1428 2011 2011 deu 349 364 16 Seiten 3 3 (2011) article Honterus Sibiu Sibiu 0 -- -- -- Business ethics which has been in the focus of applied ethics for the last years has passed through several levels. Based on American socioeconomics first concepts were confirmed by the influence of sociological systems theory guaranteeing the framework for developing terms such as “sustainability” and “corporate social responsibility”. Even the Christian Churches have faced fundamental concepts of business ethics and dealt with them successfully. Considering either the Fair Trade Company GEPA or the certification Xertifix by MISEREOR, Christian Social Ethics and its pastoral work can keep up with any concept of business ethics nowadays. Revista Ecumenică Sibiu 10.15475/auhdeo.2011 urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-14288 Revista Ecumenică Sibiu 3 (2011) 349–364 publish Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International Raluca Gärtner Bernhard Bleyer eng uncontrolled business ethics eng uncontrolled sustainability eng uncontrolled corporate social responsibility deu uncontrolled economic ethics Wirtschaft open_access Department für Katholische Theologie Universität Passau https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-uni-passau/files/1428/Bleyer_Bernhard_Gaertner_Raluca_Unternehmen.pdf