International stehen Forderungen im Raum, die betriebswirtschaftliche Ausbildung so auszurichten, dass sie der gesellschaftlichen Verantwortung von Unternehmen einen systematischen Stellenwert beimisst. Der hierfür erforderliche Dialog zwischen BWL und Unternehmensethik kommt jedoch derzeit...

Der Artikel entwickelt in Auseinandersetzung mit Alfred Krupps Wohlfahrtsprogramm aus dem 19. Jahrhundert einen ordonomischen Beitrag, wie Unternehmen 'Moral als Produktionsfaktor' einsetzen können. Die These dieses Beitrags lautet, dass "Corporate Social Responsibility" als strategisches...

Sustainable and responsible investing (SRI) is a strategy that seeks to combine both financial return and social good. The need to create and preserve SRI represents a key argument in investment decision-making, which leads other firms and investors to make strategic decisions beyond financial...

Societal expectations of companies are rapidly changing as companies are confronted with wide-ranging responsibilities that extend beyond maximizing near-term shareholder return. Those expectations encompass an expanding list of stakeholders – including the labor force, suppliers, communities,...

Dieser Beitrag stellt mit Hilfe der Ordonomik einen systematischen Zusammenhang zwischen zwei unterschiedlichen Literaturen her, deren Fragestellungen zunächst inkommensurabel erscheinen: zwischen der akteurszentrierten Social Entrepreneurship- Literatur und der auf Institutionen ausgerichteten...

The link between the social and political environment and the globalization is an area that has been subject to considerable debate yet still open to opportunities for learning, explanation and more effective structured modeling. The salience of this linkage has been rising in importance as more...

Numerous scholars have observed that the relationship between poverty and violent conflict is endogenous. As a result, the area of Peace Through Commerce argues as one of its central tenets that the institution of business may be able to contribute to sustainable peace by creating economic...

Increasingly large multinational corporations (MNCs) recognize the positive effects of Corporate Social Responsibly (CSR) on customers, employees, and talents. However, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) or local units of MNCs may not have the same spectrum of responsibilities, due to...

Corporate Strategy is concerned with managing information that is systemic for quick decision making in organizations. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs are increasingly becoming popular in use as an element in the overall corporate strategy of many companies today. Over the years,...

Recent theories of the strategic use of corporate social responsibility (CSR) emphasize the role of information asymmetry and how CSR is likely to be matrixed into a firm's product differentiation strategy. A key empirical implication of these theories is that firms selling experience or...