Social systems theory as developed by Niklas Luhmann is an option for the theoretical foundation of Human Resource Management (HRM). After clarifying the advantages of using a grand (social) theory as the basic theoretical perspective, the roots of this social systems theory - the deterministic...

This paper presents a pre-formal social cognitive model of social responsibility as implying the deliberative capacity of the bearer but not necessarily her decision to act or not. Also, responsibility is defined as an objective property of agents, which they cannot remit at their will. Two...

Social systems theory as developed by Niklas Luhmann is an option for the theoretical foundation of Human Resource Management (HRM). After clarifying the advantages of using a grand (social) theory as the basic theoretical perspective, the roots of this social systems theory – the...

This study examines the optimal form of a firm’s organisation. Specifically, it discusses the efficient degree of labour specialisation in a firm. Specialisation of labour improves labour productivity through learning-by-doing. The problem of organisation arises, however, from the fact that...

Dieser Beitrag skizziert ein wirtschaftsethisches Gesprächsangebot an die Theologie.Aus der Perspektive des ordonomischen Ethik-Ansatzes werden methodisch drei kategorialeDenkfehler identifiziert: ein intentionalistischer, ein moralistischer und ein individualethischerFehlschluss.[...]

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

Der Artikel entwickelt in Auseinandersetzung mit Alfred Krupps Wohlfahrtsprogrammaus dem 19. Jahrhundert einen ordonomischen Beitrag, wie Unternehmen ‚Moral alsProduktionsfaktor‘ einsetzen können. Die These dieses Beitrags lautet, dass „CorporateSocial Responsibility“ als strategisches...