Verschlagwortet: Zivilgesellschaft

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 do in the face of this immense challenge? 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 must be a youth who has acquired sufficient intercultural competences....

Merck

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 to Ulrich Hemel (2019) as well as an investigation of...

Transnationalisierung 0

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. Pries, Ludger (2015). Die Transnationalisierung der sozialen Welt. Sozialräume jenseits von Nationalgesellschaften. (3. Aufl.). Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp. Wie kann auf komplexe gesellschaftliche und globale Herausforderungen wie...