Recommendations regarding Organizations and Institutions of the Business World

The following section reproduces policy recommendations for governments, political organizations, as well as for institutions and organizations of the business world how to fight antisemitism. These were developed for the Catalogue of Policies to Combat Antisemitism1 and grew out of all research presented at the conference “An End to Antisemitism!” in Vienna, February 18–22, 2018. These studies pertain to the emergence and growth of antisemitism within the worlds of business, jurisprudence, policy and practical politics. They concern the effects of antisemitism within the mentioned areas and help to develop recommendations for the fight against it. The contributions in questions can be found in the previous section of this volume. Further articles that contributed to the recommendations presented below are published in volume 5 of the conference proceedings An End to Antisemitism!, forthcoming. Many companies engage in businesses that have nothing to do with antisemitism and antisemitic agitation, while others either accidentally or intentionally get involved with antisemitism. Examples of the latter include music labels, publishing houses, online bookdealers, online book repositories, social media platforms, etc. All companies and businesses, though, are bound to avoid any form of discrimination against their workforce or in their business dealings. The recommendations of this chapter thus concern mainly antisemitic discrimination and business practices that support antisemitism. The question of anti-Zionist boycotts of the State of Israel will be dealt with in detail below because, for the most part, the antisemitism inside the BDS movement can best be addressed by political and not by economic decision makers. There are various levels of decision makers and influencers in the business world and many of them could potentially have a significant impact on the fight against antisemitism. The recommendations of this catalogue, therefore, are addressed not only to top level managers and business owners but to all levels of management. Some recommendations regard not only businesses in the narrower sense but also decision makers responsible for the workforce of administrations and other institutions.