The Equator Principles (EPs) are a voluntary and self-regulatory Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative in the field of project finance. The EPs provide a number of principles to businesses to reduce the negative impacts of lending practices linked to environment-damaging projects. The...

The hypothetical conflict between self-interest, corporate interest and the common good is one of the hottest debated issues in business ethics. This paper focuses on a particular CSR-approach within the field of sustainable (project) finance which has the potential(!) – given that certain...

This paper explores the various personal and intellectual links between Edmund Husserl, Rudolf and Walter Eucken. Our interdisciplinary approach gives an insight into Husserl’s transcendental phenomenology, Walter Eucken’s Ordoliberalism as well as in the interdependency between...

The paper presents a renewed Habermasian view on transnational multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSIs) and assesses the institutional characteristics of the Equator Principles Association (EPA) from a deliberative democracy perspective. Habermas' work has been widely adopted in the academic...

Climate change is not only one of the major (economic-)ethical issues of the 21st century; it is also an existential threat for many populations around the world. Yet, climate action and politics – both at the individual, corporate, and government levels – are oftentimes considered to be...

The paper discusses the relevance and ethical responsibilities of banks and other financial institutions in the context of climate change mitigation (and adaptation). It does so by analysing the status quo (i.e., business link between banks and the fossil fuel industry) – as well as the latest...

The Equator Principles are a transnational corporate social responsibility initiative in the project finance sector. In 2013, the Equator Principles Association celebrated the tenth anniversary of its principles and at the same time the formal launch of the latest generation of the Equator...

The debate surrounding ‘big tech’ and antitrust has dominated public policy discourses over the past few years in many parts of the world. Noteworthy is that several countries and regions, including China, the European Union, and the United States, have launched investigations into the...

This paper approaches the topic of ‘big tech’ and antitrust from a unique business-ethics (and history of economic thought) perspective. That is, it analyzes the business conduct of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google – and the corresponding antitrust concerns – from an ordoliberal...

Walter Eucken was one of the main representatives of the Freiburg School of Law and Economics and German ‘neoliberalism’, also known as Ordoliberalism. This chapter portrays and analyses Eucken’s life and work as well as his Ordoliberal legacy. It begins by taking a closer look at...