Marianthe Stavridou

• Head Business Ethics at HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland

According to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the private sector plays a key role in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). After all, sustainable and inclusive economic growth is essential to enable more people to participate in global prosperity. Enc...

This Volume pulls together analyses in relation to efforts to promote the targets of SDG8 on inclusive growth, environmental innovation and improved access to human rights. It covers experiences and studies from the past and present, from large and small companies, from the Global South and North, and from di�erent sectors. Many contributions point...

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Switzerland are the backbone of the Swiss economy and account for 2/3 of employers in the country. This paper examines decent work and sustainable economic growth as promoted by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 8. The author focuses on Small and Medium Enterprises and discusses business ethics a...

This case study discusses the complex socio-cultural and political dynamics of the Tibetan Diaspora in Switzerland from a multilayer perspective of history, human rights, law, international business, social and developmental economics. We focus on the village Rikon in Tösstal, Canton Zurich as an example of social embeddedness for refugees driven b...

The Challenges of Migration on Greece and its Economy- A Case Study

This article examines the assumptions behind our understanding of ethics in corporate social responsibility (CSR), particularly the meaning of ‘ethical responsibility’ to do what is ‘right’, ‘just’ and ‘fair’. We argue that the presuppositions of human needs, motivation and rationality under the dominant economic paradigm hamper our understanding o...