THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL AND ETHICAL FACTORS ON ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS DURING THE OUTBREAK OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Faisal Mohammed Almuhareb

Assistant Professor (Sociology of Development and Social Change) at the Department of Sociology and Social Work, College of Social Sciences at Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University, almuharebf@hotmail.com

Introduction

Human societies are going through historical distinct moments, as they face the Corona pandemic. Which has three characteristics that make it a subject amenable to studying – social science in which it penetrates into the depths of sociology or touches its overlapping borders with other disciplines, such as the gradual spread pattern from local to global, and the depth of the impact of all patterns Its physical and functional structure, and its impact on worldview and perceptions of life, existence and human destiny.

And if the sciences emerged as a result of massive events, and developed from scientific revolutions that followed the inability to understand and explain the anomalies according to established perceptions; This is the state of sociology as it faces challenges arising from deep transformations in the structure of society, forms of gatherings, lifestyles and interactions, and scholars are agitating to make it an opportunity to reconsider the postulates of previous historical stages or different societies. From the scientist who has time to impose his presence on the scientific arena within the framework of social sciences.