national economic policy. The engagement of external action services and public budget in economic promotion and investments triggers (inter alia) the ethics dilemma. The mentioned ethical aspect is often omitted when discussing 'the economic foreign policy'. For instance, the ethics dilemma can appear when development and humanitarian aid are taken into account or when it comes to assessing the results (and membership) of economic missions. In this context, the author analyses the Polish foreign policy example and attempts to answer two questions. First, are the economic activities performed by external action services effective? Second, are the mentioned activities in accordance with the social ethical code of conduct? The author focuses on three elements - development and humanitarian aid, the participation of Polish diplomats in economic promotion, and economic missions. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

PL

Polityka zagraniczna; Polityka gospodarcza; Międzynarodowe stosunki gospodarcze; Etyka

EN

Foreign policy; Economic policy; International economic relations; Ethics

• Czasopismo: Annales : etyka w życiu gospodarczym
• Rocznik: 2014
• Tom: 17
• Numer: nr 4
• Strony: 93-100

Twórcy

autor

Mateusz Pawlak

• University of Lodz, Poland

Bibliografia

• Commerce Official Lead Trade Mission to Chile, International Trade Administration Press Release, available at: http://trade.gov/press/press-releases/2013/commer ce-officialto-lead-trade-mission-to-chile-041113.asp.
• David Cameron Launches Indian Trade Drive, BBC News 2010, 28th July, available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-10784317.
• Foreign economic policy, the official portal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs RP, available at: http://www.msz.gov.pl/pl/polityka_zagraniczna/zagraniczna_polityka_ekonomiczna/partnerzy/.
• Hollande est arrivé à Varsovie, "Le Figaro" 2012, 16th November, available at: http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2012/11/16/97001-20121116FILWWW00370-hollande-est-arrive-a-varsovie.php.
• OECD Economic Surveys: Poland 2010, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Volume 2010/8, April 2010, p. 140.
• Polish Development Cooperation, 2011: The report, "Grupa Zagranica", Warsaw 2012, p. 46.
• Pomoc w liczbach - 2011 r. [Assistance in Figures - 2011], the official website of the Polish development cooperation implemented by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, available at: http://www.polska pomoc.gov.pl/Pomoc,w,liczbach,15.html.
• Priorities of Polish Foreign Policy 2012-2016, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Warsaw 2012, available at: http://www.msz.gov.pl/resource/aa1c4aec-A52F-45a7-96e5-06658e73bb4e:JCR.
• Sikorski R., An answer to a parliamentary question No 14588 of 20 February 2013 concerning the need to create a system of promotion of the Polish economy and support for Polish entrepreneurs abroad, the official portal of the Sejm, available at: http://www.sejm.gov.pl/Sejm7.nsf/interpelacja.xsp?documentId=82EA943D44D4836FC1257B18004FB47C.
• Tajne misje gospodarcze: gdzie polskie firmy podróżowały z politykami [Secret trade missions: Where have Polish companies travelled with politicians], "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna" 2013, 6th March, available at: http://biznes.gazetaprawna.pl/artykuly/687287,tajne_misje_gospodarcze_gdzie_polskie_firmy_podrozowaly_z_politykami.html.
• The Act of 4 September 1997 on Branches of Government Administration, Journal of Laws of 1997, No. 141, item 943.
• The Act on Development Cooperation of 16 September 2011, Journal of Laws of 2011, No. 234, item 1386.
• The Millennium Development Goals: Time to Help Others!, United Nations Development Programme on Development in Poland and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, available at: http://www.un.org.pl/rozwoj/doc/pol_dlaczego_MDG.pdf.
• The Multiannual Development Cooperation Programme 2012-2015 Solidarity, Democracy, Development', Ministry of Foreign Affairs, pp. 5-6, available at: http://www.polskapomoc.gov.pl/files/dokumenty_publikacje/PW_PL-po_reas.pdf.
• Wróblewska J., Materiał informacyjny na posiedzenie Komisji Gospodarki Narodowej Senatu RP w sprawie efektywności promowania polskiej gospodarki w świecie [Information material for the meeting of the National Economy Committee of the Senate on the effectiveness of the promotion of the Polish economy in the world], Department of Economic Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, pp. 1-2, available at: http://ww2.senat.pl/k7/kom/kgn/g/8.pdf.

Identyfikatory

DOI

11089/6026