Economic ethics is a research program that employs instruments of economic analysis in order to reflect upon problems of morality, e.g. the legitimization of market and state in shaping individual conduct. From the perspective of economic ethics, this paper examines the concept of social...

We ask how normative statements are possible within an economic theory framework that recognises the importance of institutional arrangements. Instead of applying established outcome-oriented criteria of social welfare, we examine whether the rules of economic interaction allow the acquisition...

Empirically, responsibility is a concept increasingly made use of in order to address societal issues. The debate on corporate social responsibility and corporate citizenship is a case in point. At the same time, it is a concept mainstream economics has, so far, hardly touched on. The paper...

Dieses Interview stellt einige grundlegende Thesen zur Diskussion, die aus der Perspektive des ordonomischen Forschungsprogramms hergeleitet werden. Die vorgestellten Überlegungen betreffen zum einen den Ukraine-Krieg, zum anderen die Klimapolitik. Beide Politikbereiche, so das Hauptargument,...

Dieser Diskussionsbeitrag skizziert die Hindernisse, die einem Frieden in der Ukraine gegenwärtig im Weg stehen. Darauf aufbauend erläutert er, dass realistischerweise nur von westeuropäischen Akteuren erwartet werden kann, die Friedens-Initiative zu ergreifen, und dass hierbei Deutschland...

This volume unites the perspective of business ethics with approaches from strategic management, economics, law, political science, and with philosophical reflections on the theory of Corporate Citizenship and New Governance. In view of the internationalization of the (global) economy and the...