Der Global Compact (GC) der Vereinten Nationen versteht sich nicht als Regulierungsinitiative, sondern als freiwilliges Lern- und Dialogforum fuer Corporate Citizenship. Dieser Beitrag entwickelt Vorschlaege, wie der GC diesem Anspruch (noch besser) gerecht werden kann. Hier geht es um...

Der Artikel geht der Frage nach, ob die Forderung einer 'Unternehmensverantwortung für soziale und ökologische Nachhaltigkeit' (CSR) in den Kurrikula der Hochschule verankert werden kann. Zunächst wird die Frage aus wissenschaftstheoretischer Sicht diskutiert. Dabei zeigt sich, dass es kein...

As businesses span the globe, multinational and translational companies conduct their business operations in foreign settings, especially in developing countries and in countries in transition from Communist regimes. This poses new challenges to expatriate managers and to home-based staff in...

Purpose – Building on the work of Carroll this article attempts to unravel, explore and explain corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a theoretical construct that has implications and consequences for corporate governance in particular, and more generally for the economy, business and...

This paper deals with management tools like conflict analysis and ethics auditing. Ethics auditing is understood as an opportunity and agreement to devise a system to inform on ethical corporate behaviour. This system essentially aims to increase the transparency and credibility of a companyís...

Increasing attempts are being made to determine whether corporate social responsibility leads to commercial benefits. Research to date has demonstrated that corporate social responsibility is associated with attracting job-seekers and enhancing the engagement of employees. However, much of this...

This monograph presents the existing socio-economic conditions of the functioning of society and the economy in Poland and indicates current problems, regarding management. Taking into account these conditions, underlines the trends, together with a proposal for specific solutions to selected...

Altruism and the ethical relationship to other people affect behaviour of subjects in economic environment. Economy tries to capture this behaviour, there are various models, but it hasn´t been successful in fi nding one model describing various types and cases of altruistic behaviour. Business...

The relationship between business and society has witnessed a dramatic change in the past few years. Many factors forced businesses to reconsider their role in society; accordingly there has been a surge of notions that tries to explain this new complex relation between business and society....