Why companies team up for sustainable development
The IBES researcher Maria Riegler and Katharina de Melo provide in collaboration with Anna Burton and Markus Scholz a more complete understanding of the antecedents of company engagement in business partnerships for sustainability. Based on the Awareness-Motivation-Capabilities (AMC) framework of Stadtler and Lin (2017), the paper provides a conceptual advancement, investigating potential differences in business […]
“hwan-yeong” (Welcome) – South Korean AI start-up visits FHWien
Park Soonjung, CEO of the South Korean company RXO, visited the research institutes at FHWien der WKW as part of his European visit. […]
A Pit Stop for Higher Resilience
As part of the 8th Vienna Innovation Conference under the title “Surviving in Times of Change – Transformation with Innovation”, Daniela Ortiz, Academic Head of the Institute for Business Ethics and Sustainable Strategy (IBES) at FHWien der WKW, discussed together with Gerlinde Macho, MP2 IT-Solutions, and Bettina Resl, Sanofi, the topic ” Without Redundancy no Resilience: Is Just-in-Time Over?” […]
Multi-Stakeholder Forum 2022
Corporate due diligence and human rights are gathering importance and focus within politics, society and for business, in particular because of current legal developments and increasing human rights risks. […]
Responsible Action Helps Companies in the “War for Talents”
Nils Kruse (Head of IBES of FHWien der WKW) received the Pater Schasching Prize for his dissertation on the question to what extent socially committed companies are more attractive employers. […]
Stakeholders instead of shareholders … for Better Business
As part of the "Responsible Management Lectures - Ideas for Better Business", the Institute for Business Ethics and Sustainably Strategy (IBES) welcomed Tara van Ho, Senior Lecturer at the School of Law of the University of Essex at FHWien der WKW on 27.10.2022. One week prior - on 20.10.2022 - Cordula Meckenstock from the German family-owned pharmaceutical company Grünenthal was… […]
Keynote speech by IBES scientists at the Federal Ministry
As part of the round table on the "Corporate Social Responsibility Directive" (CSDDD) of the Federal Ministry of Labor and Economy and the Federal Ministry of Justice, Melanie Rainer and Maria Riegler gave a keynote speech on support measures for companies - especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). […]
Responsible Management Lectures: Human Rights Management in the Context of the ESG debate
With the lecture series “Responsible Management Lectures”, we want to initiate an interdisciplinary discourse about the future of our economic system with a particular focus on economic, sustainability and business ethical aspects. Since the winter semester of 2012, we have been organizing a lecture series on business ethics and sustainability topics on a regular basis. For the winter semester of… […]
New dual leadership at the Institute for Business Ethics and Sustainable Strategy (IBES) at FHWien of WKW.
Dr Nils Kruse and Prof. Dr Daniela Ortiz will take over the leadership of the research institute in October 2022. They will succeed Prof. Dr Markus Scholz in this function. Under the new management duo, the institute will continue to focus on sustainable and responsible corporate management and expand its cooperation with domestic companies and other research institutions. […]
Research colloquia dates winter semester 2022/2023
The Institute for Business Ethics and Sustainable Strategy (IBES) regularly organizes internal research colloquia to promote and strengthen scientific discourse at FHWien der WKW. In the research colloquium, current research work by scientists at FHWien der WKW and other research institutions is presented. Original journal articles, book and conference papers, etc. are presented and discussed […]