Freiheit und Verantwortung in einer globalisierten Wirtschaft - zur Rolle der Unternehmensethik

• Autorzy: Horst Steinmann

Warianty tytułu

Freedom and Responsibility in Worldwide Economy - about a Part of Business Ethics

• Języki publikacji: DE

Abstrakty

Przedmiotem artykułu jest zagadnienie wolności i odpowiedzialności etycznej narodów i przedsiębiorstw w procesie globalizacji gospodarki. Autor wskazał na rolę etyki biznesu w wymiarze globalnym i potrzebę wypracowania międzynarodowych standardów etycznych dla zapewnienia uczciwej konkurencji.

EN

In order to provide for fair worldwide competition of nations and firms it is inter alia necessary to harmonize those normative standards which are expected to govern the worldwide economic activities. Such standards relate e.g. to human rights, labor standards, child labor, customer protection or corruption. The ongoing globalization of the national economies makes this task even more pressing. Nevertheless, thus far international organizations (GATT, WTO, ILO) have not succeded in solving the harmonization problem. We can fairly expect that all countries face a long "transition period" a period, without harmonized standards and at the same time a period, where the economic activities more and more transcend the borders of nation states and the national law. It is in this unclear situation that we think that corporate ethics will become increasingly important. It is the main function of corporate ethics to support the law in its central task to assure a "peaceful" solution of all those conflicts caused by corporate strategies. We pretend that corporate ethics in this sense will become (still) more important in the transition period by playing a double role: it may help national economies to better face worldwide competition; in other words, in the transition period corporate ethics may become a competitive strategic advantage of nations. Secondly, it should become more and more part of the responsibility of the multinational corporations and its management to help keeping up peace in and between nations by (1) directly applying adequate normative standards in all strategic activities (self-commitment) and (2) by supporting supra-national organizations to harmonize the normative standards on a world wide scale. In our argumentation we refer, where possible, to relevant actual events in Germany and the U.S. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Business ethics; Value and ethical norms; Ethical valuation in the economy; Economic globalization; International competitiveness; Competition strategy

PL

Etyka biznesu; Wartości i normy etyczne; Wartościowanie etyczne w gospodarce; Globalizacja gospodarki; Konkurencyjność międzynarodowa; Strategia konkurencji

• Czasopismo: Prace Naukowe Instytutu Organizacji i Zarządzania Politechniki Wrocławskiej. Konferencje
• Rocznik: 1998
• Tom: 21
• Numer: nr 68
• Strony: 11--25

Twórcy

autor

Horst Steinmann