The paper presents a new methodology for measuring a corporate social responsibility (CSR) level based on the Integrative model of CSR. According to the model, which reflects European theoretical fundamentals of CSR, a company cannot be viewed as socially responsible if it does not accept at...

Dieser Beitrag interpretiert Edmund Phelps - insbesondere in seinem Spätwerk - als einen wichtigen Impulsgeber der Wirtschaftsethik. Die These lautet, dass sich für Phelps die moralische Qualität der Marktwirtschaft nicht in erster Linie daran bemisst, dass sie den Mitgliedern der...

Dieser Artikel entwickelt einen ordonomischen Beitrag zur Corporate Governance in und durch Unternehmen. Den Ausgangspunkt markiert die unternehmensethische Über-legung, dass sich die gesellschaftlichen Rahmenbedingungen für unternehmerische Wertschöpfung auf Märkten in einem grundlegenden...

This article discusses how the theoretical perspective of ordonomics provides a framework for better understanding and advancing the practice of social entrepreneurship. From an ordonomic perspective, the concept of social entrepreneurship offers a semantic innovation (at the ideas level) whose...

The purpose of this article is to develop an ordonomic conceptualization of corporate citizenship and new governance that (a) provides a framework for positively explaining the political participation of companies in new governance processes and (b) does not weaken but instead strengthens the...

This paper provides an overview of the status quo in socially responsible investing (SRI) literature. We outline motives, history, and current best practice of SRI. We also provide a thorough analysis of a wide set of studies that cover two key topics in this field: the first research objective...

In this paper, we re-examine the notion that socially-responsible behavior by firms will lead to increased financial performance. By identifying the underlying processes, institutional settings and actors involved, we present a framework that is more attentive to the multiplicity and...

Background: Research in business ethics shows that individual differences can influence one's ethical behaviour. In addition, variability in attitudes towards ethical issues among different generations is emphasized. Still, results are inconclusive and call for an additional examination of...

Dieser Beitrag entwickelt in zehn Thesen den unternehmensethischen Gedankengang, dass Unternehmen mit zahlreichen Aktivitäten unter der Bezeichnung "Corporate Social Responsibility" unfreiwillig genau jene Vorurteile bestätigen, die in der Öffentlichkeit oft zur Ablehnung der Marktwirtschaft...