The Annual Conference of The Societas Ethica
August 19-22, 2010

Arnoldshain, Germany

 

On Morals, Markets and Money –
Economic and Business Ethics Revisited

 

Program

Thursday / Donnerstag 19. August
13h30
Transfer from Frankfurt International Airport to Arnoldshain
 

14h00

Transfer from Oberursel Train Station to Arnoldshain

 
14h30- Arrival / Ankunft in Arnoldshain  

14h00

Board Meeting

 
16h00

Welcome

Dr. Hugues Poltier, President of the Societas Ethica
Dr. Gotlind Ulshöfer, Evangelische Akademie Arnoldshain

Greetings
Propst Dr. Sigurd Rink, Vorsitzender der Konvente, Wiesbaden

 

16h15-18h15

Opening Lecture / Eröffnugsvortrag

Morals and Markets: Making Sense of the History of Intellectual Conflict over Economic Justice and Markets

Prof. Dr. Daniel Finn – Professor of Theology and Clemens Professor of Economics, St. John‘s, University / Past President, Society of Christian Ethic

 
17h00 Coffee Break / Kaffee  
17h15 Discussion of the Keynote / Diskussion des Eröffnungsvortrags  
18h15 Free time and Book Exhibition / freie Zeit und Buchausstellung*  
19.00
Dinner / Abendessen  
 

20h00

Business Ethics Challenges today

Open discussion

with inputs from PD Dr. Michaela Haase, Prof. Dr. Karl Wilhelm Dahm, Prof. Dr. Benedict Kwok Hung,  and Nata Cwik

 

 
21h15 Social evening  

 

Friday / Freitag 20 August 2010
8h00 Meditation
Prof. Dr. Marianne Heimbach-Steins, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut f. Christliche Sozialwissenschaften
 
8.15- Breakfast/Frühstück  


Finance Ethics / Ethik des Finanzmarkts

9.00 - 11.00

Keynotes

 

Ethics of Financial Markets. The Role of Capital in the Process of Creative Destruction

Dr. Ulrich Thielemann, Universität St. Gallen, Institut für Wirschaftsethik

What is Ethical about Ethical Investment? –
Sustainable Investment Strategies of the Norwegian Oil Fund


Prof. Dr. Henrik Syse
Senior researcher,Peace research Institute, Oslo – & Former Head of Corporate Governance, Norges Bank Investment Management

Chair

10.00 Coffee Break

10.15-11.00 Discussion of the keynotes

11.15 -12.05

Call for Papers I/ Early Career Paper Session I

 

Channel 1 – Phd-Student papers 1

P. Mag. Franz Gassner

Dissertant am Institut für Sozialethik der Universität Wien

Justice in exchange maintains the Polis - Aristotle and the Crisis

 

Channel 2 – Phd-Student papers 2

Simone Heinemann
Ruhr-Universität Bochum - Institut für Philosophie

Ethische Dimensionen von Finanzmarktrisiken

 
 

Channel 3 – Globalization and Development politics

Prof. Dr. Gerhard Kruip
Lehrstuhl für Christliche Anthropologie und SozialethiKath.-Theol. Fakultät der Universität Mainz

A claim for restitution payments - The poor countries as innocent victims of the present financial crisis in the context of theories of global justice

 
 

Channel 4 Corporate Social Responsibility 1

Dr. Stephan Holthaus
Freie Theologische Hochschule Gießen (FTH)

Korruption: Neuere Entwicklungen und Ansätze zur Bekämpfung aus ethischer Sicht

 

 
 

Channel 5 – Corporate Social Responsibility

Mansi Mansi & Rakesh Pandey
School of Management, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

Theoretical foundations for Corporate Social Responsibility and Workplace Spirituality: A Research Agenda

 
 

Channel 6 – Finance Ethics

Dr. Bert van de Ven

The credit crisis and the moral responsibility of professionals in finance

 
 

Channel 7 – History and Theory of Economics Ethics 1

Dr. Lukas Kaelin
Institut für Ethik und Recht in der Medizin, Wien

Structures of Greed? Another Look with Hegel on the Basics of Modern Economics

 
 

Channel 8 – History and Theory of Economics Ethics 2

PD Dr. theol. Arne Manzeschke
Arbeitsstelle für Theologische Ethik und Anthropologie
Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät GW II, Universität Bayreuth

Die heuristische Funktion der ›Supererogation‹ für die ethische Beurteilung ökonomischen Effizienzdenkens

 
 

Channel 9 – History and Theory of Economics Ethics 3

Pfr.Dr.theol.Wolfgang Leyk
Neustädter Kirchenplatz 7, 91054 Erlangen

To be or not to be? - Homo oeconomicus in current economic theory and ethics, a complementary survey

 
12h15-13h05 Call for Papers II / Early Career Paper Session II  

Channel 1 – Phd-Student papers 1

Ulrike Kirchengast
Doktorandin am Institut für Philosophie, Universität Graz

An approach towards a pluralistic virtue ethics

 

 

Channel 2 – Phd-Student papers 2

Dipl.-Theol. Christoph Krauß
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Dissertationsprojekt: "Bedingungslos gerecht? Zum Problem ethischer Rechtfertigung von Konditionalitäten und Bedingungen in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit"

 
 

Channel 3 Globalization and Development politics

Prof. Dr. Göran Collste

A Conflict of Rights: The Case of TRIPS

 
 

Channel 4 – Corporate Social Responsibility 1

Prof. Dr. Wim Dubbink (& Jeffery D. Smith)
Tilburg University

The Corporation as Bystander: Rejecting corporate indifference

 
 

Channel 5 – Corporate Social Responsibility 2

Prof. Dr. Jan Jans
Associate Professor of Christian Ethics, Tilburg University

Liberality. On a virtuous way of dealing with property

 
 

Channel 6 – Finance Ethics

Pfr. Dr. Jörg Hübner

Finanzmarktethik als Ethik der Informationsbeschaffung und -verarbeitung. Skizze einer wirtschaftsethischen Gesamtperspektive, entfaltet an der Bedeutung der Rating-Agenturen am globalen Finanzmarkt

 
 

Channel 7 – History and Theory of Economics Ethics 1

PD Dr. Michaela Haase
Freie Universität Berlin, Marketing Department, Schwerpunkt Marketing und Ethik

Management Knowledge and the Dominance of the Negative Problem

 
 

Channel 8 – History and Theory of Economics Ethics 2

Prof. Dr. A.W. Musschenga
Faculty of Philosophy, VU University Amsterdam

Moral unity and integrity in a differentiated society

 
 

Channel 9 History and Theory of Economics Ethics 3

Dr. Ramezan Mahdavi Azadboni
Assistant professor at Mazandaran University, Iran

Ethical Aspect of Economic Activity

 
13.05
Lunch  
14.00-14.50

Call for Papers III / Early Career Paper Session III

 

Channel 1 – Phd-Student papers 1


 

Channel 2 – Phd-Student papers 2

Lisa Herzog
Doctoral Student, Political Theory, New College, Oxford University

Adam Smith's message for Corporate Social Responsibility

 
 

Channel 3 – Globalization and Development politics

 

 
 

Channel 4 – Corporate Social Responsibility 1

 

 
 

Channel 5 – Corporate Social Responsibility 2

 

 
 

Channel 6 – Finance Ethics

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Edmunds
Phil.-Theol. Hochschule Sankt Georgen

Die fraglich gewordene Ausrichtung der Finanzwirtschaft auf das Gemeinwohl : eine wirtschaftsethische Reflexion nach Ausbruch der globalen Finanzkrise

 
 

Channel 7 – History and Theory of Economics Ethics 1

 

 
 

Channel 8 – History and Theory of Economics Ethics 2

 

 
 

Channel 9 History and Theory of Economics Ethics 3

Dr. Sayyed Aliakbar Rabinattaj
Professor at Mazandaran University, Iran

The Ethic of Exchanging

 
14h50
Coffee break  
15.00-22h00

Outing / Ausfahrt nach Wiesbaden

15h00 Departure/ Abfahrt
16.30h Reception by the / Empfang durch den Hessischen Ministerpräsidenten Roland Koch in der Hessischen Staatskanzlei, Wiesbaden
17.30h Tour of the City / Stadtbesichtigung von Wiesbaden
19.30h Winetasting and visit / Schlenderweinprobe und Besuch von Schloss Westerhaus,Ingelheim,
21.30h Departure to Arnoldshain / Rückfahrt nach Arnoldshain

 

 

8h00 Meditation
Dr. Neil Messer
 
Saturday / Samstag 21 August 2010
8.15- Breakfast/Frühstück  

Critical Perspectives on Globalizing Markets / Kritische Aspekte globalisierter Märkte

9.00-11.00

Keynotes

 

Accounting for Difference: Rethinking Global Markets in a Postcolonial World

Prof. Dr. Rebecca Todd Peters, Elon University

On not Moving your Neighbour‘s Landmark‘: Grace, Justice and the Total Market

Prof. Dr. Timothy J Gorringe, University of Exeter

10.00-Coffe break
10.30-11.30 Discussion of the keynotes
11.30 Break / Pause
11.45-12.35
Call for papers IV
 

11.45-12.35
Parallel

Workshop for Early Career Scholars: How to write a good funding proposal ?
Workshop für NachwuchswissenschaftlerInnen: Wie schreibe ich einen erfolgreichen Förderantrag?
 

Channel 1 Phd-Student papers 1


 

 

Channel 2 Phd-Student papers 2

 

 
 

Channel 3 – Globalization and Development politics

Dr. Ville Päivänsalo, ThD
University Lecturer, Department of Systematic Theology, University of Helsinki, Finland

TRIPS, Health, and Corporate Responsibility: Cooperation for Human Rights Accountability

 
 

Channel 4 Corporate Social Responsibility 1

Prof. Dr. S. Douglas Beets
The Schools of Business, Wake Forest University, USA

The Corporate Quest for Personhood: A Historical Review of the Evolution of Corporations in the U.S.

 
 

Channel 5 – Corporate Social Responsibility 2

Dr. Ellen-Marie Forsberg 
Senior Researcher, Work Research Institute, Oslo

Establishing organisational platforms for ethical reflection - the case of the Norwegian Army

 
 

Channel 6 – Finance Ethics

Samson Igbinosa and Blessing Omoruyi
Daystar College, Benin City

Governance in the Financial Markets – Understanding Self-Regulation

 
 

Channel 7 – History and Theory of Economics Ethics 1

Prof. Dr. Angela Roothaan

Economics and Imagination

 
 

Channel 8 – History and Theory of Economics Ethics 2

Dr. Céline Ehrwein Nihan
Heig-Vaud, Yverdon-les-Bains, Suisse

Die Care Economy als Paradigma der Verschmelzung von Öffentlichkeit und Privatsphäre

 
 

Channel 9 – History and Theory of Economics Ethics 3

Prof. Dr. Wan Sulaiman Bin Wan Yusof
Dean, Kulliyyah of Muamalat,Insaniah College University (KUIN), Malaysia

The Role of Ethics, Maqasid Al-Syariah, Morality and Altruism in Economic Life

 
13.00
Lunch /Mittagessen  
14.30-16.15

General Assembly of the Societas Ethica / Mitgliederversammlung der Societas Ethica

 
16.30-17.20 Call for papers V  

Channel 1 – Phd-Student papers 1


 

Channel 2 – Phd-Student papers 2

 

 
 

Channel 3 – Globalization and Development politics

Stefan Raich

Patentsysteme und Menschenrechte – Die Produktion von Gemeinwohlgütern

 
 

Channel 4 – Corporate Social Responsibility 1

Prof. Dr. Wim Dubbink (& Jeffery Smith)
Tillburg University

A Political Account of Corporate Moral Responsibility

 
 

Channel 5 – Corporate Social Responsibility

Pfr. Dr.theol.Wolfgang Leyk
Erlangen

Institutions: Individualism and Collective Action Emerging cross-references for ethics and economy

 
 

Channel 6 – Finance Ethics

Cancelled !!!!!

Dr. Eric Brown
Central European University, Business School, Budapest

Morally substantial fiduciary duties as the basis of business ethics: vulnerabilities and the financial crisis

 
 

Channel 7 – History and Theory of Economics Ethics 1

Dr. Norbert Campagna
Luxembourg

Is Adam Smith only a problem or also a possible part of the solution?

 
 

Channel 8 History and Theory of Economics Ethics 2

PD Dr. Dr. Andrea Günter
D-79102 Freiburg

Zu einer philosophischen Ökologie des Verhältnisses von Ökonomie und Politik

 
 

Channel 9 History and Theory of Economics Ethics 3

Dr. John Thompson
Dept. of Religious Studies, University of Dayton

Charity, Justice, and the Global Economy

 
16.30-
Parallel
Board Meeting / Sitzung des Vorstands der Societas Ethica  
18.00 Dinner / Abendessen  
19.15 Prize Ceremony / Preisverleihung
Societas Ethica Nachwuchspreis / Societas Ethica Early Career Award
 
19.30

SPECIAL KEY NOTE

Expulsions: A Savage Sorting of Winners and Losers

Prof. Dr. Saskia Sassen, Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology and Committee on Global Thought, Columbia University, New York

 
21.00 Board Meeting / Sitzung des Vorstands der Societas Ethica  

 

Sunday /Sonntag 22 August 2010
8.00-8.45
Breakfast
 
9:00-10.00 Morning Service / Gottesdienst: On Morals, Markets and Money
Prof. Dr. Ulla Schmidt, University of Oslo, KIFO-Faculty of Theology
 

 

Corporate Social Responsibility and the Responsibility of Business: / CSR und die Verantwortung im Business

10.00-12h00

Panel Session and Discussion

 

Prof. Dr. Heinrich Bedford-Strohm,
Universität Bamberg, Director of the Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Research Center for Public Theology, und University of Stellenbosch

Dr. Kate Millar,
Director of the Center for Applied Bioethics, University of Nottingham

Natalia Cwik,
Knowledge Manager, Responsible Business Forum, Poland

PD Dr. Stefan Grotefeld,
Leiter der Fachstelle Kirche & Wirtschaft, Zürich

Moderation: Dr. Gotlind Ulshöfer

12.00-13.00
Lunch / Mittagessen  
13.00-

Departure / Abfahrt
Bus transfer to Oberursel Bahnhof and Frankfurt International Airport