This book, the first of two monographs exploring Thucydides, consists of contributions by world-class scholars on political order, using the Peloponnesian War to explore the historiography and political development of the ancient world. These scholars analyze the original source material of the Athenian order and interpretations of such material.

This book, the second of two monographs, consists of contributions by world-class scholars on Thucydides' legacy to the political process. It also includes a careful examination of the usefulness and efficacy of the interdisciplinary approach to political order in the ancient world and proposes new paths for the future study.

This book, the second of two monographs, consists of contributions by world-class scholars on Thucydides' legacy to the political process. It also includes a careful examination of the usefulness and efficacy of the interdisciplinary approach to political order in the ancient world and proposes new paths for the future study.

Why and under which conditions do companies voluntarily adopt high social and environmental standards? Christian R. Thauer looks inside the firm to illustrate the internal drivers of the social conduct of business. He argues that corporate social responsibility (CSR) assists decision-makers to resolve managerial dilemmas. Drawing on transaction cost economics, he asks why and which dilemmas bring CSR to the fore. In this context he describes a managerial dilemma as a situation where the execution of management's decisions transforms the mode of cooperation within the organization from a hierarchy to one in which managers become dependent on, and vulnerable to, the behavior of subordinates. Thauer provides empirical illustration of his theory by examining automotive and textile factories in South Africa and China. Thauer demonstrates that CSR is often driven by internal management problems rather than by the external pressures that corporations confront.

Die Heilkunde wird Wissenschaft sein, oder sie wird gar nicht sein. NAUNYN. "Wieder und immer wieder habe ich den Aufforderungen widerstanden, eine "Abhandlung uber die Anwendung der Digitalisblatter zu schreiben. Ich fuhlte "mich der Aufgabe einfach nicht gewachsen. Wenn ich meine auch heute noch "bestehenden Bedenken nun doch uberwinde, so geschieht es, weil sich das Mittel "einzuburgern beginnt, und ich vorziehen muss, auf Grund eigener Erfahrungen "der arztlichen Welt eine, wenn auch nur unvollkommene Anleitung zu geben, "statt dass infolge fehlerhaften Vorgehens weiterhin Menschenleben aufs Spiel "gesetzt werden; auch geht es nicht langer an, dass ein so wichtiges Heilmittel "bald als gefahrlich, bald als unwirksam abgelehnt wird., 10 Jahre sind vergangen, seitdem ich zum erstenmal Digitalis verordnete. "Haufige Anwendung bei sorgfaltiger Beobachtung gab mir seither die Moglich "keit, die Methode so auszubilden, dass ich in den letzten zwei Jahren keinen "Anlass mehr sah, noch etwas an ihr zu andern. Naturlich bin ich weit davon "entfernt, sie fur vollkommen zu halten." Mit diesem Bekenntnis hat vor 146 Jahren der unsterbliche Wohltater der Herzkranken, WILLIAM WITHERING, seine klassische - und heute noch tau frische Digitalismonographie eingefuhrt."

Why and under which conditions do companies voluntarily adopt high social and environmental standards? Christian R. Thauer looks inside the firm to illustrate the internal drivers of the social conduct of business. He argues that corporate social responsibility (CSR) assists decision-makers to resolve managerial dilemmas. Drawing on transaction cost economics, he asks why and which dilemmas bring CSR to the fore. In this context he describes a managerial dilemma as a situation where the execution of management's decisions transforms the mode of cooperation within the organization from a hierarchy to one in which managers become dependent on, and vulnerable to, the behavior of subordinates. Thauer provides empirical illustration of his theory by examining automotive and textile factories in South Africa and China. Thauer demonstrates that CSR is often driven by internal management problems rather than by the external pressures that corporations confront.