Dialogues between companies and actors of society often start as a result of a public scandal or in a situation of crisis. They can lead to short-term public relations activism or to long-term reputation gains. On the basis of cases and of a typology of forms of dialogues, the author develops ethical criteria and conditions for a successful dialogue – the ethical basis for such criteria being values such as equality, freedom and participation. A special focus is put on challenges (...) that often result from dialogues such as the ethical judgment of compromises. This article proposes ethical criteria to evaluate compromises. This leads to a model of ethical dialogue. (shrink)

»Social Clauses« in international trade policy and law are appointments for a set of minimal standards, which are to be respected in international trade; they are social rules which have to be established in the lntemational-Economy-Order. The author presents this concept and discusses criteria in the horizon of economy-ethics about the valuation of Social Clauses.