Wie können Corporate Citizens voneinander lernen? Anregungen für den Global Compact der Vereinten Nationen

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Internationally, there is a growing political consensus that “corporate social responsibility” should play a key role in management education. Against this background, there is a need for interdisciplinary learning between business administration and business ethics. So far, this dialogue has been hindered by approaches to business ethics that (still) lack a solid foundation in economics. This paper seeks to bridge this gap by systematically relating (an economic approach to) business ethics to management analysis and education. As a first step, the paper argues that business ethics theory needs to acknowledge the competitive market conditions for business firms; therefore, it is advantageous to adapt an economic approach to (business) ethics. In a second step, the paper puts forward ten theses that explain how such an economic approach to business ethics can be easily incorporated into conventional management education. The paper concludes with a proposal for interdisciplinary learning in view of a newly raised academic debate between business ethics and business administration (Albach-Controversy).
Translated title of the contributionHow can Corporate Citizens learn from one another?: Suggestions for the Global Compact of the United Nations
Original languageGerman
Place of PublicationHalle-Wittenberg
PublisherMartin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Pages1-17
Number of pages17
ISBN (print)978-3-86010-938-0
ISBN (electronic)978-3-86010-939-7
Publication statusPublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes

    Research areas

  • Sustainability sciences, Management & Economics - business ethics, economic ethics, order of the market economy, globalization, corporate social responsibility, corporate citizenship, UN Global Compact, social dilemma structures, orthogonal position, management, strategic management, management education