| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 421 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Spirituality and Business; L. Bouckaert€ & L. Zsolnai -- PART I: THE NATURE OF SPIRITUALITY -- Religion and Spirituality in Doing Business; P. De Blot -- Spirituality and Rationality; L. Bouckaert -- Neuroscience of Spirituality; A. Newberg€ -- Transpersonal Psychology; J. Drew -- Moral Agency and Spiritual Intelligence; L. Zsolnai -- Gender and Spirituality; V. Draulans -- Critique as a Notion of Spirituality; S. Langenberg -- PART II: SPIRITUALLY INSPIRED ECONOMICS -- Aristotle and Economics; R. Allinson -- Indian Management Philosophy; S. Mukherjee -- Buddhist Economics; L. Zsolnai -- Confucianism and Taoism; R. Allinson -- Budo Philosophy; H. Oosterling -- Jewish Ethical Perspective on Income and Wealth Distribution; M. Pava -- Catholic Social Teaching; D. Mele -- Protestant Economic Principles and Practices; J. Wiersma -- Islamic Economics; F. Khan -- Quakers Spirituality and the Economy; L. Michaelis -- Personalism; L. Bouckaert -- Liberation Theology; E.van den Dool -- Schumacher's People Centered Economics; H. Opdebeeck -- Baha'i Perspective on Business and Organization; M. Lips-Wiersma -- Teaching of the Elders and its Relevance for Modern Organization; M. Bell -- PART III: SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROBLEMS IN SPIRITUAL PERSPECTIVE -- Spiritual Meaning of the Economic Crisis; C. Hoevel -- Materialistic Value-orientation; T. Kasser -- Avarice; S. Zamagni -- Globalization; J.J. Roš€ & F.Ľpineux -- Deep Ecology; K. Ims -- Climate Change and Spirituality; L. Michaelis -- Ecological Sustainability and Organizational Functioning; J. Adams -- Responsibility for Future Generations; L. Zsolnai -- Authenticity; D. Boyle -- Frugality; L. Bouckaert, H. Opdebeeck€ & L. Zsolnai -- Civil Economy; S. Zamagni -- PART IV: BUSINESS SPIRITUALITY -- Spiritually-based Leadership; P. Pruzan -- Deep Leadership and Spirit-driven Business Organizations; G. Broekstra€ & P. De Blot -- Transformation Management; R. Lessem€ & A. Schieffer -- Mindfulness in Business; S. Nandram€ & M.E. Borden -- Voicing Meaningfulness at Work; M. Lips-Wiersma€ & L. Morris -- Multinational Companies and the Common Good; F.Ľpineux€ & J.J. Roš -- Corporate Conscience; K.E. Goodpaster -- PART V: GOOD PRACTICES AND WORKING MODELS -- The New Role of Business in Society; O.F. Williams -- Self-assessment and Improvement Process for Organizations; T. Dean Maines -- Edgewalker Organizations; J. Neal -- The Economy of Communion; L. Bruni€ & T. Hejj -- Ethical Branding; M. Thompson -- Fair Trade Movement; Z. Boda -- Ethical Banking; F.de Clerck |
| Summary |
A summary of the most important issues, approaches and models in the field of spirituality in business, economics and society. The Handbook of Spirituality andBusiness presents a comprehensive pluralistic view covering all the major religious and spiritual traditions. It is a response to three developments that challenge the business-as-usual mindset. Firstly, in response to a growing interest in spirituality applied to models of transformational leadership, in theories of social capital and in practices of values-driven management, it explores the emerging field of business spirituality--its main concepts, models and practices. Secondly, there is a growing awareness that the world is unsustainable without a strong commitment to frugality and self-restriction, and that material resources such as clean air and water, as well as non-material resources such as trust, compassion and peace, are fragile. Managing our vital resources will not succeed without good management of our spiritual resources. Therefore, this handbook aims to elucidate some of the conditions for a transformation towards a post-capitalist, values-driven global economy. And thirdly, although the interest in spiritually-driven entrepreneurship and governance is increasing, spirituality remains a vague and confusing concept that needs intellectual clarification. Hence, it seeks to clarify the concept of spirituality in the field of business and economics. Heuristic in style and content it explores new ideas on the frontier of the discipline which will appeal to scholars and practitioners looking for up-to-date and insightful knowledge. This handbook is structured in five parts: ₅ the nature of spirituality; ₅ spiritually inspired economics; ₅ socioeconomic problems in spiritual perspective; ₅ business spirituality; and ₅ good practices and working models |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Business -- Religious aspects.
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Business ethics.
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Spiritual life.
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RELIGION -- Sexuality & Gender Studies.
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Business ethics
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Business -- Religious aspects
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Spiritual life
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Management.
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Religion.
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Unternehmensethik.
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Spiritualität.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bouckaert, Luk, 1941-
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Zsolnai, László
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| ISBN |
9780230321458 |
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0230321453 |
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1349315486 |
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9781349315482 |
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