In ways accentuated by the global coronavirus pandemic, corporations constitute vital instruments of the acts of beneficence needed by the people of the world to make progress in public health and increase collective and individual well-being. This article contributes to understanding the...

Die Studie analysiert die Verantwortung von Unternehmen für Menschenrechts- und Umweltthemen entlang ihrer Lieferketten. Neben einer Darstellung der historischen Entwicklung des "Due Diligence"-Begriffs und seiner Anwendung auf Menschenrechtsthemen wird insbesondere auf bestehende und geplante...

Porter and Kramer's Creating Shared Value framework was recently called into question in a stinging attack in this journal. Recognizing that CSV shines as a managerial framework around “win-win” business and society issues — “A cases” — we argue that CSV leaves managers ill-equipped...

The profound influence of Thomas Donaldson and Thomas Dunfee's Integrative Social Contracts Theory (ISCT) on the field of business ethics has been challenged by Andreas Scherer and Guido Palazzo's Habermasian approach, which has achieved prominence of late with articles that expressly question...

Pharmaceutical companies developed COVID-19 vaccines in record time. However, it soon became apparent that global access to the vaccines was inequitable. Through a media analysis and interviews as the pandemic unfolded (up to mid-2021), we provide an in-depth analysis of why companies engaged...