KICG

    Das Konstanz Institut für Corporate Governance

    Quirin Kissmehl

    Vita

    Quirin Kissmehl is a Research Associate at Konstanz Institute for Corporate Governance (KICG), Managing Director of the European Business Ethics Network Germany (Deutsches Netzwerk Wirtschaftsethik - DNWE) and Doctoral Candidate at the University of Hohenheim.

    He first studied Mechanical Engineering and Management (B.Eng.) at Konstanz University of Applied Sciences with a focus on innovation management, digital technologies and leadership, and additionally Wind Orchestra Conducting at the Bundesakademie für musikalische Jugendbildung in Trossingen.

    This was followed by a master's degree in Business Administration (M.A.) at Konstanz University of Applied Sciences with a focus on corporate governance, business ethics and a master's thesis on ´Corporate Integrity - Corporate Culture and Leadership as Indicators for Measuring Integrity in Organizations`, which was awarded the Max Weber Prize for Business Ethics by the German Economic Institute in 2021.

    As part of his work at the KICG, he conducts research on corporate compliance management and intercultural integrity management. His dissertation project deals with the topic of ´Value Creation by means of Ethical Corporate Culture`. Other areas of research include business ethics, corporate responsibility and ESG.

    Quirin Kissmehl is an honorary judge (lay judge, for the years 2024-2028) at the District Court of Constance. He also volunteers as a paramedic in the Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe rescue service in Singen (St. John Accident Assistance) and is a volunteer instrumental instructor for French horn at the German wind band Musikverein Konstanz-Wollmatingen e.V., where he was musical director and conductor from 2017-2023.

    Quirin Kissmehl is currently a Visiting Scholar at the Hoffmann Center for Business Ethics at Bentley University (Waltham, MA), supported by a scholarship from the German-American Fulbright Commission.

    Articles

    • Antikorruptions-Compliance – (k)ein Ende in Sicht?! (gemeinsam mit Grüninger, S.), in Zeitschrift comply., 01/2024, S. 18-21.
    • Compliance und Integrity als Führungsaufgabe. Blueprint für ein Responsible Leadership Development Program (gemeinsam mit Butscher, C. und Grüninger, S.), in: Zeitschrift für Fraud, Risk & Compliance (ZFRC), 06/2022, S. 247-253.
    • Compliance & Integrity als Führungsaufgabe. Einblicke in die Forschung zu einem Responsible Leadership Development Program (gemeinsam mit Butscher, C. und Grüninger, S.), in: Zeitschrift comply., 03/2022, S. 28-30
    • Corporate Compliance & Integrity Management – Gestaltungsansätze von Unternehmensverantwortung (gemeinsam mit Grüninger, S.), in: Schwager, Bernhard (Hrsg.): CSR und Nachhaltigkeitsstandards. Management-Reihe Corporate Social Responsibility. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Gabler 2022, S. 393-409
    • Integrity Management in Hochrisikoländern. Erkenntnisse aus der Mittelstandsforschung zur Korruptionsbekämpfung (gemeinsam mit Zubrod, A.), in: Zeitschrift für Risikomanagement (ZfRM), 02/2022, S. 41-47
    • ISO 19600 Compliance Management Systems (co-author together with Grüninger, S.), in: Idowu, S.; Schmidpeter, R.; Capaldi, N.; Zu, L.; Del Baldo, M.; Abreu, R. (eds.): Encyclopedia of Sustainable Management. Cham: Springer 2021
    • Business in the Gray Zone – Dealing with Compliance Dilemmas in High-Risk Regions (gemeinsam mit Zubrod, A.), in: Makowicz, B. (eds.): Global Ethics, Compliance & Integrity Yearbook 2021, Berlin: Peter Lang 2021, p. 79-97
    • Vertrauen – zur Relationierung von Compliance- und Integrity Management (gemeinsam mit Grüninger, S.), in: Baumann Montecinos, J.; Fischer, D.; Heck, A. (Hrsg.): Wertschöpfung in der relationalen Ökonomie, Marburg: Metropolis 2021, S. 203-222

     

    Other publications

    • Corporate Integrity – Catalogue of practices. Alliance for Integrity & UN Global Compact Network Germany (eds.). Berlin, December 2022 (together with Butscher, C. responsible for concept and editorial). Available here.
    • Anti-Korruptions-Compliance und Integrity Management in Hochrisikoländern – Herausforderungen und Lösungsansätze. KICG-Kompendium. Konstanz Institut für Corporate Governance (Hrsg). Konstanz, November 2022 (gemeinsam mit Grüninger, S. und Zubrod, A.). Hier abrufbar.
    • Integrität in Unternehmen – ein Praxis-Katalog. Allianz für Integrität & UN Global Compact Netzwerk Deutschland (Hrsg). Bonn, Oktober 2022 (gemeinsam mit Butscher, C. verantwortlich Konzept und Redaktion). Hier abrufbar.

     

    Contact

    Tel.: +49 7531 206 439
    E-Mail to Quirin Kissmehl
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