Schlagwort: Zivilgesellschaft

Digitale Bildung, Datenethik und die Zukunft der Zivilgesellschaft
Abstract [en]: The digital transformation is having a significant impact on education. Especially the new AI chatbots like ChatGPT lead to controversial debates about what the future of education will probably look like. The following article argues that digital education should not be reduced to technical innovations in educational institutions...

Das Hinweisgeberschutzgesetz (HinSchG) stellt neue Compliance-Anforderungen an die Unternehmensführung
Abstract [en]: The German Whistleblower Protection Act (HinSchG) will enter into force on 2nd July 2023. On 12 May 2023, the law was passed by the Bundesrat (upper house of the German parliament); before that, it had already passed the German Bundestag on 11 May after a lengthy voting process....

Hannah Arendt – Freiheit neu denken. Teil 2
Abstract [en]: In the second part of his article "Hannah Arendt - Rethinking freedom. Dangers of self-destruction of democracies" published here, Dr. Bruno Heidlberger deals in detail with the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine and the failure of German foreign policy. Beginning with the fatal consequences the assumption of a...

Unternehmensverantwortung in der Lieferkette
Abstract [en]: This pilot-study analyzes the human rights responsibilities of business in global supply chains, in particular binding legal regulation. The adoption of a supply chain law in Germany does not simply mark the end point of a longer development, it also signals the beginning of a new dynamic. Against...

Tagungsbericht: “Wissenschaft als Teil der Zivilgesellschaft”
Abstract [en]: Recent epochal events, such as the pandemic, natural disasters, climate change, global migration movements motivated by hunger, scarcity of resources, lack of life prospects and, last but not least, a terrible war of aggression, have disproved previous certainties in a devastating way. What can science and civil society...

Eine europäische Zivilgesellschaft?
Abstract [en]: Based on different institutional formats for international youth exchanges, this contribution develops the idea of a "European Youth Foundation" to bundle and promote different civil society initiatives in the field of youth exchange programs and youth participation. The argument aims that for an active and sustainable Europe there...

Companies as Part of Civil Society
Abstract [en]: As societal expectations towards company values increased over time, there is an ongoing discussion about the role of companies in civil society. Therefore, this paper briefly defines basic concepts like values, ethics and civil society and analyzes Merck’s actions, their code of conduct and corporate responsibility report. Conducting a small-scale ethical evaluation rating according...

Rezension: Die Transnationalisierung der sozialen Welt (Ludger Pries)
Dieser Beitrag ist Teil unserer Literaturecke: Dort veröffentlichen wir Kurzrezensionen und Literaturtipps unserer Mitarbeiter_innen und Verbundenen. Anne Häseker rezensiert die Monographie von Ludger Pries. Die Transnationalisierung der sozialen Welt. Sozialräume jenseits von Nationalgesellschaften. get pdf: Rezension Anne Häseker über Ludger Pries Pries, Ludger (2015). Die Transnationalisierung der sozialen Welt. Sozialräume...

Rezensionen: Globale Zivilgesellschaft (Sammlung)
Dieser Beitrag ist Teil unserer Literaturecke: Dort veröffentlichen wir Kurzrezensionen und Literaturtipps unserer Mitarbeiter_innen und Verbundenen. Sonja Knobbe stellt hier eine Sammlung an Literatur vor: Dieter Gosewinkel, Dieter Rucht, Wolfgang van den Daele, Jürgen Kocka (Hrsg.): Zivilgesellschaft - national und transnational. WZB-Jahrbuch, Berlin 2004. [Deutsch]Manfred Hildermeier / Jürgen Kocka / Christoph...

Gesellschaftliche und politische Polarisierung
Abstract [en] Polarization isn’t just a challenge for politics, it is a challenge for many democratic societies. And it is a topic that questions much we hoped about civil society, within state borders and on a global scope. There are referenda and elections with results many thought would never happen. Taken...