How much political responsibility can and should companies assume? Talk by Markus Scholz

Corporate political responsibility and corporate diplomacy: Russia's war of aggression in Europe and China's ever-increasing economic and geopolitical influence are shaking up the rule-based global economy. In this context, the narratives of "division of labor between business and politics" and "change through trade" are becoming increasingly irrelevant. In the future, companies and their managers will have to address political issues – in the sense of "corporate diplomacy" – even more strongly than before. Companies face the challenge to ensure the legitimacy and effectiveness of their political engagement.

Prof. Dr. Markus Scholz will give a lecture on this topic on December 14, 2022, at a (German-speaking) cooperative event of the German Network for Business Ethics (Deutsches Netzwerk Wirtschaftsethik e. V.) and the Working Group of Protestant Entrepreneurs (Arbeitskreis Evangelischer Unternehmer), which will take place online from 18:30.

Further information on the event is available here.