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'Kapitalismus ist Gewinnsucht, die sich nicht schaemt' – Fruehe Schriften zur Wirtschaftsethik im deutschsprachigen Raum (Capitalism Means Profit Seeking without Feeling Shame: Early Writings on Business Ethics in German-Speaking Countries)

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Gemeinhin wird die deutschsprachige Debatte um eine Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik als eine verspaetete Antwort auf die US-amerikanische Wirtschaftsethikdiskussion gesehen. Insbesondere sind es Autoren wie Karl Homann, Peter Ulrich oder Horst Steinmann und Albert Loehr, die das Thema Wirtschaftsethik ab den spaeten 1980er Jahren in Deutschland populaer zu machen suchten. Wie im Folgenden zu zeigen sein wird, reichen die Wurzeln der deutschsprachigen Wirtschaftsethik jedoch bis zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts zurueck. Ziel des vorliegenden Beitrages ist es, die Entwicklung und die Themenfelder dieser fruehen Wirtschaftsethik-Debatte in Deutschland darzustellen. (Commonly, the German debate about business ethics is seen as a late answer to the US-American discussion about business ethics. Since the late 1980s, in Germany notably authors like Karl Homann, Peter Ulrich or Horst Steinmann and Albert Loehr endeavoured to make the topic of business ethics more popular. However, as we will show in the following, the roots of German business ethics date back to the beginning of the 20th century. It is the aim of this contribution to present the development and the main-topics of this debate in the following.)

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  • Asslaender, Michael S., 2016. "'Kapitalismus ist Gewinnsucht, die sich nicht schaemt' – Fruehe Schriften zur Wirtschaftsethik im deutschsprachigen Raum (Capitalism Means Profit Seeking without Feeling Shame: Early Writings on Busin," Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik - Journal for Business, Economics & Ethics, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, vol. 17(1), pages 82-113.
  • Handle: RePEc:nms:ethics:doi:10.1688/zfwu-2016-01-asslaender
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    Business and Society; Business Ethics; Catholic Social Teaching; Christian Socialism; Christian Social Ethics;
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    • A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values
    • A14 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Sociology of Economics
    • M14 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility
    • Z10 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - General

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