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Chair of Würth-Group discourages employees from voting for the far-right
Reinhold Würth, Chairman of Würth-Group, a worldwide manufacturer and wholesaler of industrial equipment, has written a letter to his...
Mar 22, 20241 min read


Young scholars from around the world demand: CEOs, enter the political arena!
Together with our partners, we created the CPR Essay Prize to give young people the opportunity to engage creatively with CPR and perhaps...
Feb 28, 20242 min read


CEOs should enter the political arena, focusing "on policies, not politics"
Corporate Political Responsibility (CPR), the rising engagement of CEOs in politics, raises significant concerns regarding how it affects...
Feb 27, 20246 min read


"The new CEO is an amalgam of Otto von Bismarck and Bill Gates"
The realities of international power politics will thrust powerful CEOs into the new, dynamic role of statesman-executive. Corporations...
Feb 27, 20246 min read


"The CEO of the future must fortify corporate reputation with liberal values"
This essay explores the evolving role of CEOs in a world shaped by global challenges, asserting that today's CEOs are already entrenched...
Feb 27, 20247 min read


Brands are ‘constructs of trust’—they must become more political
Christian Köhler is the managing director of Germany's Brands Association. The organization, which he will continue to lead until the end...
Feb 27, 20244 min read


Breaking the silence: German companies (and citizens) speak up against the far right
On January 16, we wrote about how the business ethicist Thomas Beschorner criticized companies for their silence on the rising influence...
Feb 5, 20241 min read


St. Gallen business ethicist calls out companies for their silence on far right surge
Thomas Beschorner, a professor of business ethics at the University of St. Gallen, has published an opinion piece in the German weekly...
Jan 16, 20241 min read


CPR-impulses from the management thinker Peter Drucker
Winfried Weber teaches management at Mannheim University of Applied Sciences and heads the Mannheim Institute for Applied Economic...
Jan 9, 20244 min read


"Companies need to step up collectively for common goods and against corporate capture of the state"
Elizabeth Doty is the director of the Corporate Political Responsibility Task Force (CPRT) at the University of Michigan’s Erb Institute....
Dec 4, 20235 min read


Political CSR—European Social Market Economy and US Shareholder Capitalism
Professor Andreas Scherer is the Chair of Foundations of Business Administration and Theories of the Firm at the University of Zurich. He...
Nov 28, 20232 min read


New Book on Outspoken CEOs by Ralph Nader
Since the publication of his influential book on traffic safety (Unsafe at Any Speed, 1965), Ralph Nader has been among the most...
Nov 24, 20231 min read
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