center organizes training for the clinic's staff. The Bertelsmann Stiftung is no longer one of the shareholders of the CKM Centrum für Krankenhausmanagement GmbH. The institute has become a completely independent organization. Culture The Bertelsmann Stiftung's oldest project in the field of culture is the competition Neue Stimmen (New Voices) international singing competition, which was launched by Liz Mohn in 1987 and still takes place today. It is one of the world's most important competitions for up-and-coming opera singers and is known as a "showcase for new talent." The Bertelsmann Stiftung promotes an engagement with music in other ways as well. Model projects in this area have been carried out repeatedly since the end of the 1990s to achieve a number of objectives, including more and better music education in preschools. The goal is to increase social participation through singing and music. Economy The foundation has examined the impact of globalization on society is examined in terms of the opportunities and risks it presents. The Bertelsmann Stiftung advocates for developed countries to open their markets so that emerging economies can benefit more from economic developments. It has repeatedly published analyses and studies on changes in the German labor market, and the findings were partly incorporated into the Hartz reforms carried out during the Gerhard Schröder government. The Bertelsmann Stiftung is also committed to promoting sustainability and ensuring German businesses act in a socially responsible manner. In collaboration with the Hans Böckler Foundation, it carried out a study on employee participation in German companies. Criticism In recent years, the Bertelsmann Stiftung has been the subject of public debate. In 2007, Jens Wernicke and Torsten Bultmann published an anthology, entitled "Netzwerk der Macht – Bertelsmann" ("Network of Power – Bertelsmann"), which takes a critical look at the structure and activities of the Bertelsmann Stiftung. The book's 30 contributors focused in particular on the foundation's non-profit status and political influence. The anthology generated widespread public debate on the Bertelsmann Stiftung. Published in 2010, the book "Bertelsmannrepublik Deutschland – eine Stiftung macht Politik" ("Bertelsmann's Republic of Germany: A Foundation Sets Policy") by author and journalist Thomas Schuler gained even greater attention. In it, Schuler describes how the Bertelsmann Stiftung seeks to make contact with leading politicians and to advise them. He criticized the Bertelsmann Stiftung as being "undemocratic" and lacking in transparency. In his opinion, the originally good idea behind the foundation developed into