Grundlegung -- Terminologische und konzeptionelle Grundlagen -- Vertiefung des Modells nachhaltiger Austauschrelationen -- Multinationale Unternehmen an der BoP: Reflexionen im Lichte von Corporate Citizenship -- Empirische Relevanz der behandelten Konzepte an der BoP -- Konklusion und Ausblick.

In recent years, a considerable amount of research on adapted business for developing countries focused on the impact such endeavours have on the respective companies as well as on the affected people. However, the main emphasis within management sciences was on the economic outcomes or (even...

Purpose: In the last decade(s), the content and applicability of various forms of corporate responsibility for issues in the domain of sustainable development have been discussed within business and society. At times, both concepts are somehow connected to each other but so far they have not...

The standard ISO 26000 aims to provide guidance on social responsibility and help all types of organizations contribute to sustainable development. Such guidance is important since there is still no consistent understanding of what corporate sustainability and social responsibility (CSSR)...

The article begins with globalization tendencies as starting point for a discussion on corporate responsibility. General characteristics of corporate responsibility are introduced. The main emphasis is on an in-depth discussion of general as well as operational critique on corporate responsibility

Mit anhaltenden Globalisierungstendenzen und abnehmender staatlicher Regulierungs-macht wird nicht-staatlichen Akteuren zunehmend gesellschaftliche Verantwortung zuge-sprochen. Die Internationale Standardisierungsorganisation (ISO) nahm dies zum Anlass, einen Standard für eine solche „Social...

Dignity as a central aspect of human existence can be subdivided into certain fundamental rights. When approaching the ‘Base of the Pyramid’ (i.e. the segment of the world’s poor), preserving only a minimum level of these rights already proves to be difficult. Corporate responsibility is...