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Change in the management of the Global Ethic Insti…

Dr Christopher Gohl is the new Managing Director of the Global Ethic Institute as of 1 April 2025. The previous Managing Director, Dr Bernd Villhauer, is moving to the newly …

A global source tax as a contribution to climate j…

How do we get out of the impasse? A global source tax on oil as a contribution to climate justice - A blog post by Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. h.c. Ulrich Hemel, former Director, Global…

Davos - Global economy, global politics and Global…

In January, the Global Ethic Institute was represented at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. This year's main topics “Rebuilding Trust” and “Collabora…

Nils Goldschmidt – new director at the Global Et…

Professor Dr. Nils Goldschmidt, renowned economist and business ethicist, will assume full-time management as the Director of the Global Ethic Institute from February 1. With…

Hemel at the Apec Summit

It was a large-scale event that took place in Lima from November 13 to 16. This year's Apec Summit, the Asia-Pacific Economic Community (Apec), brought together the leaders of…

Building Global Value and Driving Global Change

In his recently published article, "Building Global Value and Driving Global Change", Prof. Dr. Dr. Ulrich Hemel, Director of the World Ethos Institute at the University of T…

"Building Bridges – But How?" Our Annual Theme f…

The Global Ethic Institute’s theme for 2025, "Building Bridges – But How?", tackles one of the most urgent questions of our time: How can we strengthen dialogue and togeth…

Strengthening AI competencies - but how?

Global Ethic Ambassador Dr. Christof Ebert (Managing Director, Vector Informatik) has published an article in the IEEE Computer Magazine together with the Director of the …

Sustainable Wealth Management – Book published

The book Sustainable Wealth Management by Karin Wendt (Managing Director European Tax, State Streat) and Dr. Bernd Villhauer (Managing Director, Global Ethic Institute), publ…

Does AI help or harm?

Does AI help or harm? On April 25, we hosted Prof. Dr. Peter G. Kirchschläger, Director of the Institute for Social Ethics ISE at the University of Lucerne, at the Globa…