Companies as Political Actors: A Positioning Between Ordo-Responsibility and Systems Responsibility

The political role of private companies has changed greatly in recent decades. In the course of globalization, companies are increasingly expected to perform functions and services that until now have been the territory of nation states. Not only multinational corporations, but also medium-sized companies are seeing themselves confronted with responsibilities that only a short while ago still fell within the realm of state-provided public services and welfare policies.