The Institute for Business Ethics & Sustainable Strategy (IBES) at FHWien of WKW will host a high-level conference on “Revisiting the Political Responsibility of Business” in Vienna from May 5-7, 2022.   “The Political Responsibility of Business.” In the context of TABEC – an exclusive, invitation-only conference – FHWien of WKW’s IBES, under the Chair […]

“Sustainability means treating nature and other people with care (…)” Even outside the scientific debate, the Institute for Business Ethics and Sustainable Strategy (IBES) is committed to communicating the topics of business ethics and sustainability research. Our colleagues Maria Riegler and Wolfgang Damoser explained the meaning of sustainability in more detail in an interview with […]

Almost exactly one year ago, in September 2020, the Josef Ressel Center for Collective Action and Responsible Partnerships (JR Center CARe) was opened. Due to the pandemic, the ceremony had to be organized as a digital event, but leading representatives from business, science and politics congratulated the launch of the first JR Center at FHWien […]

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Dr. Katharina Jarmai has written a guest commentary in corporAID Magazine. Her commentary is about the benefits and opportunities of cooperation between companies to solve social challenges. Katharina Jarmai is currently working on corporate cooperation as part of the Josef Ressel Zentrum for Collective Action and Responsible Partnerships (JR Center CARe). The Josef Ressel Center […]

Prof. Dr. Markus Scholz, was interviewed by the magazine “die Wirtschaft” on the topic of human rights. Prof. Scholz talks about the social responsibility of companies in the protection of human rights. In order to fulfill this responsibility, there is a need for better networking of companies in the form of so-called Collective Actions. You […]

Dr. Katharina Jarmai has been asked by the Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs to be a panelist at the event SDG Business Forum 2021: (Digital) Innovations and New Business Models for Sustainable Global Development on March 09. She will participate in the panel discussion on “Business Cooperation as Innovation Enabler”. This event is […]

On January 29, the first virtual Strategy Morning 2021 took place on the topic of “Corporate Responsibility through Cooperation”. For the first time, the results of a current study on the IBES topic of the same name were presented. Dr. Christoph Jagereder (Managing Director, Hammerer GmbH) and Doz. Dr. Thomas R. Kreil (Head of Global […]

A research Centre on Collective Action and Responsible Partnerships is starting at the Institute for Business Ethics and Sustainable Strategy at the FHWien der WKW, the University of Applied Sciences for Management and Communication in Vienna. It examines what motivates companies to cooperate. […]

Maria Riegler, MSc., Research Asscociate at the Institute for Business Ethics and Sustainable Strategy (IBES) at FHWien der WKW, was presented as “Geistesblitz” (flash of inspiration) in the Research Special Supplement of the daily newspaper “Der Standard” of 26.8.2020. In the article, Maria Riegler talks about her dissertation, which she is writing at Modul University […]