Lecture: "Managing for grandchildren. How companies are successful with an economy for the common good."

Lecture with Christian Felber and Christian Herzig

What does it take to ensure a good life for all and for future generations? In addition to politics, science and civil society, companies also have a responsibility. What can they contribute?

The "Economy for the Common Good" (ECG) is an alternative economic model that is increasingly being endorsed by scientists from all over the world. As a further development of the social market economy, the ECG offers the opportunity to avoid the negative excesses of our current economic system.

We are delighted to have Christian Felber, the initiator of the ECG, as our guest. In a vivid presentation, he will explain the basics of the ECG and introduce the core of the ECG, the Common Good Balance Sheet.

In addition, Christian Herzig from the University of Kassel will report on his new study on German organic pioneers on the topic of "Value-oriented corporate management in transition". He will also provide an insight into a current service learning seminar at the University of Kassel, in which students support regional companies in preparing public value balance sheets. It is being carried out in cooperation with the GWÖ regional group Kassel, which was founded in 2018 and will also highlight opportunities for further cooperation at the event.

The event will conclude with a practical presentation by cibaria from Münster, an organic bakery with 45 employees. Sales manager Stefanie Nagel will report on her experiences with the ECG balance sheet, which was also developed in collaboration with students and a regional ECG group.

Christian Felber (Vienna) is a book author, university lecturer and freelance dancer. He is the initiator of the Bank for the Common Good project and the Economy for the Common Good. Several bestsellers, most recently "Ethischer Welthandel" and "Die Gemeinwohl-Ökonomie". "Money. The New Rules of the Game" was named Business Book of the Year 2014, while "The Economy for the Common Good" was awarded the ZEIT Research Prize in 2017.

Prof. Dr. Christian Herzig (University of Kassel) researches and teaches on questions of a sustainable economy, focusing on the agricultural and food industry for the past five years. His work on sustainability management, in particular reporting and accounting, is based on twenty years of research and teaching experience, most recently as Professor of Business & Society at Nottingham Trent University, UK.

An event in the series "University and Society in Dialogue" of the Universitätsgesellschaft Kassel e.V. in cooperation with UniKasselTransfer, Science Park and UNIKIMS. Admission is free.

Please register by May 14 at www.uni-kassel.de/go/dialog