Insights

Many believe they know Peter Drucker well. Few are aware that his thinking is strongly influenced by a Christian ethos. Drucker believed that management must be a moral force. This is true especially today when, to an unacceptable degree, managers are exploiting the 'moral-free' market for their own personal advantage.

Robert Bosch (1892 ― 1959) wrote in his autobiography that, "Running a business honestly is still the most profitable way in the long run. The business world places a higher value on decency than you might think." The lifelong experience of a great entrepreneur is commercial justification for an honest merchant. Manfred Hoefle and Armin Sorg trace the principle over time, and describe ways of reviving it.

Production must have a future for the sake of employment and prosperity, insists Prof. Dr. B. Eidenmüller, a profound and committed expert on industrial innovation and production. There is urgent need for a renewed emphasis on production by business, training and science – and the 'unskilled' must not be excluded. The present consequences for the USA, Britain and France of neglecting production for decades should act as a clear warning.

an handbooks replace personal responsibility and personal integrity in leadership? Armin Sorg, for many years head of business strategy and government affairs at Siemens AG, warns of excesses and consequences of the spreading Compliance movement. Certificated 'formal performance' is not enough. What really matters is complying with a corporate culture of irreplaceable integrity.