Humanism in BusinessHeiko Spitzeck What is the purpose of our economic system? What would a more life-serving economy look like? There are many books about business and society, yet very few of them question the primacy of GDP growth, profit maximization and individual utility maximization. Even developments with a humanistic touch like stakeholder participation, corporate social responsibility or corporate philanthropy serve the same goal: to foster long-term growth and profitability. Humanism in Business questions these assumptions and investigates the possibility of creating a human-centered, value-oriented society based on humanistic principles. An international team of academics and practitioners present philosophical, spiritual, economic, psychological and organizational arguments that show how humanism can be used to understand, and possibly transform, business at three different levels: the systems level, the organizational level and the individual level. This groundbreaking book will be of interest to academics, practitioners and policymakers concerned with business ethics and the relationship between business and society. |
Contents
Philosophichistorical grounding of humanism | 8 |
Philosophical grounds of humanism in economics | 15 |
The humanist tradition | 26 |
balancing particularity | 52 |
from business ethics | 68 |
The global economy from a moral point of view | 84 |
The implications of humanism for business studies | 101 |
Current trends in humanism and business | 123 |
crucial organizational cultures | 260 |
embodying | 278 |
Corporate sustainability as an indicator for more | 299 |
corporations as ambassadors for | 309 |
Ethical codes at work | 331 |
The daunting challenges of globalization and the power | 341 |
promoting | 358 |
Quiet leadership a way to sustainable positive change | 375 |
economic | 143 |
individual freedom as | 156 |
On corporate responsibility for human rights | 175 |
merging social and financial | 204 |
What the young generation | 218 |
a blueprint for humane | 248 |
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Humanism in Business Heiko Spitzeck,Michael Pirson,Wolfgang Amann,Shiban Khan,Ernst von Kimakowitz No preview available - 2009 |
Humanism in Business Heiko Spitzeck,Michael Pirson,Wolfgang Amann,Shiban Khan,Ernst von Kimakowitz No preview available - 2009 |
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