Suchergebnisse

Paraguay ist geprägt von vielen Problemen. Dazu gehören etwa die endemische und überall grassierende Korruption, schwache staatliche Strukturen und große soziale Ungleichheiten. Unter diesen Bedingungen scheint ein unternehmerisches Handeln nach ethischen Grundsätzen zunächst - etwa aus dadurch entstehenden Wettbewerbsnachteilen - eher unrealistisch. Allerdings ist, wie dieses Buch zeigt, neuerdings bei einer kleinen Minderheit paraguayischer Unternehmen die Implementierung einer "Responsabilidad Social Empresarial" (RSE: Unternehmerisch Soziale Verantwortung) zu beobachten. Eine ganz wesentliche Rolle spielen dabei so genannte "Förderorganisationen". Die RSE versucht einerseits die Wettbewerbsposition der Firmen zu stärken und andererseits einen Beitrag zur Lösung gesellschaftlicher Probleme zu leisten.

"CSR is a relatively recent concept in Latin America. This essay presents an overview of the CSRmovement
in this region. It first of all examines the historical-religious and -cultural background of
the concept and states that CSR is still strongly associated with philanthropy. Philanthropy, however,
is very often rooted in religious traditions and became an important corporate instrument for social
engagement. Secondly, it explores currently relevant macrostructural conditions of the region which are
embedding the CSR and requiring a change from a myopic and spontaneous corporate philanthropy to
a holistic CSR perspecitve with sustainable social engagement. Thirdly, the essay focuses on the so
called CSR-Promoters commitment which consists of promoting and encouraging CSR initiatives in
the region. Finally, this essay underlines that companies have to define the CSR concept both as business-
case and as development-case. The two approaches are not mutually exclusive." (author's abstract)

Ideology and Power in the Age of Lenin in Ruins is written in the shadow of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Here, the meaning of power and ideology is finally thought with and against the shattered horizon of socialist and capitalist realism. Thinking anew the theory and practice of democratic politics, the essays put into question the meaning of ideology (as false consciousness) and the meaning of power (as seduction). Contributors include Anthony Giddens, Jrgen Habermas, Claude Lefort and Zygmunt Bauman