Ökonomische und außerökonomische Werteorientierung in der Organisationswahl

"Vor dem Hintergrund des Eintrittes in das duale System der Berufsausbildung werden die Wahlentscheidungen für oder gegen bestimmte ausbildende Organisationen unter dem Gesichtspunkt verschiedener, alternierender oder miteinander in Konkurrenz stehender Werteorientierungen untersucht. Es wird dadurch mit der Vorstellung gebrochen, die ökonomische Handlungslogik sei der einzig legitime Ausdruck rationalen Handelns. Unter Zuhilfenahme einer empirischen Vorgehensweise werden jene Werteorientierungen beschrieben und ihr Einfluss auf die Organisationswahl bestimmt. Es zeigt sich dabei, dass sich nicht allein vermeintlich systemkonforme, ökonomische Wahlmotive als handlungsleitend - und damit für ein belastbares Erklärungsmodell als hinreichend - erweisen." (Autorenreferat)"Against the background of entering the dual system of vocational training, the decisions for and against certain educational organizations will be investigated in consideration of different alternate or competing value orientations. Thus, the idea of economic behavioral logic being the only legitimate expression of rational choice is abandoned. By utilizing an empirical approach, these value orientations and their effect on the selection of specific organizations will be determined. It shows that the choices are not exclusively informed by allegedly system-compatible, economic motives; therefore, these motives cannot be deemed sufficient to support an explanatory model." (author's abstract

Expert range maps of global mammal distributions harmonised to three taxonomic authorities

AimComprehensive, global information on species' occurrences is an essential biodiversity variable and central to a range of applications in ecology, evolution, biogeography and conservation. Expert range maps often represent a species' only available distributional information and play an increasing role in conservation assessments and macroecology. We provide global range maps for the native ranges of all extant mammal species harmonised to the taxonomy of the Mammal Diversity Database (MDD) mobilised from two sources, the Handbook of the Mammals of the World (HMW) and the Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World (CMW).LocationGlobal.TaxonAll extant mammal species.MethodsRange maps were digitally interpreted, georeferenced, error-checked and subsequently taxonomically aligned between the HMW (6253 species), the CMW (6431 species) and the MDD taxonomies (6362 species).ResultsRange maps can be evaluated and visualised in an online map browser at Map of Life (mol.org) and accessed for individual or batch download for non-commercial use.Main conclusionExpert maps of species' global distributions are limited in their spatial detail and temporal specificity, but form a useful basis for broad-scale characterizations and model-based integration with other data. We provide georeferenced range maps for the native ranges of all extant mammal species as shapefiles, with species-level metadata and source information packaged together in geodatabase format. Across the three taxonomic sources our maps entail, there are 1784 taxonomic name differences compared to the maps currently available on the IUCN Red List website. The expert maps provided here are harmonised to the MDD taxonomic authority and linked to a community of online tools that will enable transparent future updates and version control

Design of a Sustainable Last Mile in Urban Logistics—A Systematic Literature Review

This paper provides a systematic and up-to-date review and classification of 87 studies on green last-mile business for sustainable management. In particular, the most important study areas and results are highlighted and an outlook on future research opportunities in the field of sustainable stock management is given. Sustainability in logistics depends on many factors, and elementary differences in the orientation of the logistics sector can bring further challenges. This is shown by the number of published papers. This paper examines the literature that does not focus on courier, express or parcel delivery (CEP). For this purpose, a systematic literature search was conducted on the topic of sustainability in the last-mile business. Publications for the period from 2014 to 2021 were identified as significant. It becomes clear that the logistics industry must further differentiate itself to be able to act in a future-oriented manner. The effects of the logistics industry and the technologies used in it have far-reaching consequences for social coexistence and should therefore be included. Challenges lie not only with logistics companies, but also with consumers and government authorities. In the paper it becomes clear that the logistics concept of the last mile is applied in all forms, but the research area of one-person delivery or two-person delivery is on a different level. Here, the concept of two-person delivery will be pursued further, as it functions similarly to a CEP service provider, but the framework conditions differ greatly. The two-person loading system makes it possible to transport large and bulky goods such as furniture without the risk of damage during delivery. Furthermore, the specifics of sustainable management of the last mile as well as the limits of the topic are discussed. This should stimulate future research

Economic Citizenship and Socio-Economic Rationality as Foundations of an Appropriate Economic Education

In this article we argue that social science education needs to convey more than operational mechanisms of society. Especially in socio-economic education, questions of business ethics, i.e. phenomena of economics and society need to be integrated and reflected, decidedly focusing on the moral content of economics. With the introduction of economic citizenship as the ideal economic actor to be the purpose of economic education, this paper proposes that economic education needs to connect economic expertise and moral judgment and should also allude to the necessity of every market action’s conditional legitimization by society.We propose to discuss different ‘sites’ of morality as a heuristic approach to the different areas of economic responsibility. The individual, organizational and political level of responsibility helps to categorize the different moral issues of economic activity and serves as a great pattern to explain economic relations to scholars and students

Multirationalität in Aushandlungs- und Entscheidungsprozessen betrieblicher Mitbestimmung

Um Aushandlungsprozesse zwischen betrieblicher Mitbestimmung und der Unternehmensvertretung zu beschreiben, werden derzeitig häufig Betriebsratstypisierungen herangezogen. Diese verfolgen oftmals eine eher machtorientierte Perspektive, um die Aushandlungsprozesse und deren Ergebnisse zu beschreiben. In komplexen und weitgehend unbekannten Umwelten scheint diese Fokussierung jedoch zu kurzgegriffen. Aus diesem Grund wird eine konzeptionelle Rahmung dieser Prozesse aus multirationaler Perspektive erarbeitet und am konkreten Fallbeispiel der Roadmap Digitale Transformation der Marke Volkswagen empirisch verdichtet. Dazu erarbeitet dieser Beitrag anhand eines spezifischen Kontextes betrieblicher Mitbestimmung zwei Handlungslogiken: eine funktional-ökonomische Rationalität der Unternehmensvertretung sowie eine sozial-ökonomischer Rationalität der betrieblichen Mitbestimmung. Je nach konkretem Verhandlungsgegenstand zeigt sich, dass die beiden Rationalitäten, im Laufe des Aushandlungsprozesses, einander tolerieren oder innovative Kompromisslösungen fördern. Nur solche inhaltlichen Fragestellungen, welche dem Kern der jeweiligen Rationalität entsprechen, tragen zu einer Polarisierung bei, also der Durchsetzung einer der Positionen.Currently works council typologies are often used to describe negotiation processes between employers and corporate co-determination. These generally pursue a more poweroriented perspective to describe the negotiation processes and their results. In complex and largely unknown environments, however, this focus seems to be too narrow. For this reason, a conceptual framing of these processes, one dependent on a multi-rational perspective, is empirically applied to a case study of the Roadmap Digital Transformation of the Volkswagen brand. To this end, the article develops two logics of action based on a specific context of codetermination: a functional-economic rationality of corporate representation and a socioeconomic rationality of corporate co-determination. Depending on the specific subject of negotiation it is shown that the two rationalities in the course of the negotiation process either tolerate each other or promote innovative compromise solutions. Only such substantive issues that correspond to the core of the respective rationality contribute to polarization, i. e. the enforcement of one of the positions

Is Corporate Social Entrepreneurship a (So Far) Missed Opportunity for Higher Education Institutions? Evidence from Germany

(1) Background: Corporate social entrepreneurship (CSE) is a young phenomenon courting recognition that is attracting increasing attention in academia and corporate practice. Nevertheless, it has rarely found its way into the curricula of higher education institutions (HEI), which raises the question of the concept’s potential for further development in the realm of academic teaching; (2) Our study is based on a mostly qualitative research design consisting of expert interviews, focus groups, and a low-standardized survey; (3) Results: Corporate social entrepreneurship is seen as having strong potential to enrich education at institutions of higher learning, to establish new forms of teaching, and to bridge the gap between higher education and society; (4) Conclusions: Although our results indicate industry need and student demand for competent corporate social entrepreneurs, German HEIs have not yet integrated CSE-specific education into their curricula. However, the required competences are covered by CSE-related fields of study, which hampers the holistic education of CSE learners. A CSE curriculum needs to cover core CSE concepts as well as key competences, and the engagement of quadruple helix stakeholders requires an adjustable and transversal approach of curriculum development

Is Corporate Social Entrepreneurship a (So Far) Missed Opportunity for Higher Education Institutions? Evidence from Germany

(1) Background: Corporate social entrepreneurship (CSE) is a young phenomenon courting recognition that is attracting increasing attention in academia and corporate practice. Nevertheless, it has rarely found its way into the curricula of higher education institutions (HEI), which raises the question of the concept’s potential for further development in the realm of academic teaching; (2) Our study is based on a mostly qualitative research design consisting of expert interviews, focus groups, and a low-standardized survey; (3) Results: Corporate social entrepreneurship is seen as having strong potential to enrich education at institutions of higher learning, to establish new forms of teaching, and to bridge the gap between higher education and society; (4) Conclusions: Although our results indicate industry need and student demand for competent corporate social entrepreneurs, German HEIs have not yet integrated CSE-specific education into their curricula. However, the required competences are covered by CSE-related fields of study, which hampers the holistic education of CSE learners. A CSE curriculum needs to cover core CSE concepts as well as key competences, and the engagement of quadruple helix stakeholders requires an adjustable and transversal approach of curriculum development