Contents: Maria Progoulaki: The choice of seafaring profession - Susanne Neumann/Thomas Pawlik: Corporate Social Responsibility and Employer Branding - Runa Jorgens: Demands on Ship Officers according to the STCW Convention and Maritime Crew Resource Management as a future challenge for shipping - Enrico Lobrigo: Cross-cultural management for seafarers - Cecilia Osterman: Performance influencing factors in maritime operations - Katrin Ewert: Human Error in Shipping - Henning Jessen: Criminalization of Seafarers in the Event of Maritime Accidents and Ship-Source Environmental Pollution - The Necessity for Fair Treatment - Lisa L. Froholdt: Pirate negotiation communication - Whose risk? Whose responsibility? A study of a company's crisis communication response strategies to psychological stress in an authentic pirate hijacking situation - Corinna Onnen: If work changes to leisure time and free time becomes work.