In diesem Beitrag untersuchen wir den Prozess der globalen Standardisierung von Massnahmen der Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Unter Rueckgriff auf Theorieansaetze des Neuen Soziologischen Institutionalismus unterscheiden wir hierbei zwischen der Breiten- und Tiefendimension von...

Marktarenen sind wesentliche Orte der subpolitischen Konfliktaustragung um die Durchsetzung universaler, menschenrechtlicher Normen auf transnationaler Ebene geworden. Der Beitrag untersucht, inwieweit Aushandlungsprozesse zwischen Unternehmen und unternehmenskritischen Kampagnen zur Etablierung...

Das dynamische Forschungsfeld CSR laesst bereits einige konkurrierende Denkrichtungen erkennen, die wir als Narrative bezeichnen. Diese Narrative bieten der relativ jungen CSR-Bewegung Identitaeten, die unhinterfragt angenommen werden. Dies wird in der wissenschaftlichen Debatte zu einem...

Ausgehend von den Rahmenbedingungen der Geschaeftsberichterstattung, u.a. von Corporate Governance Richtlinien, wird untersucht, inwieweit und wie sich deutsche und daenische Unternehmen der Chemischen Industrie nach aussen als dialogorientiert darstellen. Darueber hinaus wird auf Dilemmas bei...

This paper integrates the positive features of the Grameen Bank (i.e., zero tangible collateral and human portfolio approach) with the Shariah based notion of equitable risk and return sharing between a borrower and a lender. The proposed approach would significantly reduce the costs of capital...

The study presented here reviews activities of NGOs in Sudan. That was a disputable issue that resulted in a mass expulsion of many in 2009. However¸ there were precedents of such expulsions in previous and following years. The paper discusses humanitarian work in Sudan, positive and negative...

Until today there is a research gap considering the question, what motivates a member to enter or leave a co-op, resp. what are the reasons to stay in a co-operative. The majority of studies about this topic mainly focus on economic factors and the rational behavior of the member. However,...

This book provides an up-to-date analytical and empirical treatment of some important interactions between paid and unpaid labour and the social economy. The emphasis on the preferences of paid and unpaid labour and on their role in the efficient provision of social services makes a contribution...

This book provides an up-to-date analytical and empirical treatment of some important interactions between paid and unpaid labour and the social economy. The emphasis on the motivations for paid and unpaid labour, and on how these factors contribute to efficiently providing social services,...

In this paper I study the role of social capital in a just society. In such a world, the most fruitful first step in considering communities as economic institutions isn’t to ask what social capital might be, but to ask instead a fundamental question facing any group of people who have agreed...