The objective of the present research was to examine the relationship of income below the 'atrisk-of-poverty threshold' and well-being variables among selected groups of Slovak citizens based on the analysis of secondary data. Responses of 7851 Slovaks selected from the EU-SILC 2013 data (N = 13286) were analyzed. The participants were selected on the basis of self-defined current economic status as follows: employees working full-time (n = 5156), the unemployed (n = 845), retirees (n = 1850). The stepwise multiple regression revealed that the relationship of income to well-being variables in each of these three groups was different. The differentiated income effect in relation to well-being variables depending on selfdefined economic status and study limitations were discussed.

Poverty is a complex phenomenon involving objective as well as subjective aspects. In reality, 9 out of 10 flagship studies from social sciences assess only objective indicators reducing poverty's multidimensional nature into solely economic characteristics. Comparing the effects of several distinct poverty operationalizations on the same outcome variable, we found substantial heterogeneity in the estimates. Neglecting the fact that different poverty operationalizations produce different results can generate misleading narratives when interpreting the findings. A researcher should be well-aware which poverty operationalization is the most suitable for their research purposes prior to the data collection. In case this is hard to determine, we aim to encourage researchers to perform sensitivity analyses based on different poverty operationalizations in order to inspect how these choices shape their outcomes.

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The implementation of tools and techniques of the management of ethics in the academic environment has its own peculiarities arising from the nature of the expert, scientific, pedagogical, but also administrative work of university staff, requiring a considerable degree of autonomy and freedom. The aim of this case study is to present the views of university teachers and PhD students from a selected faculty of a public university in Slovakia on the implementation of tools and techniques for the management of ethics and to identify specific risks associated with the nature of the code of ethics and its introduction into practice. Qualitative research was conducted using focus groups during the implementation of the code of ethics, while quantitative research was subsequently conducted by an anonymous electronic questionnaire shortly after the introduction of the code into practice.

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