Research Projects The Institute for Business Ethics is committed to excellent research on corporate responsibility. In addition to their usual research and teaching duties, the team members of the Institute for Business Ethics currently cooperate with external partners on the following projects: Ethics in Business: Benchmarking im Mittelstand Hard and Soft Commodities: Production, Processing and Trade Private authorities in the ethical regulation of corporate activities Sector-specific Corporate Responsibility in Europe: The Role of Government Soft Law als ordnungspolitisches Element einer Global Governance – eine international vergleichende Studie im Landwirtschafts‐ und Lebensmittelsektor The Politics of ‘Positive Deviance’: Inquiring Total Institutions, Public Administration and Social Enterprises