CULTURE OF SOLIDARITY: KEY ASPECTS, PRINCIPLES AND FUNCTIONS

Abstract

The paper outlines main aspects of the culture of solidarity: conceptual and theoretical-categorical. The conceptual aspect is examined in the context of the theory of social solidarity, individualism and collectivism, and philosophical and activity-based approaches to the interpretation of culture. The author notes that the theoretical and categorical aspect confirms the autonomy of the culture of solidarity as a separate category. The author substantiates the relevance and expediency of considering the culture of solidarity in the context of modern challenges. It is noted that despite the fact that the culture of solidarity belongs to a single layer of corporate culture, it has its own characteristics, which give the right to consider it as an independent category, filled with content, principles, and functions. The paper provides the author's definition of the culture of solidarity. It identifies and characterizes the main principles of the culture of solidarity: trust, solidarity, responsibility, openness, freedom, fairness, and patriotism. Furthermore, the article describes the functions of the culture of solidarity: worldview, identification, consolidation, regulation, integration, motivation, and communication, which ensure the stability and integrity of social and group interaction. It is proven that the culture of solidarity should be perceived as a tool of management practice and social technology, based on the idea of pragmatic expediency and constructive partnership. The author notes that the effectiveness of the culture of solidarity is manifested through the level of staff involvement, which is achieved through regulatory regulation of relations, values, and symbolic and ritual instruments of the surface level of corporate culture. The author emphasises that the objective assessment of the level of engagement and corporate cohesion makes it possible to formulate a development strategy and possible trajectories for it, and to respond actively to modern challenges. It is stressed that the prerequisite for the formation of a culture of solidarity is, first and foremost, values that must be agreed upon in advance at all levels of the organization and enshrined in the relevant corporate documents. The author concludes that the culture of solidarity ensures the community consolidation through institutional and regulatory mechanisms and value-based and ethical management tools.