The pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19) has significantly affected the tourism industry. Tourist destinations have adopted emergency measures and restrictions that have affected the mobility of individuals around the world. Beaches and resorts were empty, cities were deserted, people’s movements were stopped, and travel among different territories was strictly controlled. COVID-19-caused quarantine around the world has harmed people’s livelihoods and the world economy. This study aims to analyze the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the tourism industry and overall economic performance. Based on the research results and exploratory research of the literature, we listed in a synthesizing manner several measures to ensure the resilience of the tourism sector during the COVID-19 pandemic period.

Social responsibility (SR) is a concept or practice by which organizations take into account the interest of society by taking responsibility for the impact of their activities on all stakeholders. The SR of organizations implies ethical behavior concerning all stakeholders and a company’s commitment to the sustainable economic development of society. Organizational ethics is a set of written and unwritten codes of principles and values that govern decisions and actions within an organization. Ethics has a rather internal perspective, while social responsibility has a rather external perspective. This study examines the impact of social responsibility and organizational ethics on employees’ wellbeing. To perform the empirical analysis, we conducted a survey among 423 employees from Romanian organizations. Using the structural equation modeling, we analyzed the relationships between social responsibility, organizational ethics, and employees’ wellbeing, emphasizing the positive impact of ethical and responsible behavior of the organization on the employees’ wellbeing. The organization’s employees play a dual role: firstly, they are all internal stakeholders, and secondly, they are constituents of an external stakeholder essential for the organization—the community. The results show a significant positive influence of social responsibility and organizational ethics on employees’ wellbeing as a result of a responsible and ethical behavior in relation to the organizational stakeholders.

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a progressively significant issue for organizations and governments. To benefit from a good reputation that reflects on organizational performance, organizations must ensure the balance between stakeholders’ needs. This paper studies the direct and indirect effects of CSR on organizational financial performance as perceived by employees of organizations. The investigation used structural equation modeling to evaluate and describe the nature of the relationship between these two variables. The empirical study uses a perceptual approach, evaluating the perceptions of the closest stakeholders (employees). Data on the perceptions of 431 employees in Romanian organizations were collected following a questionnaire-based survey. The results indicate a strong effect of social responsibility on both direct and mediated organizational financial performance. The relationships established with the stakeholders ultimately affect organizational financial performance through variables such as the attraction and retention of employees, the attraction and loyalty of customers, more accessible access to capital, and the organization’s reputation.

The problem analyzed through this study reflects the national crisis situation of the Romanian educational system, against the allergic background of powerless political influences in a context in which many other systems, such as economic, health, tourism and not only are in a state of collapse. This aspect brings to attention the issue of paradoxes which, from the perspective of other researchers, characterize the process of changing the school organization. In order to better understand the nature of the contradictions of the current change, the experience of experts is relevant through the power of example. If post-pandemic changes mean misalignment, then there is a risk of imbalances and chaos. Therefore, the post-pandemic is becoming an insecure world that is exacerbated with the use of information and communication technology tools. In this case, the nostalgia of educational institutions for the past should probably not be surprised, especially since the change sometimes concerns only external demands, like a wound healed from the outside, leaving the inside in a greater suffering. Among the methodological activities used by the authors are the diagnostic analysis of the managerial documentation and of the quality assurance commission in the Romanian public educational institutions, the exploratory evaluation of the specialized literature. Finally, the result of this research generates analysis criteria for organizational adaptation and processing the stages of the planned institutional change process. These results can help the human resources that need this meticulous process of change and adaptation through the patterns of behavior provided by the authors.