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Spirituality and Sustainability Conference

    The Business Ethics Center of the Corvinus University of Budapest, the European SPES Forum, and the ERENET – Entrepreneurship Research and Education Network of Central European Universities organized an international conference on Spirituality and Sustainability: A New Path for Entrepreneurship in September 21-23, 2012, Visegrad, Hungary. Issues to be addressed were as follows: What are the spiritual orientations to nature in different cultural traditions  (e.g. Christianity, Buddhism, etc.)? How can spirituality and ecology contribute to transforming contemporary management theory and praxis? How art… Read More »Spirituality and Sustainability Conference

    Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship and the Common Good – International and Interdisciplinary Perspectives

      Carole Bonanni, Francois Lépineux & Julia Roloff (eds.) Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship and the Common Good – International and Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Palgrave-Macmillan, London, 2012. (This book may be available at: Palgrave) What motivated us to put together this collection of essays on social responsibility, entrepreneurship and the common good? Why is it important to confront these three themes? Because we feel, along with many others, that the time for reinventing business has come; and this implies thinking differently, jumping… Read More »Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship and the Common Good – International and Interdisciplinary Perspectives

      Buddhist Values in Business and its Potential for Europe

        The Buddhist Economics Research Platform, the Loden Foundation, Bhutan and the Hungarian Bhutan Friendship Society in partnership with the European SPES Forum and the European Buddhist Union organized an international workshop  ‘Buddhist Values in Business and its Potential for Europe’ on 24-25 November 2012, in Brussels (Belgium).  Partly inspired by Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness, the workshop was designed for people from the business or academic sectors interested or involved in Buddhist Business/Economics as well as for entrepreneurs, university students and leaders of Buddhist organizations.… Read More »Buddhist Values in Business and its Potential for Europe

        Redefining the Roles and Duties of Management

          Laszlo Zsolnai, Sven Junghagen, and Antonio Tencati ‘Redefining the Roles and Duties of Management.’ Journal of Global Responsibility , 2012, vol.3, no. 1, pp. 121-133 The paper analyses the crisis of the business profession and the role that management education can play in renewing business management. It is argued that unless future managers demonstrate that they serve the common good in their daily practice, the legitimacy and moral standing of the business profession remain questionable. The paper presents the… Read More »Redefining the Roles and Duties of Management

          Socially Engaged Buddhism

            On 18-19 June 2011 the European Buddhist Union organized an informal networking workshop at the Naropa Institute in Cadzand, the Netherlands. Socially engaged Buddhist networks from the United States, Asia and Europe were represented.  The purpose of the brainstorming weekend was  to share ideas on how Buddhism can contribute to a better world, to evaluate the links between Buddhist practice and social engagement,  to encourage communication and support among existing Buddhist initiatives worldwide. Laszlo Zsolnai participated in the… Read More »Socially Engaged Buddhism

            Business, Spirituality & the Common Good

              Mike Thompson (ed.) Business, Spirituality & the Common Good. Russel Media, Boise, Idaho, 2011. (This book may be available at: Amazon) Business, Spirituality and the Common Good provides a robust and thorough look at the nature of business and spirituality and how they can reinforce each other for human flourishing and the common good of all. the book does not offer a one size fits all answer to complex questions, rather it provokes the reader to think deeply on… Read More »Business, Spirituality & the Common Good

              CEMS PhD Workshop

                A CEMS PhD workshop entitled “Sustainability and Responsibility in Business” was organized in May 20-21, 2011 at the  Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary. The workshop introduced cutting-edge results and approaches in corporate sustainability and business ethics. Insights from behavioral sciences, positive psychology and ecological economics were applied to arrive at more a robust model of ethical and sustainable business. Working examples of progressive businesses were presented including organic agriculture, eco-gastronomy, ethical fashion and sustainable banking. … Read More »CEMS PhD Workshop

                Sustainable Growth or Right Livelihood?

                  The Faraday Institute for Science and Spirituality of the University of Cambridge organized an international conference entitled “Sustainability in Crisis” in September 26-28, 2011 in Cambridge. Laszlo Zsolnai has been invited to present a view of Buddhist economics on sustainability. In his presentation “Sustainable Growth or Right Livelihood” he argued that not sustainable growth but sustainable livelihood should be the main goal for economic policies. Sustainable livelihood implies the de-growth of the material side of the… Read More »Sustainable Growth or Right Livelihood?

                  The Palgrave Handbook of Spirituality and Business

                    Luk Bouckaert & Laszlo Zsolnai (Eds.): The Palgrave Handbook of Spirituality and Business. Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. (This book may be available at Amazon) The handbook summarizes the most important issues, approaches and models in the field of spirituality in business, economics and society. It 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… Read More »The Palgrave Handbook of Spirituality and Business

                    Ethical Principles and Economic Transformation – A Buddhist Approach

                      Laszlo Zsolnai (Ed.): Ethical Principles and Economic Transformation – A Buddhist Approach. Springer, 2011. (This book may be available at Springer) The book presents new contributions of Buddhist economics to pressing socio-economic problems. Buddhism points out that emphasizing individuality and promoting the greatest fulfillment of the desires of the individual conjointly lead to destruction. The book promotes the basic value-choices of Buddhism, namely happiness, peace and permanence. Happiness research convincingly shows that not material wealth… Read More »Ethical Principles and Economic Transformation – A Buddhist Approach