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László Zsolnai

Happiness and Economics

    An intensive course on Happiness and Economics will be organized by the Business Ethics Center at Corvinus University in September 5-9, 2022. (See attachments) Program Boldogság és gazdaság 2022 ősz A kurzus oktatói Projektmunka 1a Colin Ash Boldogság és közgazdaságtan 1b Toward-a-Sustainable-Wellbeing-Economy 2 Slow food 3 Which countries are best at converting economic growth into well-being_ _ World Economic Forum 4 Knut Ims From Welfare to Wellbeing and Happiness 5 A közösségi gazdaság 6 Can… Read More »Happiness and Economics

    Economy and Religion

      The book on “Economy & Religion: Innovative Models of Economic Spirituality” has been published in Hungarian by Corvinus University of Budapest in July 2022. The book is edited by Laszlo Zsolnai, Gabor Kovacs, and Andras Ocsai. The project was financed by National Research, Development and Innovation Fund (NKFI) Mecenatura 2021 Program (MEC_K 140856 Grant). This open access book can be downloaded from: http://unipub.lib.uni-corvinus.hu/7537/#   The book offers a comprehensive picture about the main economic conceptions… Read More »Economy and Religion

      New Business Models for Human Flourishing & Ecological Regeneration

        As part of The Economy of Francesco program the Business Ethics Center organized a workshop entitled “New Business Models for Human Flourishing & Ecological Regeneration” on September 23, 2022 in Assisi, Italy. Contributing faculty of the workshop included Laszlo Zsolnai (Corvinus University of Budapest & Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford), András Ócsai (Corvinus University of Budapest), Antonio Tencati (University of Brescia & Bocconi University Milan), and Jozsef Veress (Corvinus University of Budapest). The workshop presented… Read More »New Business Models for Human Flourishing & Ecological Regeneration

        Ecologies of Transdisciplinary Research

          Paul Shrivastava, Laszlo Zsolnai, David Wasieleski, and Philippe Mairesse: “Ecologies of Transdisciplinary Research” Ground Works 2022 August  https://groundworks.io/journal/commentaries/9 In this paper the authors consider transdisciplinarity to be qualitatively different from interdisciplinarity or multidisciplinarity in several crucial ways. Transdisciplinary work takes its problems from the real world and not disciplinary gaps in knowledge or combining disciplines for innovative new understandings. Transdisciplinarity involves co-creation of integrated knowledge across disciplines with stakeholders to solve problems on the ground.… Read More »Ecologies of Transdisciplinary Research

          Global Perspectives on Indian Spirituality and Management

            Sanjoy Mukherjee and László Zsolnai (Eds.): Global Perspectives on Indian Spirituality and Management. The Legacy of S.K. Chakraborty (2022. Springer.) See: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-19-1158-3 The book presents novel insights into the applicability of Indian spirituality in today’s business and management. It introduces new models of ethical and spiritual management and leadership and facilitates the India–Europe dialog on globalization and economic development through the prism of Indian spirituality. This book brings together a collection of articles from eminent… Read More »Global Perspectives on Indian Spirituality and Management

            Global Perspectives on Indian Spirituality and Management

              The forthcoming book “Global Perspectives on Indian Spirituality and Management” edited by Sanjoy Mukherjee (Indian Institute of Management, Shillong) and Laszlo Zsolnai (Corvinus University of Budapest) was presented at the Corvinus Institute for Advanced Studies. The main argument of the book is that rationality and spirituality are not necessarily antagonistics in business and economics. Business actors can rationally pursue objectives based on spiritual values and priorities. Zsolnai & Ócsai CIAS lecture 2022

              Deep Ecology, Business Ethics and Personal Responsibility

                Knut Johannessen Ims: Deep Ecology, Business Ethics and Personal Responsibility. Selected Papers (1988 – 2020). Peter Lang Academic Publishers, Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Brussels, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien, 2022. (https://www.peterlang.com/document/1140614  ) How can businesses and business leaders help solve the big ethical, social and ecological challenges of today? Within this context this book offers theoretical and practical approaches to making the world a better place for existing and future generations. It uses diverse, multidimensional… Read More »Deep Ecology, Business Ethics and Personal Responsibility

                Spirituality, religion and the functioning of the economy

                  Laszlo Zsolnai: “Spirituality, religion and the functioning of the economy” JOURNAL FOR THE STUDY OF SPIRITUALITY 2022. No. 1. This article describes the background to, and focus of, a new and extensive research program being undertaken at the Corvinus Institute for Advanced Studies of the Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary. Entitled the Economy and Religion Program, it aims to explore and study the multiple roles that religion and spirituality play in the functioning of the… Read More »Spirituality, religion and the functioning of the economy

                  Slow Life – Slow Business

                    The Ludwig Museum in Budapest and the Business Ethics Center of Corvinus University of Budapest organized an online international workshop on “Slow Life – Slow Business” on March 18, 2022 15.00 – 17.30 (CET). It was part of the TRANS-GENERATIVES 2030 program of UNESCO Chair in Art and Science of Sustainable Development Goals at ICN Business School, Nancy. The workshop is based on and develop further the “SLOW LIFE. Radical Practices of the Everyday” exhibition… Read More »Slow Life – Slow Business

                    Wellbeing Oriented Organizations

                      I published a major paper on Wellbeing Oriented Organizations with Paul Shrivastava (Penn State University). We argue for connecting human flourishing with ecological regeneration and provide real world examples of innovative business and social organizations doing this. The paper is available online as open access publication at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/beer.12421