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Terminological and Conceptual Clarity for the CSR Debate

From Instrumental to Integrated CSR


This article (full version available in German) is written for the 2011 volume of the annual publication, Deutsche CSR, published by Dokeo, the organizing body of the Deutsche CSR Forum.

In this contribution Ernst von Kimakowitz outlines the fundamental difference between three terms that are used with much ambiguity in the CSR debate. These are compliance, responsibility and philanthropy.

This paper argues that we ought to view compliance with legal and regulatory frameworks not an expression of but a prerequisite for responsible business conduct. Corporate philanthropy on the other hand is a nice to have that should be welcomed but it only shows how a part of the money that has been earned is spent by a business organization. The real questions surrounding CSR however are those that address how a company earns its money in the first place; what are the means deployed to generate earnings and what measures of self restraint are in place to prevent business practices that are not aligned to responsible business conduct?

You can find out more about Dokeo here and view the full article (available in German) here.


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Journalistic and Miscellaneous

On the post Covid-19 normality

Will the old normal be the new normal?

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This is not a new normal

Propelled into Hyper-VUCA

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Lessons from the pandemic

Locked Down Observations from the Balcony

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2018 Sixth Annual Humanistic Management Conference

Confernece Video

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A conversation on Humanism in Business

Palgrave live Tweet Session

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Ethics as a Driver of Business Innovation

Contribution to NGO Asia Magazine

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Interview in Pay, the Client Magazine of Arvato

Moral Considerations Require Leeway

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Lilienberg Zeitschrift

With Values to Value: Summary of Ethis First Event

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Interview in Japans third largest Daily Newspaper

Business Education and Humanistic Management

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Interview in Frankfurt University's career magazine

Wirtschaftsethik braucht Mut

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