Fairness Foundation - Prizes

Prizes

Every year, the Fairness Foundation awards its renowned “German Fairness Prize” to a personality who has rendered outstanding services with regard to the enhancement and development of fairness in the field of company and personnel leadership, the academic research and instruction, the public cultural or political commitment. The laureates are chosen by the Fairness Foundation’s Board of Trustees on the basis of an internal list for nominations. Always on the last Saturday in October, the prize is awarded in the context of a public celebration in Frankfurt on the Main. The award winners have been so far:

2010: Prof. Dr. Ernst Fehr, University of Zurich

2009: Sören Stamer (Founder and trustee of the company CoreMedia plc)

2008: Günther Cramer, Peter Drews, Reiner Wettlaufer, Pierre-Pascal Urbon, directors of SMA Solar Technology AG

2007: Anton Wolfgang Graf von Faber-Castell

2006: Entrepreneur family Berthold Leibinger, Trumpf Group

2005: Dr. Andreas and Dr. Thomas Strüngmann, Hexal plc

2004: Prof. Dr. Rupert Lay SJ

2003: Prof. Dr. Götz Werner, dm drugstore chain

2002: Prof. Dr. Gertrud Höhler

2001: Prof. Dr. Dr. Horst-Eberhard Richter

In 2001, the Fairness Foundation also awarded Fairness Academic Research Prizes to Stefan Machura, Rainer Schadt and Mechthild Iburg, and Fairness Publication Prizes to Milka Pavlicevic (Arte/ZDF) and Margit Zuber.

In 2010, Fairness Initiative Prizes go to abgeordnetenwatch.de, foodwatch.de and irrsinnig-menschlich.de for their efforts on behalf of more fairness and transparency in politics and citizenship.