About Ways to Protect Honor, Dignity and Business Reputation

Relevance. The article considers the features of ways to protect honor, dignity and business reputation in ac-cordance with Art. 152 "Protection of honor, dignity and business reputation" of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, practical and theoretical problems of their application. The positions of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, the established judicial practice and discussion issues of civil law theory are analyzed, changes are proposed to the revision of Art. 152 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation to eliminate existing gaps in the methods of protecting the indicated intangible benefits of a citizen. The purpose of the study is to supplement the theoretical provisions aimed at deepening scientific knowledge on ways to protect honor, dignity and business reputation, and to develop legislative proposals for their effective im-plementation in accordance with Art. 152 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation. Objectives: to analyze the decisions of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation and reviews of judicial practice, court decisions in specific cases on the protection of honor, dignity and business reputation, to identify gaps in the revision of Art. 152 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, as well as to study and update the proposals available in the theory on its modernization. Methodology. The article was prepared on the basis of methods of induction and deduction, analysis and syn-thesis, formal-legal, system-analytical and logical methods, as well as the method of analysis and generalization of judicial practice. The results of the study are of a theoretical and applied nature and contain formulated proposals for solving problems related to the use of methods for protecting the honor, dignity and business reputation of a citizen. Conclusion. The need to finalize Art. 152 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation in terms of terminology used in the formulation of methods for protecting honor, dignity and business reputation and eliminating other gaps that require the attention of the legislator.