Knowledge Center

Journalistic and Miscellaneous

Whilst our thought leadership is focused on scholarly work we are always more than happy for opportunities that arise to write texts that are more journalistic in nature and that address a wider audience than the heavily structured academic writings that are often based on a narrowly defined research question. In addition we are providing texts here that do not fit into the other categories of our Knowledge Center such as blog entries, short contributions to websites or corporate publications.

Journalistic and Miscellaneous

On the post Covid-19 normality

Will the old normal be the new normal?

Quite often currently one can hear talk about a new normal in which we are finding ourselves. I think such views are misguided for n ... more

Journalistic and Miscellaneous

This is not a new normal

Propelled into Hyper-VUCA

What we are currently experiencing is not a new normal but a state which I would call hyper-VUCA. A much heightened state of Volatility, Uncertai ... more

Journalistic and Miscellaneous

Lessons from the pandemic

Locked Down Observations from the Balcony

Following depictions from action sci-fi movies, Covid-19 should make us all turn against each other, but what I observe during lo ... more

Journalistic and Miscellaneous

2018 Sixth Annual Humanistic Management Conference

Confernece Video

This video shows highlights from the 2018 Sixth Annual Humanistic Management Conference that took place on October 1st - 2nd in Bengaluru (formerly Bangal ... more

Journalistic and Miscellaneous

A conversation on Humanism in Business

Palgrave live Tweet Session

On 26th April 2017, Ernst von Kimakowitz and Claus Dierksmeier from The Humanistic Management Center joined Palgrave for an exclusive chat abou ... more

Journalistic and Miscellaneous

Ethics as a Driver of Business Innovation

Contribution to NGO Asia Magazine

Asian NGO is Asia's leading Magazine on Insights and inspiration for Social Innovation. The magazine's 18th Edition is titled Cities of t ... more

Journalistic and Miscellaneous

Interview in Pay, the Client Magazine of Arvato

Moral Considerations Require Leeway

Dr Ernst von Kimakowitz talks about business ethics in this interview and article in pay, the client magazine of Arvato Financial Solut ... more

Journalistic and Miscellaneous

Lilienberg Zeitschrift

With Values to Value: Summary of Ethis First Event

On February 23rd 2016 Ethics First, our executive education joint venture with the Global Ethic Institute at the Univers ... more

Journalistic and Miscellaneous

Interview in Japans third largest Daily Newspaper

Business Education and Humanistic Management

This interview with Ernst von Kimakowitz was published on June 7th 2016 in Japans third largest daily newspaper, the Seikyo Sh ... more

Journalistic and Miscellaneous

Interview in Frankfurt University's career magazine

Wirtschaftsethik braucht Mut

This interview with Ernst von Kimakowitz is featured in the Career Services magazine of the Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany, called Der K ... more

Journalistic and Miscellaneous

Asian NGO Magazine on Humanistic Management

The Makings of Humanistic Management

Asian NGO is Asia's leading Magazine on Insights and inspiration for Social Innovation. The magazine's 16th Edition is titled The Shif ... more

Journalistic and Miscellaneous

Article in the Asian NGO Magazine

The Why, How and What in Impact Investing

The 15th Edition of Asian NGO titled "The Era of Social Convergence" deals with various aspects of how civil society, the private ... more

Journalistic and Miscellaneous

Interview in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Rüstzeug für Entscheidungen

This interview featured in one of Germany's most prestigious daily paper's bi-monthly higher education magazine, the Frankfurter Allg ... more

Journalistic and Miscellaneous

Conference summary on Korea's Focus News

Lotte Social Impact Conference 2015

The Lotte Group, one of Korea's main business conglomerates invited to this one-day conference organized jointly with ARCON (Arts and C ... more

Journalistic and Miscellaneous

Chosun Daily, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 2015

CSR and Global Business

This short article in Korean newspaper Chosun Daily profiles the speakers of the Lotte Social Impact Conference 2015. ... more

Journalistic and Miscellaneous

Interview in the CSR Magazin (in German)

Tone from the Top - the importance of values in the c-suite

What is the meaning of values for senior executives and how can values be communicated in a business organizati ... more

Journalistic and Miscellaneous

Presentation Review in the Journal of Die Akademie (in German)

Driving Innovation through Values

Die Akademie is one of the leading Executive Education providers in the German speaking countries delivering a wide range of in house and ... more

Journalistic and Miscellaneous

Video interview by Klaus Schuler with Ernst von Kimakowitz

The positive impact of business and its role in society

This short video interview was conducted by Klaus Schuler of Triple Leader. It enquiers, among other questions, on  ... more

Journalistic and Miscellaneous

Contribution to Philanthropy Impact Magazine

Addressing Poverty and Inequality through Business

Volume 8. of Philanthropy Impact Magazine asks: Are Poverty and Inequality the Defining Challenges of Our Time? The Huma ... more

Journalistic and Miscellaneous

Interview in the Fleurop Corporate Magazine (in German)

General Minimum Wage Introduced in Germany

As one of the late adopters in Europe, Germany has introduced a general minimum wage of 8.50 Euro per hour on January 1st 2015.  ... more

Journalistic and Miscellaneous

Article in the CSR Magazin (in German)

The Defense Industry - A Necessary Evil for a Just World?

The conflict in the Ukraine, the horrific acts of the Islamic State or the attacks on free speech in Paris in ear ... more

Journalistic and Miscellaneous

IILA Newsletter Contribution

Master Level Course on Impact Investing

Impact Investing in Latin America (IILA) is a prominent actor in the Latin American Impact Investing scene based in Sao Paulo, Braz ... more

Journalistic and Miscellaneous

Julius Baer Wealth Report Europe

Tips and Tricks for Impact Investors

From Philanthropy to Impact Investing: Redefining the Meaning of Return is the title of this article in the 2014 Wealth Report Europe  ... more

Journalistic and Miscellaneous

Interview in the Fleurop Corporate Magazine (in German)

Leadership Styles

Fleurop is a leading flower retailer with a global network of affiliated shops. Fleurop is publishing "Green" a corporate publication covering both, the  ... more

Journalistic and Miscellaneous

Contribution to the Palgrave Newsletter's Author Corner

Humanism in Business Book Series

The Books in the Humanism in Business Series provide inspiration and solid advice on how to align business success with societal aims. The ... more

Journalistic and Miscellaneous

Article in Houston Based Online Newspaper Chron

Challenges of Humanistic Management

Chron, the online edition of the Houston Chronicle, has published an article in which Scott Thompson outlines in a very practical way w ... more

Journalistic and Miscellaneous

Philosophical Economics Magazine Agora 42 (in German)

The Freedom - Responsibility Nexus

This contribution to the magazine Agora 42 is based on Claus Dierksmeier's article titled The Freedom-Responsibility Nexus in Management ... more

Journalistic and Miscellaneous

Article in DNWE online magazine (in German)

Towards Humanistic Management

Those who demand greater social responsibility from corporations must acknowledge that freedom serves as the basis for all moral action. But  ... more

Journalistic and Miscellaneous

Article in Bridge Builder

Managing Unity in Diversity

The question of managing unity in diversity is central to the work of the Humanistic Management Center. In this contribution I aim to shed ligh ... more

Journalistic and Miscellaneous

Interview in Business24.ch (in German)

Work-Life Balance

In this article, based on an interview by Jan Thomas Otte with Ernst von Kimakowitz, some aspects of achieving a meaningful work-life balance are being d ... more

Journalistic and Miscellaneous

Interview in t3n.de (in German)

Work-Life Balance

In this article, based on an interview by Jan Thomas Otte with Ernst von Kimakowitz, some aspects of achieving a meaningful work-life balance are being d ... more

Journalistic and Miscellaneous

Interview by the Sao Paulo based Impact Investing Platform

Impact Investing in Brazil

This newsletter of the São Paulo based Impact Investing Platform that is led by the Latin America Hub of the University of St. Gallen, Switzerl ... more

Journalistic and Miscellaneous

Colombia's leading business paper (in Spanish)

CSR with a humanistic focus

This article in the leading Colombian business newspaper, Portafolio, is based on an interview by one of the paper's editors with Ernst von Kim ... more

Journalistic and Miscellaneous

Interview in the magazin The European

On the meaning of liberalism

Liberalism is being understood differently in different parts of the world. Martin Eiermann has interviewed Claus Dierksmeier, Director of the ... more

Journalistic and Miscellaneous

Stakeholders, Business Ethics & Regulation (in Spanisch)

EAN Business Review

This article in EAN Business Review, the business magazine of EAN University in Bogotá, Colombia, is based on an interview with Ernst von Kimakowitz.  ... more

Journalistic and Miscellaneous

How social entrepreneurship is redefining the meaning of return

Investing for Impact

The growing interest in impact investing is hard to miss. Today, more investors and entrepreneurs than ever are proactively investing their capital in ... more

Journalistic and Miscellaneous

Terminological and Conceptual Clarity for the CSR Debate

From Instrumental to Integrated CSR

This article (full version available in German) is written for the 2011 volume of the annual publication, Deutsche CSR, published by Do ... more

Journalistic and Miscellaneous

Conducting Fruitful Stakeholder Dialogues

Schweizer Dialog: Nicht zurück zur Tagesordnung!

This is an article on stakeholder dialogues published in three parts on the Swiss website Schweizer Dialog. (Swiss Di ... more

Journalistic and Miscellaneous

The Means and Ends of Economic Development

The Magazine of the Swiss-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce

In 2009 Ernst von Kimakowitz was invited to write a short article for the December issue of Swisscam Brasil, the Ma ... more