Apart from a few comparative surveys focusing on the largest companies, there are no content analyses of the codes of conduct of German companies. Due to country-specific differences in the legal, economic, and cultural environment, results of content analyses can hardly be transferred from one...

Corporate scandals led to an increased interest in improving managers’ compliance. To this end, companies implement compliance programs including codes of conduct, compliance training, and whistle-blowing as core elements. Previous research has focused on the impact of the mere existence of...

This paper (in German) is an introduction into the topic of CSR from a German perspective. It provides a brief overview and introduces the different chapters in an edited volume which is a Festschrift for Professor Dr. Gerd Rainer Wagner's 65th Birthday

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.

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

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...