Frauen sind in Führungspositionen insgesamt noch immer deutlich unterrepräsentiert. Der sogenannte Gender Leadership Gap, also die Differenz zwischen dem Anteil von Frauen an allen abhängig Beschäftigten und dem Anteil von Frauen in hohen Führungspositionen, variiert zwischen einzelnen...

The Protocol for Socially Responsible Territory is the result of a local sustainability management experience, which has demonstrated the importance of public administration in social innovation. This article describes the process through which such protocol was obtained, its characteristics and...

Women remain grossly underrepresented in management positions in Germany. However, what has been dubbed the gender leadership gap, i.e., the difference between the share of all employees who are women and the share of women in senior management positions, varies considerably across different...

Changes in regulation and government policy have stimulated growth of 'green innovation' with sustainability emerging as a key concept. A review of the literature revealed gaps in research in this area of innovation management. The aim of this paper is to test the relationship between SDO...

In the past few years a growing consideration of enterprises' social role has brought public opinion, management scholars and companies themselves to give more and more attention and space to the concept of ethics. Over the decades, the doctrine has made some considerable progress in defining...

In order to better differentiate the drivers of corporations' actions, in particular shareholder wealth and stakeholder interests, the paper explores the significance of the comply or explain-principle and its underlying enforcement mechanisms more generally. Against this background, compliance...

Eine aktuelle Umfrage zeigt, dass die Bevölkerung skeptisch gegenüber dem Gemeinwohlinteresse von Unternehmen ist. Etwa ein Drittel hat kein Vertrauen in Unternehmen, Gutes für die Gesellschaft zu bewirken. Insbesondere den großen und börsennotierten Unternehmen gegenüber sind die Menschen...

Diese Studie untersucht die Übereinstimmung von Erklärungsentsprechen und Entsprechenserklärung bezüglich Ziffer 4.2.3 Abs. 4 S. 1 Deutscher Corporate Governance Kodex (DCGK) in den Jahren 2010 bis 2014. Dazu wurden in einer Vollerhebung die Entsprechenserklärungen und Abfindungssummen...

Women are still in the clear minority among the financial sector's top decision-making bodies. According to DIW Berlin's Women Executives Barometer, at the end of 2016, 21 percent of the supervisory and administrative board members of the 100 largest banks were female. The number has stagnated...

The gender quota for supervisory boards that has been mandatory since January 2016 has shown an initial impact. According to DIW Berlin's Women Executives Barometer, at the end of 2016, there were more women on the supervisory boards of the 106 companies subject to the statutory quota than one...