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Nowadays there are many publications on employer and product branding. Companies are driven by the aim to be more attractive for the customer with respect to their competitors. Personal branding is often not mentioned in this framework, even though employers and each company take advantage of branding through individuals. In this respect, the concept of trust is more and more becoming the core value of a brand and it is less possible to achieve success through the products only by themselves as products are even more and more getting exchangeable. The present paper outlines certain ways how the concepts of current corporate and product branding strategies can be transferred to individuals. They are used for a corporate strategy or for an individual strategy. An individual personal branding is increasing the likeliness of working in the right environment for personal growth which can bring more satisfaction and success. We identified 102 successful people worldwide, who meet the criteria of corporate or product brand. A qualitative survey has been carried out on their behaviour and activities to develop and strengthen their brand. The leading question was: how do you strengthen your brand? We compared the results with the criteria in secondary literature on how to become a corporate and product brand. The results suggest new directions to continue the research on personal, corporate and product branding. They can be used for self-branding strategies as well as for improving the corporate and product strategies specifically.

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a global trend, also in the advertising industry. The purpose of this paper is to show what consumers think about CSR-related advertising and if it changes their buying behavior. An online survey was sent to the target group. It included questions about sustainability in general and questions concerning five different commercials of Coca Cola, Procter & Gamble, Vodafone, Volkswagen and Suzuki. Some questions had their focus on CSR activities and some on the product. The findings of this study indicate that credibility is most important for a good CSR media campaign. Another result is that the majority of the respondents don´t trust a company more because of a special advertisement, but that they want to find out more about the company and it’s social commitment on the internet, if the commercial is touching in this way.

Eine germanistisch basierte, interdisziplinär angelegte Analyse, die Selbst- und Fremdwahrnehmung, das Auftreten und die dargestellte Persönlichkeit ausgewählter Frauengestalten vergleichend untersucht.

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Die Migrations- und Integrationsdebatte ist in den letzten Jahren mehr und mehr zu einem zentralen Thema in der Öffentlichkeit geworden. 2006 lebten 15,1 Millionen Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund in Deutschland. Dies entspricht 19 % der Bevölkerung. Man vergisst oft, dass es sich dabei auch um Aussiedler und Spätaussiedler handelt, die immerhin ca. 10 % aller Migranten ausmachen. Die vorliegende Arbeit bietet eine Symbiose aus historischem Überblick, allgemeiner Darstellung zu den Voraussetzungen, Motiven, Problemen sowie weiteren Aspekten zur Situation der Aussiedler und konkreten Anregungen zur Integrationsarbeit. Die Abhandlung hält darüber hinaus praktische Anregungen für die Arbeit mit Migranten bereit und leistet damit einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Integrationsdebatte.