One of the defining features of modern social science and economics in particular is the hard break it posits between everyday and scientific knowledge. French philosophers have called this characteristic the epistemological break. One of the key consequences of this break is that scientists...

The European Union wants to foster the sustainable growth of the economy by using the financial markets as an intermediary. Thus, politicians need to know which factors account for differences in socially responsible investments (SRI) between countries to create an efficient framework, which...

If there exist no incentive or selective mechanisms that make cooperation in large groups incentive-compatible under realistic circumstances, functional social institutions will require subjective preferences to diverge from objective payoffs – a "noble lie." This implies the existence of...

This paper studies resource making and the emergence of proto-institutions in Tafel Deutschland, an umbrella organization for more than 940 food banks or pantries in Germany, deploying a hermeneutical context model. Shedding light on value co-creation processes in the German Tafel field, we...

Vorliegender Artikel betrachtet aktuelle Themenfelder der Agrarpolitik und -wirtschaft in Deutschland. Kontexte der EU-Politik bilden dabei einen inhaltlichen und methodischen Rahmen. Von exemplarischen Szenarien in gesellschaftspolitischen Debatten ausgehend beziehen sich die Autoren auch auf...

Professionalism is often viewed, in the management literature and in practice, as a desirable sought-after trait in employees and managers. This belief, however, does not consider a potential dark side of professionalism. A high self-concept of professionalism often coexists with a shallow...

Drawing on an ordonomic approach, this paper argues that a theory of global justice should incorporate as a pivotal cornerstone a theory of corporate citizenship which constructively addresses business firms as agents of social value creation. We argue that, instead of relying exclusively on...

Dieser Aufsatz will von Seiten einer ordonomischen Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik zu einer interdisziplinären Verständigung zwischen Juristen und Ökonomen beitragen. Seine zentrale These besteht darin, dass Korruption als ein Ordnungsproblem aufzufassen ist, dessen Lösung einer...

As secularism is increasing and religious diversity is regaining momentum worldwide, it is important to understand how systemic religious differences have influenced financial development in Africa. To this end, this study seeks to investigate the impact of religiosity on financial development...

The association between selling orientation and customer orientation and sales success has been a matter of intensive research since the publication of the selling orientation-customer orientation (SOCO) score in the early 1980's. However, which attitudes predispose salespeople for high...