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The first period of Estonian independence lasted for 22 years, beginning in 1918. Starting from 1940, the Republic of Estonia was occupied by the Soviet Union for fifty years. Our case study examines the activities of Baptists in the Estonian parliament during this period from the viewpoint of ethics and sustainability. Content analysis was used as a qualitative research method. The content model is based on Talcott ParsonsВ’ AGIL paradigm [1], which determines four imperatives for the continuity of social systems...

Estonian Theatre is a unique phenomenon. In a population of 1.3 million, one million people visit the theatre every year. Tallinn City Theatre is one of the most renowned theatre companies in Estonia. In 2016, Tallinn City Theatre celebrated its 50th anniversary. Dating back to the Soviet times as Estonian Youth Theatre, a state-owned touring company made up of an entire class of fresh drama school graduates and a small number of well-known performers, it has transformed during five decades into an established, ye...

This paper provides a methodology for assessing sustainability performance by using financial reports of organisations. In this process, we applied Talcott ParsonsВ’ AGIL paradigm, which is based on system theory and states that the continuity of a social system requires the balance performance between all four components of the system: adaptation (A), goal attainment (G), integration (I) and latent pattern maintenance (L) or values [1]. In her doctoral thesis, Roostalu proved that the AGIL paradigm constitutes a ...