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The Collaborative Enterprise: Creating Values for a Sustainable World

    Antonio Tencati & Laszlo Zsolnai (Eds.): The Collaborative Enterprise: Creating Values for a Sustainable World. Peter Lang Academic Publishers, Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien, 2010. (This book may be available at Peter Lang) Competitive economics produces an enormous abundance of goods and services but at an intolerable environmental and social cost. Competition has become an end in itself, which leads to detrimental effects on nature, society and future generations. A… Read More »The Collaborative Enterprise: Creating Values for a Sustainable World

    Leadership, Spirituality and the Common Good. East and West Approaches

      Henri-Claude de Bettignies & Mike Thompson (eds.) Leadership, Spirituality and the Common Good. East and West Approaches. Garant, Antwerpen/Apeldoorn, 2009. (This book may be available at: European SPES Forum) The authors of the book believe that the European and Asian traditions of spirituality provide rich resources for world seeking to rediscover the Common Good. The particular focus of this Cahier is on the need for responsible leaders who understand and accept their responsibility to steward the resources in… Read More »Leadership, Spirituality and the Common Good. East and West Approaches

      Imagine Europe. The Search for European Identity and Spirituality

        Luk Bouckaert & Johanan Eynikel (eds.) Imagine Europe. The Search for European Identity and Spirituality. Garant, Antwerpen/Apeldoorn, 2009. (This book may be available at: European SPES Forum) Authors of the book share the idea of Europe as a space of unity-in-diversity based on relations of reciprocity and fraternity. They see it as Europe’s mission to enlarge its post-war idea of peace and integration into a global action. Even though the European Union started in the sphere of economics,… Read More »Imagine Europe. The Search for European Identity and Spirituality

        PhD Workshop in Behavioral Business Ethics

          The Business Ethics Center of Corvinus University of Budapest organized the “Behavioral Business Ethics” CEMS PhD Seminar in Budapest in March 20-22, 2009. There were 10 participants including PhD students from London School of Economics, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration – Bergen, and Corvinus University of Budapest. The seminar introduced cutting-edge results and approaches in business ethics. Behaviorial economics and moral psychology were applied to arrive at more robust models of business ethics. PhD… Read More »PhD Workshop in Behavioral Business Ethics

          Rational, Ethical and Spiritual Perspectives on Leadership

            Peter Pruzan Rational, Ethical and Spiritual Perspectives on Leadership. Peter Lang, Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Brussels, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien, 2009. (This book may be available at: Amazon) A primary motivation underlying the development of the book is to inspire leaders as well as teachers and students of leadership to integrate their hearts, minds and souls when making decisions, and to develop the awareness and conviction that wise and successful leadership is concerned not only with effectiveness… Read More »Rational, Ethical and Spiritual Perspectives on Leadership

            Business, Globalization and the Common Good

              Henri-Claude de Bettignies and François Lépineux (ed.) Business, Globalization and the Common Good. Peter Lang, Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Brussels, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien, 2009. (This book may be available at: Amazon) Globalization and information technology are driving the world into a new era. Is it the responsibility of business to pursue the common good – and more precisely, to participate in the construction of the global common good? This book brings together contributions from various disciplines,… Read More »Business, Globalization and the Common Good

              The Future International Manager: A Vision of the Roles and Duties of Management

                Laszlo Zsolnai & Antonio Tencati (Eds.): The Future International Manager: A Vision of the Roles and Duties of Management . Palgrave, 2009. (This book may be available at Amazon) In the light of the current financial crisis the task of reinventing the management profession seems to be more relevant than even before. The book is a collaborative efforts of 18 professors of different CEMS universities to create a new professional profile for management. We believe… Read More »The Future International Manager: A Vision of the Roles and Duties of Management

                Ethical Prospects – Economy, Society and Environment

                  Zsolnai, L., Boda, Zs. & Fekete, L. (Eds.): Ethical Prospects – Economy, Society and Environment. Springer, 2009. (This book may be available at Amazon) The presents and summarizes new perspectives and leading-edge results in ethics reflecting on interconnected economic, social and environmental issues. The yearbook reports on innovative practices and policy reforms and provides a forum for discussion about groundbreaking theories. The main function of the journal is to present ideas and initiatives that lead… Read More »Ethical Prospects – Economy, Society and Environment

                  Gifts, Corruption, Philanthropy: The Ambiguity of Gift Practices in Business

                    Peter Verhezen Gifts, Corruption, Philanthropy: The Ambiguity of Gift Practices in Business. Peter Lang, Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Brussels, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien, 2009. (This book may be available at: Amazon) In this socio-philosophical book, the author explains why gifts are not just moral expressions but function as binding social practices. The first part concerns the conceptual analysis of the logic of the gift whereas the second part focuses on practical expressions of gift practices in a… Read More »Gifts, Corruption, Philanthropy: The Ambiguity of Gift Practices in Business

                    Balaton Blocked Seminar

                      An innovative CEMS Block Seminar entitled “The Future International Manager” was conducted by the Business Ethics Center from August 31-September 6, 2008, in Balatonszemes at Lake Balaton in Hungary. The seminar presented a fresh look at the desired professional profile of future international managers in different aspects of business. It also provided the students with a new vision of the roles and duties of management in the context of globalization. Laszlo Zsolnai, from the Business… Read More »Balaton Blocked Seminar