The VDI nachrichten interviewed Prof. Dr. Laura Marie Schons on a controversial aspect of Corporate Philanthropy: Corporations are said to be more powerful than ever, not only influencing their political environment but also becoming political actors themselves. Thinkers from various disciplines have criticized this adoption of a new political role as a threat to democracy, grounding this criticism in the fact that corporations have adopted far-reaching political responsibilities (i.e., political corporate social responsibility) while currently often organizing their governance in ways that are far from being democratic (i.e., command-and-control governance systems).
Read the entire article in German on: http://www.vdi-nachrichten.com/Karriere/Wachstum-spaltet-Land.