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Menschenrechtliche Herausforderungen und Lösungsansätze in der digitalisierten Wirtschaft aus der Perspektive von Business and Human Rights und integrativer Wirtschaftsethik

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Ebert, I., Wettstein, F. Menschenrechtliche Herausforderungen und Lösungsansätze in der digitalisierten Wirtschaft aus der Perspektive von Business and Human Rights und integrativer Wirtschaftsethik. Sozialer Fortschritt, 73(3), 171-194. https://doi.org/10.3790/sfo.2024.1432903
Ebert, Isabel and Wettstein, Florian "Menschenrechtliche Herausforderungen und Lösungsansätze in der digitalisierten Wirtschaft aus der Perspektive von Business and Human Rights und integrativer Wirtschaftsethik" Sozialer Fortschritt 73.3, 2024, 171-194. https://doi.org/10.3790/sfo.2024.1432903
Ebert, Isabel/Wettstein, Florian (2024): Menschenrechtliche Herausforderungen und Lösungsansätze in der digitalisierten Wirtschaft aus der Perspektive von Business and Human Rights und integrativer Wirtschaftsethik, in: Sozialer Fortschritt, vol. 73, iss. 3, 171-194, [online] https://doi.org/10.3790/sfo.2024.1432903
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Menschenrechtliche Herausforderungen und Lösungsansätze in der digitalisierten Wirtschaft aus der Perspektive von Business and Human Rights und integrativer Wirtschaftsethik

Ebert, Isabel | Wettstein, Florian

Sozialer Fortschritt, Vol. 73 (2024), Iss. 3 : pp. 171–194

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Ebert, Dr. Isabel, Senior Research Fellow, Institut für Wirtschaftsethik, Universität St. Gallen, Girtannerstrasse 8, 9010 St. Gallen.

Wettstein, Prof. Dr. Florian, Direktor, Institut für Wirtschaftsethik, Universität St. Gallen, Girtannerstrasse 8, 9010 St. Gallen.

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Abstract

Abstract: Human Rights Challenges and Solutions in the Data Economy From the Perspectives of Business and Human Rights and Integrative Economic Ethics

This article sketches the current political debate on human rights in the data economy. It outlines current challenges and prevalent approaches for progressive business practices suitable to address the human rights impacts of data-driven business activities. A Business and Human Rights approach can be helpful to integrate human rights into the daily management practices of data-driven companies, though the article argues that an additional analytical grid is required to address the level of structural impacts of the data economy – it can be conceptualized through the perspective of integrative economic ethics.

Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Isabel Ebert / Florian Wettstein: Menschenrechtliche Herausforderungen und Lösungsansätze in der digitalisierten Wirtschaft aus der Perspektive von Business and Human Rights und integrativer Wirtschaftsethik 171
Zusammenfassung 171
Abstract: Human Rights Challenges and Solutions in the Data Economy From the Perspectives of Business and Human Rights and Integrative Economic Ethics 171
Einleitung 172
1. Menschenrechte in der Datenökonomie 173
1.1 Die Datenökonomie: Zwischen Hype & „Techlash“ 173
1.2 Unternehmensführung anhand datengetriebener Geschäftsmodelle im gesellschaftlichen Kontext 176
2. Menschenrechtliche Herausforderungen in der Datenwirtschaft 177
2.1 Versicherungswirtschaft 180
2.2 Arbeitsmarkt 181
2.3 Kreditwürdigkeit 182
2.4 Data Profiling von Menschenrechtsverteidigern 183
2.5 Polizeiarbeit und Strafverfolgung 183
3. Menschliche Sorgfaltspflicht von datengetriebenen Unternehmen 184
4. Die Integrative Wirtschaftsethik als komplementärer Denkansatz zu BHR 187
Literatur 189

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