PD Dr. rer. pol. habil. Eckhard Burkatzki

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Biography

born in 1965, studied sociology at the University of Bielefeld from 1989-1996. After graduating as a sociologist (1996), he worked as a research assistant at the Chair of Criminology, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law at the Faculty of Law from 1997-2001 and in a DFG research project at the Faculty of Education at Bielefeld University from 2001-2004. In 2005, he earned his doctorate at the Bielefeld Faculty of Sociology with the thesis "Verdrängt der Homo oeconomicus den Homo communis?" ("Does the homo oeconomicus displace the homo communis?").

In autumn 2005, Eckhard Burkatzki moved to the IHI Zittau, where he took up a position as a research assistant at the Chair of Social Sciences. In 2012, he completed his habilitation (Dr. rer. pol. habil.) with a thesis on "Crime in the Market Context". With his appointment as a private lecturer in December 2012, he was awarded the venia legendi in the subject area of "Social Sciences", in particular "Methods of Empirical Social Research".

Eckhard Burkatzki has repeatedly been a member of the Scientific Board of the "International Conference on Current Issues of Sustainable Development" in Opole, Poland.

Since 2013, he has been an editorial board member of the ACC Journal published by the TU Liberec (CZ) via the Academic Coordination Centre in the Euroregion Neisse (ACC).

He was a member of the scientific advisory board of the "III. International Conference on Social Development in the Face of Values, Ethics, Technology, and Society in Wisla (PL) 2017".

He has been leading an empirical research project on "Textile Sustainability in Crisis Mode" since 2020 - in cooperation with the multi-stakeholder initiative MaxTex, which received the 2019 DNWE Business Award.

He has participated – and still participates – in the international research network Global Survey Business Ethics since 2022.

Current research activities include the sociology of corruption and white-collar crime, as well as forensic management strategies and measures. Recent research also focuses on "Business Ethics of Post-Capitalism".

Research focus

Sociology of corruption and white-collar crime
Forensic management strategies and measures
Business ethics of post-capitalism

Publications

41 Entries

2025

Schnell ist der Ruf beschädigtScholz, M., Kapteina, B. D. S. & Burkatzki, E., 3 Feb 2025, In: Frankfurter Allgemeine : Zeitung für Deutschland ; Ausgabe DResearch output: Contribution to specialist publication > Feature article/Contribution (Feuilleton)
Corporations, Populism and Responsibility: An analysis of the political self-perception of corporations and their strategies in coping with populism in GermanyKapteina, B. D. S., Burkatzki, E., Schöndube, A., Schwerdtner, M. A. & Scholz, M., Jan 2025Research output: Other contribution > Other

2024

Bericht zum Symposium “Business & Human Rights in Autocracies” der VolkswagenstiftungBurkatzki, E., 11 Mar 2024, In: Forum Wirtschaftsethik : Jahresschrift des DNWE / Deutsches Netzwerk Wirtschaftsethik, EBEN Deutschland e.V.. 2024, 7 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Meeting abstract

2023

The Financial Fraud of the German Fintech Company WireCard:: Structural Causes and Failures of the Supervisory AuthoritiesAßländer, M. & Burkatzki, E., 2023, Sustainable Finance and Financial Crime. Dion, M. (ed.). Springer, Cham, p. 291-306, 16 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Chapter in book/Anthology/Report

2022

Economies of Scale: The Rationale behind the Multinationality-Performance EnigmaEckert, S., Koppe, M., Burkatzki, E., Eichentopf, S. & Scharf, C. G. M., 4 Aug 2022, In: Management International Review. 62, 5, p. 681-710, 30 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Forensic ManagementBurkatzki, E., Mistela, M. & Convent , S., 5 Jul 2022, Handbuch Wirtschaftsethik . Aßländer, M. S. (ed.). 2 ed., Stuttgart: J.B. Metzle, p. 543–553, 11 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Chapter in book/Anthology/Report
KorruptionBurkatzki, E., 5 Jul 2022, Handbuch Wirtschaftsethik . Aßländer, M. S. (ed.). 2 ed., Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, p. 743–746Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Chapter in book/Anthology/Report

2018

Legalität und Legitimität im UnternehmenskontextBurkatzki, E., 2018, In: Audit Committee quarterly : das Magazin für Corporate Governance. 2018, 1, p. 51-53, 3 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

2015

Kriminalität im Marktkontext: Eine institutionentheoretische Untersuchung zu sozialen Ursachen wirtschaftskriminellen HandelnsBurkatzki, E., 2015, Eigenverlag der Hochschule der Sächsischen Polizei , 320 p.Research output: Book/Report/Anthology > Monograph
Resozialisierung der ökonomischen Rationalität: Thematische EinführungBurkatzki, E. & Löhr, A., 2015, Resozialisierung der ökonomischen Rationalität. Löhr, A. & Burkatzki, E. (eds.). Marburg: Metropolis-Verl, 11 p.Research output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Chapter in book/Anthology/Report