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For admissions in October/November 2023, the doctoral program "Ethics and Responsible Leadership in Business" (ERL) will award up to four memberships and doctoral scholarships. The application deadline is April 16, 2023.
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The conference will take place in Lutherstadt Wittenberg from October 4, 2023 until October 5, 2023. In addition, a satellite workshop for doctoral students will be held on October 6, 2023.
On October 14, 2022, the graduation and inauguration ceremony of the doctoral program "Ethics and Responsible Leadership in Business" took place at the Wittenberg Center for Global Ethics (WZGE).
Refugees from Ukraine and other war zones, who fled to Germany since February 2022, can apply to the doctoral program “Ethics and Responsible Leadership in Business” until September 30, 2022.
At this year's inauguration ceremony of the PhD program "Ethics and Responsible Leadership in Business", four new doctoral students were accepted into the program. Eleven graduates received their graduation documents.
For admissions in October/November 2021, four scholarships for the doctoral program “Ethics and Responsible Leadership in Business” will be awarded. The application deadline is May 16, 2021.
On November 13, 2020, this year's inauguration and graduation ceremony for the doctoral program “Ethics and Responsible Leadership in Business” (ERL) took place.
For the second time, doctoral students from the "Ethics and Responsible Leadership in Business" doctoral program have successfully completed a field project with Volkswagen AG.
For admissions in November/December 2020, the doctoral program “Ethics and Responsible Leadership in Business” will award up to six doctoral scholarships. The application deadline is April 26, 2020.
Doctoral candidates of the doctoral program developed ideas for an “ethic-check” in dialogue with betterplace lab.
Dr. Mertens discussed with PhD students from the ERL doctoral program about the fight against corruption and the work of Transparency International.
Prof. Hemel presents the leadership program of the Weltethos-Institut Tübingen (WEIT) as part of a Jour Fixe of the doctoral program.
From November 13 until November 15, 2019, 29 international doctoral candidates and PostDocs presented and discussed their research in the Lutherstadt.
On November 5th, Raphael Ng, member of the WCCGE doctoral program, took part in a workshop of the FFO on implementing the NPA.
Lisa Schmalzried gave a lecture about the five-question-probe at the forum “Good Leadership” of the Karl Schlecht Foundation.
At October 10, 2019, Prof Huber and Prof Pies discussed about the opportunities and limitations of personal and order ethics in course of the inauguration of the doctoral program.
Fellows of the Foundation of the German Economy visited the WCGE for an academy week.
Dr. Kampffmeyer from the Öko-Institut discussed ways to successfully implement environmental and human rights due diligence with ERL doctoral students.
On the topic of „Business Ethics in a Digital Age: Technology and other New Frontiers for Corporate Responsibility, Markets, and Society.” the scholar attended a conference in the US.
Zum Thema „Business Ethics in a Digital Age: Technology and other New Frontiers for Corporate Responsibility, Markets, and Society.” nahm die Stipendiatin an einer Konferenz in den USA teil.
Prof Neuhäuser argues for John Rawls idea of a property-owning democracy with ERL doctoral students.
Prof Meynhardt discussed public value and why companies lose their legitimation without public value orientation with doctoral students of the ERL program.
In course of a jour fixe of the doctoral program, Dr. Uhl presented empirical studies, which uncover ethically relevant intuitions about digitalization.
Prof Kirchgeorg discussed with PhD candidates of the doctoral program how companies have to change their actions and mindset to handle climate change.
Daniel Hannemann presented TESVOLT as an organization with agile leadership in course of a jour fixe of the doctoral program.
For admissions in October 2019, the doctoral program “Ethics and Responsible Leadership in Business” will award up to six doctoral scholarships. The application deadline is February 17, 2019.
Prof Claus Dierksmeier discussed business ethical questions of blockchain applications with doctoral students of the program “Ethics and Good Leadership in Business".
On October 24 over 90 guests followed the discussion between the entrepreneurial legend Heinz Dürr, the Flixbus founder Daniel Krauss, and the author Katharina de Biasi in the Telefónica Basecamp.
At October 4, 2018, the WCGE celebrated its 20th anniversary, bid farewell to three graduating doctoral students of the doctoral program, and welcomed the program’s fifth cohort.
For admissions in October 2019, the doctoral program “Ethics and Responsible Leadership in Business” will award one thematically focussed doctoral scholarship. The application deadline is December 9, 2018.
In course of the call for ideas “LEADERSHIP+CREATIVITY” of the KSG, doctoral students of the doctoral program developed creative ways to share their research.
At July 5, 2018, the book “Die Weltveränderer” of Katharina de Biasi, alumna of the doctoral program “Ethics and Responsible Leadership in Business” was published.
Prof Laura Edinger-Schons discussed the political role of companies and their CEOS with the doctoral students of the doctoral program.
Philipp Schreck, Ingo Pies and René Schmidpeter organise a doctoral workshop as part of the 8th International Conference on Sustainability & Responsibility.
New field projects of the ERL doctoral program start in March and April, 2018, with the topical focus areas Code of Responsible Conduct for Business and sustainability
The Wittenberg Center for Global Ethics (WCGE) hosts the Doctoral Program “Ethics and Responsible Leadership in Business” (ERL). For admissions in October 2018, the program will award up to six doctoral scholarships.
In the Doctoral Program “Ethics and Responsible Leadership in Business” (ERL), the WCGE will award one doctoral scholarship for the intake in October 2017.
