Working Across Cultures

Part I: Introduction and General Overview. Welcome Address; J. Weber. The Ethical Dimension of Cross-cultural Business Activities; A. Löhr, H. Steinmann. Doing Business in Different Cultures. Ethical Challenges of a Multinational Corporation; P. Duncan. Discussion on the Keynote Speech of Peter Duncan. Part II: International Corruption. Introduction: The Challenge of International Corruption; P. Eigen. The Role of Governments in International Corruption; F. Ginwala.The European Union and the Fight Against Corruption in International Trade; U. Draetta. Co-ordinated Steps to Prevent Transnational Corruption. Consequences for the Business Community; M. Pieth. Multinational Corporations, Governance Deficits, and Corruption: Discussing a Complex Issue from the Perspective of Business Ethics; K.M. Leisinger. Corruption as a Threat to the United Nations; K.T. Paschke. Part III: Values and Ethics in the Corporate Transformation Process. Restructuring and Mental Change; H. Lange. The Roleof Values in Corporate Transformation. The Merger between ÅSV and Hydro's Aluminium Division in 1986; B. Dahlberg. A Model in an Economic Upheaval - Questioning of Values in the Market Economy? G. Popkes, K. Rieger. Unemployment and Experienced Injustices: The Social Responsibility of the Organization for Cushioning the Process of Downsizing; T. Kieselbach. Part IV: Reflections on Cross-Cultural Issues of Business Ethics. Reason and Cultures. Life-world as the Common Ground of Ethics; C. F. Gethmann. Business Ethics in Three European Countries: A Comparative Approach; F. Seidel, et al. Discourse Instead of Recourse: Is it Worth Using a Guided Approach to Negotiation When Working Across Cultures? W. French, B. Mühlfriedel. Culture as the Intermediate Structure of the Economy; P. Koslowski. The Ethics of Interest: A Cultural-historical Perspective; L. Bouckaert. The Principles of the Advertising Self-regulation in Europe; E. Brioschi. About the Authors.

Prof. (em.) Dr. Dr. h.c. Horst Steinmann war Inhaber des Lehrstuhls für Allgemeine Betriebswirtschaftslehre und Unternehmensführung an der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.