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Politische Verantwortung in der Marktwirtschaft – Zur Uebertragung von Citizenship-Konzepten auf Konsumenten und Unternehmen (Political Responsibility in Market Arenas)

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Mit der Verwendung des Buergerbegriffs fuer Konsumenten und Unternehmen erfolgt eine Verschraenkung von Wirtschaftssphaere und politischer Arena, die in einem Spannungsverhaeltnis zu bestehenden Entwuerfen von (Staats-)Buergerschaft steht. Gegenstand des Beitrags ist es, diese Neukonfigurationen zu hinterfragen und dabei sowohl analytische Potenziale als auch Grenzen einer uebertragung zu erschliessen. Dabei steht die Wechselseitigkeit moeglicher Buergerrollen von Konsumenten und Unternehmen im Mittelpunkt. (Transferring the idea of citizenship to actors of the market sphere implies an interconnectedness of political arenas and market arenas that are at tension with traditional concepts of citizenship. Applying the ideas of citizenship on corporations and consumers raises questions concerning the extent to which citizenship is a suitable category to conceptualise political action within the market sphere. Hence, the paper aims at scrutinising recent notions of consumer and corporate citizenship against the backdrop of the historical and philosophical principles of citizenship in order to reveal constraints and analytical potentials of using the term citizen with regard to market actors. Moreover, the contribution looks at the reciprocity of consumer citizenship and corporate citizenship.)

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  • Kneip, Veronika, 2013. "Politische Verantwortung in der Marktwirtschaft – Zur Uebertragung von Citizenship-Konzepten auf Konsumenten und Unternehmen (Political Responsibility in Market Arenas)," Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik - Journal for Business, Economics & Ethics, Rainer Hampp Verlag, vol. 14(1), pages 62-85.
  • Handle: RePEc:rai:ethics:doi_10.1688/1862-0043_zfwu_2013_01_kneip
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    Keywords

    Citizenship; Corporate Citizenship; Consumer Citizenship; Political Consumerism;
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    JEL classification:

    • A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values
    • B31 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought: Individuals - - - Individuals
    • I30 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General
    • Z10 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - General

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