This volume unites the perspective of business ethics with approaches from strategic management, economics, law, political science, and with philosophical reflections on the theory of Corporate Citizenship and New Governance.

In view of the internationalization of the (global) economy and the free movement of capital, new instruments of political coordination are needed. These societal changes trigger the two closely intertwined challenges examined in this book. The first challenge relates to the role and the self-conceptualization of business firms as corporate citizens within society. Companies are increasingly expected to assume the social responsibility of helping to shape the rule-framework of globalization. The second challenge refers to the form of the engagement in local, national and international processes of governance. To more credibly and effectively tackle these challenges, corporate actors are ever more participating in rule-setting processes together with civil society organizations and the government.

This volume unites the perspective of business ethics with approaches from strategic management, economics, law, political science, and with philosophical reflections on the theory of Corporate Citizenship and New Governance.

In view of the internationalization of the (global) economy and the free movement of capital, new instruments of political coordination are needed. These societal changes trigger the two closely intertwined challenges examined in this book. The first challenge relates to the role and the self-conceptualization of business firms as corporate citizens within society. Companies are increasingly expected to assume the social responsibility of helping to shape the rule-framework of globalization. The second challenge refers to the form of the engagement in local, national and international processes of governance. To more credibly and effectively tackle these challenges, corporate actors are ever more participating in rule-setting processes together with civil society organizations and the government.

John Maynard Keynes wird am 5. Juni 1883 im britischen Cambridge geboren. Nach einer beeindruckenden Bildungskarriere nimmt er 1908 an der Universität Cambridge eine Lehrtätigkeit auf und hält Vorlesungen über Geld, Kredit und Preise. Nach der Veröffentlichung verschiedener Schriften (unter anderem zum indischen Finanzsystem, zum Versailler Vertrag und zum Goldstandard) veröffentlicht er Ende 1930 sein fünftes Buch A Treatise on Money und Anfang des Jahres 1936 die berühmte General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money. Mit diesen Werken erschüttert er die gängige neoklassische Wirtschaftstheorie in ihren Fundamenten und begründet eine neue Makroökonomik. Keynes unterstellt hierbei eine fragile Marktwirtschaft, die Krisen hervorbringen kann, welche eines entschlossenen staatlichen Handelns bedürfen, um Arbeitslosigkeit und Stagflation zu vermeiden. Bis heute streiten die Ökonomen über die Keynessche Makroökonomik und die Rolle des Staates bei der Bekämpfung von Krisen. Die hier versammelten Beiträge diskutieren das Gesamtwerk dieses großen Denkers - auch vor dem Hintergrund aktueller Probleme: Was leisten seine Konzepte zum besseren Verständnis der Funktionsweise und zur besseren Gestaltung moderner Gesellschaften?