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Purpose: This article aims to explore the distribution of technological innovation and environmental policy challenges to respond to COVID-19. The study also attempts to tackle a paradigm shift in science and technology policies against the pandemic and a desirable direction for environmental policies. The COVID-19 pandemic has been the one that rapidly changed global people’s lifestyle. For the spread of a terrible infectious disease could not be avoided, regardless of a highly industrialized society. Research design, data and methodology: This study basically employs a qualitative approach as a methodology. This study is based on the fact that environmental pollution, various natural disasters continuously occur, and there are many unforeseeable parts, despite remarkable development of scientific technology, and that the circumstances are becoming more complex. Results: This study noted that scientific technology civilization formed due to industrial revolutions can deteriorate environment and increase environmental threat factors. As an alternative to this, this study investigates alternative discussions on how the 4th Industrial Revolution can help scientific technology and human environment to harmoniously coexist and develop. Conclusions: It implies that this study focuses on the possibility of overcoming this crisis through science and technology innovation, although mankind is in crisis of COVID-19 due to excessive human development. © This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://Creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited
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The results of sociological research in the oil and gas industry are presented in the article, revealing the recent social changes with a major impact on the Russian oil and gas market and the personnel management system. The article deals with demographic reasons and the role of the pandemic, which endangered post-millennials. The authors reevaluate the impact of digitalization on the Generation Z, which led to the reduction of working digital natives, since they will not live to work, but they will work to live. Gender, age, and professional characteristics of employees in oil and gas companies have been analyzed, as well as the current state and development trends of the labor market. The article emphasizes the priority of individual characteristics of "digital people", rather than staff numbers and pay level of the employees. This view resulted from the new reality of COVID-19 pandemic, geopolitical trends, sanctions policy, the global spread of digital technologies, mixing of socio-economic orientations and personal development. These people are unwilling to depend on anyone, but the ideal manager for them is the one who sets tasks most clearly and definitely.