Bachmann, Claudius
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Journal for Markets and Ethics
Pope Francis’ encyclical Fratelli tutti (2020) is also interesting from a business ethics perspective. In terms of a systematic analysis, it seems promising to distinguish three different perspectives that are well established in academic business ethics. The three perspectives can be operationalized using three corresponding questions. How do we w...
Naumann, Laura Herberger, Tim Alexander Ender, Manuela
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Journal for Markets and Ethics
Our content analysis of the reporting of the DAX30 companies shows that the focus is primarily on compliance, codes of conduct, company-specific sustainability, CSR and corporate citizenship programs. Ethics and sustainability departments are positioned close to the board of directors and company management, which emphasizes the strategic relevance...
Ferri, Giovanni Leogrande, Angelo
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Journal for Markets and Ethics
We analyze stakeholder management (STM) relative to cooperation and individualism within the fourth industrial revolution (FIR). STM is a recent corporate governance tool boosting cooperation and allowing representativeness of individualistic behaviors even in dialectical environments. Though forerunning it, cooperatives massively use STM now, whil...
Wörsdörfer, Manuel
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Journal for Markets and Ethics
The debate around ‘big tech’ and competition law and policy has gained traction over the past few years – not least because of the various ongoing antitrust investigations in China, Europe, and the U.S. This paper builds on the renewed interest in the topic and discusses the key characteristics of digital markets, the business models and strategies...
Seubert, Harald
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Journal for Markets and Ethics
In this paper I start from the biblical justification of the value and dignity of work (I), which is unique in the entire ancient world. At the same time, it leads to an overall biblical clarification of the image of man, so that man, who was expelled from paradise, is at the same time appreciated in his participation in the cultivation of the eart...
Neumärker, Bernhard Blum, Bianca Yalcin, Burhan Yalcin, Sema
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Journal for Markets and Ethics
The measures taken to contain the Covid-19 pandemic have resulted in, among other things, massive loss of earnings. Many people are therefore increasingly experiencing an income crisis in addition to the acute health crisis. Permanent existential insecurity remains for too many despite the numerous aid packages. The principle of need-based assistan...
Frenkel, Michael
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Journal for Markets and Ethics
The concept of an unconditional basic income is not new, but it is still the subject of much controversy. This paper looks at the quantitative effects of introducing an unconditional basic income, using Germany as an example. It examines the financial implications and other major problems of an unconditional livable income measure. The analysis sho...
Fowler, David S. Musgrave, Jon
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Journal for Markets and Ethics
This article is a response to Albert Carr’s business bluff compared to a poker game article in the Harvard Business Review “Is Business Bluffing Ethical? The Ethics of Business are not Those of Society, but Rather Those of the Poker Game”. Opinions are given on the ethical dilemmas which are deemed legal and acceptable in the business world by Carr...
Heider, Felix
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Journal for Markets and Ethics
Bernhard Emunds, a German Catholic social ethicist, is engaged in research into financial markets. This article introduces post-Keynesianism as his economic foundation, followed by a description of conclusions Emunds draws about the regulation of financial markets. Thereafter, implications of the post-Keynesian framework are contrasted with those o...
Haupt, Reinhard
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Journal for Markets and Ethics
