Stephan Wirz

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Stephan Wirz (* 1959 in Stuttgart ) is a Swiss ethicist . He teaches as adjunct professor at the Theological Faculty of the University of Lucerne with a focus on business , corporate and consumer ethics .

Life

Wirz was born in Stuttgart and his family moved to Vienna when he was seven. After a stopover in Gauting (near Munich) he came to The Hague , where he passed his Abitur . Wirz studied theology (graduate theologian), political science , economics and international law (Dipl. Sc. Pol. Univ.) At the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . Before and during his doctoral studies ( Dr. theol. ) In Munich , he worked at the Schweizerische Kreditanstalt in Zurich. This was followed by five years at ABB in Baden (Switzerland). As a lecturer he taught ethics at the Aargau University of Applied Sciences . After completing his habilitation , he became a private lecturer in theological ethics at the University of Lucerne and was a lecturer and researcher at the Center for Religion, Economics and Politics at the Universities of Lucerne, the University of Zurich and the University of Basel . Since 2007 he has headed the Economics and Labor Department of the Paulus Academy . In 2012 he was elected adjunct professor of ethics at the theological faculty of the University of Lucerne . He was awarded the Hanns Seidel Foundation's Business Ethics Prize in 2012.

His main research interests are business, corporate and consumer ethics as well as leadership ethics.

Fonts (selection)

  • From lack to excess. The ethical need question in industrial society (= writings of the Institute for Christian Social Sciences of the Westphalian Wilhelms University of Münster . Volume 27). Aschendorff, Münster 1993, ISBN 3-402-04535-4 (also dissertation, Munich 1992).
  • Success and morals in business management. An ethical guide in dealing with management trends (= modernity, cultures, relations . Volume 9). Lang, Bern et al. 2007, ISBN 3-631-56371-X (also habilitation thesis, Lucerne).
  • Theological dispute about the reform of the welfare state . Faith & Economy, Friborg 2008, OCLC 428215444 .
    • Le débat théologique sur la reforme de l'Etat-providence . Faith & Economy, Friborg 2008, OCLC 428215449 .
  • The cross with the achievement society. Résumé of the conference on September 13, 2008 in the Paulus Academy Zurich on the subject of "Achievement Society" . Faith & Economy, Friborg 2009, OCLC 610897688 .
    • Culte et culture du result . Faith & Economy, Friborg 2009, OCLC 428272030 .
  • Clash of cultures in the company? Religion and worldview as a challenge and opportunity for management. Résumé of the conference of September 12, 2009 of the Paulus Academy Zurich on the topic of "Clash of Cultures in Companies" . Faith & Economy, Friborg 2010, OCLC 682165757 .
Editing
  • as editor with Philipp W. Hildmann: Social market economy: future or discontinued model? An economic, sociological and ethical discourse (= Paulus Akademie. Schriften . Volume 6). Theological Publishing House Zurich, Zurich 2010, ISBN 978-3-290-20059-6 .
  • as editor with Andreas Tunger-Zanetti and Antonius Liedhegener : Religion - Economy - Politics. Research access to a current transdisciplinary field (= religion - economy - politics . Volume 1). Nomos, Baden-Baden 2011, ISBN 3-8329-6539-4 .
  • as editor with Christoph Weber-Berg : Do the old live at the expense of the young? How safe are our social services? Paulus Academy, Zurich ... Conference on September 18, 2010 of the Faith & Economy Association, the Association of Christian Entrepreneurs and the Paulus Academy Zurich on the subject of "Do the old live at the expense of the young?" (= Debate . Number 69). Faith & Economy Association, Schmerikon 2011, OCLC 731603314 .
  • as editor with Gerhard Droesser: Urban lifestyle and consumption style (= Schriften Paulus-Akademie Zürich. Volume 9). Theological Publishing House Zurich, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-290-20084-8 .
  • as editor: questions about the time. 50 years of the Paulus Akademie (= writings Paulus Akademie Zürich, Volume 11). Theological Publishing House Zurich, Zurich 2016, ISBN 978-3-290-20137-1
  • as editor: Capitalism - an enemy image for the churches? (= Paulus Akademie. Writings . Volume 13). Theological Publishing House Zurich, Zurich 2018, ISBN 3-290-20167-8 .
Public media
  • What does a person need for happiness and, above all, how much? The evangelical weekly magazine, 50, pp. 10-13, 2017.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Laudation for Stephan Wirz - on the presentation of the Hanns Seidel Prize for Responsible Entrepreneurship 2012 - Munich, October 31, 2012 - by Prof. Markus Vogt, Chair of Christian Social Ethics LMU (PDF) , accessed on June 6, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Wirz, Stephan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Catholic ethicist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart