Civilized market economy

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Civilized market economy is the title of a book by St. Gallen business ethicist Peter Ulrich , published in 2005 , in which he presents a conceptual reorientation of the market economy from the point of view of business ethics . The book contains the main ideas of his work Integrative Business Ethics , intended for a wider audience.

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Ulrich classifies his book as an "economic civic education " or as a "rational ethic of economic activity, which does not postulate the freedom of the" self-interest maximizer "as propagated by economic liberalism , but rather the freedom of the" economic citizen ". Ulrich ties in with the ordoliberalism of the Freiburg School , which he sharply demarcates from modern neoliberalism . With reference to Alexander Rustov's vitality policy , he sees the "ordoliberal two-tiered nature of primary vitality policy and subordinate competition policy [...] as the fundamental idea of ​​orientation around the long-faded conception of the social that has become poorly oriented in the competition between locations To revitalize the market economy in a double sense. "According to the constitutional lawyer Philippe Mastronardi, Ulrich is countering the neoliberal belief in the market mechanism [...] with the concept of a life-serving market economy, which is transformed into global governance with worldwide standards e which ties the economy to human rights, democracy and social and environmental responsibility. ”Ulrich criticizes the exaggeration of the market economy idea to a total market society, which sacrifices human life and politics to a“ factual logic of the market ”. He recommends integrating the market economy into the overriding aspects of serviceability, i.e. a good life (question of meaning) and fair coexistence (questions of legitimacy) of free and equal citizens. In this sense, the civilized market economy is about a profound reorientation of economic thinking, in which the democratic society is called upon to find viable answers to the challenges of the economic world. This reorientation, however, requires more civic engagement, the majority of the citizens must want such a society and develop the corresponding civic spirit.

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Primary literature

  • Peter Ulrich: Civilized Market Economy. A business ethical orientation . Updated and expanded new edition (the 2005 TB edition). Haupt, Bern 2010, ISBN 3-258-07604-9

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tim Kohl: Holistic Business Ethics: Basis and Application to Manager Salaries. W. Kohlhammer Verlag, 2009, ISBN 3170210351 , p. 46.
  2. ↑ See Peter Ulrich: Civilized Market Economy. A business ethical orientation . Updated and expanded new edition. Haupt, Bern 2010, p. 155.
  3. ^ Peter Ulrich: Civilized market economy. A business ethical orientation . Updated and expanded new edition. Haupt, Bern 2010, p. 161.
  4. ↑ from St. Gallen ( Memento from March 5, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ^ Philippe Mastronardi: Constitutional theory. General constitutional law as a doctrine of the good and just state . Haupt, Bern 2007, ISBN 978-3825229009 , p. 344
  6. ↑ Ralf Miroschnik, Educational Management of Company Vocational Training , Empirical Pedagogy, 2011, ISBN 978-3941320444 , page 48
  7. ↑ Nadine Westphal, Ethics as a competitive factor , Lit Verlag, 2009, ISBN 978-3643104052 , page 48