Insight Economy needs Civilisation.
Einsicht Ökonomie braucht politisch-moralische Einbettung.
Risk Analysis We identify the opportunities and limits of corporate responsibility in global supply chains.
Risikoanalyse Wir zeigen die Möglichkeiten und Grenzen unternehmerischer Verantwortung in globalen Lieferketten auf.
Best Practice Fewer normative appeals. More work on standards.
Best Practice Weniger normative Appelle. Mehr Arbeit an Standards.
Dialogue We identify the possibilities and limits of corporate responsibility in the area of conflict between business and ethics.
Dialog Wir identifizieren die Möglichkeiten und Grenzen unternehmerischer Verantwortung im Spannungsfeld zwischen Wirtschaft und Ethik.
Responsibility Creating values. Protecting human rights.
Verantwortung Werte schaffen. Menschenrechte schützen.
Economy The aim of our work is to minimise human rights violations in global supply chains.
Wirtschaft Ziel unserer Arbeit ist es, Menschenrechtsverletzungen in globalen Lieferketten zu minimieren.
Education No economic education without moral judgement, no ethical education without economic understanding.
Bildung Keine ökonomische Bildung ohne moralisches Urteilsvermögen.
Advocacy We act as advocates for business ethics issues with the aim of making ethical risks economically relevant for companies. 

Themenanwaltschaft Wir setzen uns für Fragen der Unternehmensethik ein, mit dem Ziel, ethische Risiken für Unternehmen wirtschaftlich relevant zu machen.
Research We promote the ability to discuss economic issues, make moral judgements and act responsibly.
Forschung Wir fördern die Fähigkeit, wirtschaftliche Themen zu diskutieren, moralische Urteile zu fällen und verantwortungsvoll zu handeln.
Mission Solutions for responsible business. Guidance for companies, politics and civil society.
Mission Lösungen für verantwortungsbewusstes Wirtschaften. Orientierung für Unternehmen, Politik und Zivilgesellschaft.
Education We are committed to firmly embedding business ethics competencies in education in the fields of economics and the social sciences.
Bildung Wir setzen uns dafür ein, wirtschaftsethische Kompetenzen fest in der wirtschafts- und sozialwissenschaftlichen Ausbildung zu verankern.

Stadt! Macht! Schule!

As part of the ‘Stadt! Macht! Schule!’ project, the foundation has adapted real-life cases from the theme of ‘Protest & Participation’ for use in lessons at general and vocational schools. 

The aim was to harness the potential that conflicts in urban areas offer for teaching politics, economics and social studies in schools. The teaching resources and materials developed are available free of charge.

In addition to developing the teaching materials, the project comprised two further components. Firstly, the topic of ‘Protest & Participation’ formed the subject of a seminar as part of teacher training. Secondly, the Foundation offered interested educational institutions in the Hamburg area the opportunity to run one or more sessions as project days.

The example of ‘Mitte Altona’, a new district being developed on former railway land in a central location in Hamburg. Here, the Foundation draws on experience from its pilot project carried out in 2012 and 2013, also under the name Stadt! Macht! Schule! The project involved a group of young people who spent a year engaging with the planning for ‘Mitte Altona’ and contributing their own proposals to the process. The development of teaching materials and the analysis of numerous case studies from Germany were completed in the summer of 2016.

Project sponsors

Stadt! Macht! Schule! is funded by the Robert Bosch Stiftung and the Stiftung Hamburger Wohnen.

Further teaching materials

  1. Protest and Participation
  2. Central Altona
  3. Case studies
  4. 2024 Olympics