KICG

    Das Konstanz Institut für Corporate Governance

    Quirin Kissmehl

    Vita

    Quirin Kissmehl is a project manager and academic research associate at the Konstanz Institute for Corporate Governance (KICG). He completed his doctoral dissertation (Dr. oec.) at the University of Hohenheim and served as Managing Director of the European Business Ethics Network Germany (Deutsches Netzwerk Wirtschaftsethik - DNWE), based in Konstanz, until September 2025.

    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 Corporate Governance & Management (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 entitled ´A relational economics perspective on compliance, integrity and the theory of the firm` explores the dynamics and mechanisms in the formation of ethical corporate culture. During the winter semester 2024/25, he further deepened this research as a fellow of the German-American Fulbright Commission at the Hoffmann Center for Business Ethics at Bentley University in the Greater Boston area, MA. 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.

    Articles

    • Anti-Korruptions-Compliance & Integrity Management in Hochrisikoländern (co-authored with Grüninger, S. and Zubrod, A.), in: Wieland, J.; Grüninger, S.; Steinmeyer, R. (eds.): Handbuch Compliance-Management. Konzeptionelle Grundlagen, praktische Erfolgsfaktoren, globale Herausforderungen, 4th ed., Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, 2025, pp. 1019–1038.
    • Integrity Management und Compliance als Instrumente zur Gestaltung der Unternehmenskultur (co-authored with Altmeyer, M.; Grüninger, S. and Rothe, N.), in: Wieland, J.; Grüninger, S.; Steinmeyer, R. (eds.): Handbuch Compliance-Management. Konzeptionelle Grundlagen, praktische Erfolgsfaktoren, globale Herausforderungen, 4th ed., Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, 2025, pp. 597–616.
    • Responsible Leadership Development (co-authored with Butscher, C. and Grüninger, S.), in: Wieland, J.; Grüninger, S.; Steinmeyer, R. (eds.): Handbuch Compliance-Management. Konzeptionelle Grundlagen, praktische Erfolgsfaktoren, globale Herausforderungen, 4th ed., Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, 2025, pp. 479–493.
    • Antikorruptions-Compliance – (k)ein Ende in Sicht?! (co-authored with Grüninger, S.), in: comply., Issue 01/2024, pp. 18–21.
    • Compliance und Integrity als Führungsaufgabe. Blueprint für ein Responsible Leadership Development Program (co-authored with Butscher, C. and Grüninger, S.), in: Zeitschrift für Fraud, Risk & Compliance (ZFRC), Issue 06/2022, pp. 247–253.
    • Compliance & Integrity als Führungsaufgabe. Einblicke in die Forschung zu einem Responsible Leadership Development Program (co-authored with Butscher, C. and Grüninger, S.), in: comply., Issue 03/2022, pp. 28–30.
    • Corporate Compliance & Integrity Management – Gestaltungsansätze von Unternehmensverantwortung (co-authored with Grüninger, S.), in: Schwager, B. (ed.): CSR und Nachhaltigkeitsstandards. Management Series Corporate Social Responsibility, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Gabler, 2022, pp. 393–409.
    • Integrity Management in Hochrisikoländern. Erkenntnisse aus der Mittelstandsforschung zur Korruptionsbekämpfung (co-authored with Zubrod, A.), in: Zeitschrift für Risikomanagement (ZfRM), Issue 02/2022, pp. 41–47.
    • ISO 19600 Compliance Management Systems (co-authored 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 (co-authored with Zubrod, A.), in: Makowicz, B. (ed.): Global Ethics, Compliance & Integrity Yearbook 2021, Berlin: Peter Lang, 2021, pp. 79–97.
    • Vertrauen – zur Relationierung von Compliance- und Integrity Management (co-authored with Grüninger, S.), in: Baumann Montecinos, J.; Fischer, D.; Heck, A. (eds.): Wertschöpfung in der relationalen Ökonomie, Marburg: Metropolis, 2021, pp. 203–222.

     

    Other publications

    • Compliance & Integrity als Führungsaufgabe und Kulturgestaltung – ENABLEMENT. EFFECTIVE EMPOWERMENT. EFFECTIVENESS TESTING. Handreichung für die Unternehmenspraxis. Konstanz Institut für Corporate Governance (eds.), Konstanz, March 2025 (co-authored with Grüninger, S. and Altmeyer, M.). [Available here.]
    • 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 (eds.), Konstanz, November 2022 (co-authored with Grüninger, S. and Zubrod, A.). [Available here.]
    • Integrität in Unternehmen – ein Praxis-Katalog. Allianz für Integrität & UN Global Compact Netzwerk Deutschland (eds.), Bonn, October 2022 (co-authored with Butscher, C., responsible for concept and editorial). [Available here.]

     

    Contact

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

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