This paper begins by outlining some of the wide ranging usages of the term quot;corporate defencequot; and the numerous contexts in which it has been applied. It briefly compares the emerging contemporary view of corporate defence to that of quot;National Defencequot;, and poses the question as...

Das vorliegende Paper thematisiert die Rolle der Werkvertragstätigen in der Fleischindustrie aus wirtschaftsethischer Sicht. Auf die Vorstellung mehrerer Handlungsfelder folgen 1. die Analyse regionaler wie überregionaler Parameter, 2. die rechtliche Situation in Verknüpfung mit Politik und...

In this paper, we study the effects of business culture on market efficiency. We exogenously vary the type of business culture between business-is-business cultures, which consist on impersonal relationships where financial matters are paramount, and business-is-family cultures, which comprise...

Frauen verdienen in Deutschland durchschnittlich immer noch weniger als Männer. Dies gilt auch und sogar verstärkt für Führungskräfte: Für den Zeitraum von 2010 bis 2016 ergibt sich für Vollzeitbeschäftigte in Führungspositionen ein durchschnittlicher Gender Pay Gap im...

Berkshire Hathaway, among history's largest and most successful corporations, shuns middlemen; its chairman, the legendary investor Warren Buffett, excoriates financial intermediaries. The acquisitive conglomerate rarely borrows money, retains brokers, or hires consultants. Its governance is...

Women still earn less than men on average in Germany. This applies to management positions even more: between 2010 and 2016, there was an average gender pay gap of 30 percent in gross hourly earnings. If gender-specific differences in relevant wage determinants are excluded, a pay gap of 11...

This paper focuses on institutional philanthropy by retail firms, utilizing foundations connected to the top 50 global retailers as a case study. The purpose of this research is threefold: 1) To explore the philanthropic propensity of global retailers; 2) To define a typology of foundations...

This Working Paper focuses on the organizations’ social responsibility aspects linked to the active and creative involvement of the working community in the dynamics of change. The work, then explores organizational development area in the organizations’ social responsibility context. The...

Following New Public Management and Reinventing Government reforms, public sector organizations are expected to pursue values such as efficiency, performance, and accountability, reflecting a ‘hard’ identity as managed organization. By examining the contents of 394 core value statements...

The emerging field of corporate demography views corporations and industries in a similar way to human or animal individuals and groups. This review essay examines what economists, particularly industrial organization specialists, and corporate demographers can learn from each other. The two...