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30 Years of the Business Ethics Center

    On December 4, 2023 we celebrated the 30th Anniverary of the Business Ethics Center of Corvinus University of Budapest. Presentations included  “Wise Governance for Sustainable Performance and Stakeholder Capitalism” by Mike Thompson (Anthesis, London) and “Interdisciplinary Business Ethics with Genuine Moral Commitment” by  Laszlo Zsolnai (Corvinus University of Budapest). The 30 Year Report of the Business Ethics Center can be seen here: BEC-30-years low resolution

    The Awakened Campus Global Initiative

      Columbia University Spirituality, Mind, Body Institute, the European SPES Institute, Leuven, and the Business Ethics Center of Corvinus University of Budapest organize an international online conference on The Awakened Campus Global Initiative in November 29-30, 2022. The aim of the conference is to create a collaborative global network of higher education institutions to integrate spirituality in their activities. The overall goal is to help the formation of spiritual awareness of students, faculty and university leaders… Read More »The Awakened Campus Global Initiative

      Annual Report 2021

        The Annual Report 2021 summarizes the main projects and activities of the Busness Ethics Center of Corvinus University of Budapest. BEC-Newsletter-2021-

        Ethical Business Leadership in Troubling Times

          Joanne B. Ciulla and Tobey K. Scharding (Eds.): Ethical Leadership in Troubling Times. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2019. (This book may be available at: Edward Elgar) Perhaps the fundamental question in CSR is: What are the main responsibilities of businesses and business leadership to society? Moreover, do the responsibilities of business change in times of social and political turmoil? The papers in this book tackle several aspects of these questions with chapters on business and politics,… Read More »Ethical Business Leadership in Troubling Times

          Annual Report 2020

            The Annual Report 2020 summarizes the main projects and activities of the Busness Ethics Center of Corvinus University of Budapest. Business Ethics Center – Annual Report 2020

            Fight in the Artic

              For millennia, a thick layer of sea ice has defended the pristine, beautiful and utterly unique marine world of the Artic waters around Svalbard, in the Barents Sea. But global warming is melting the ice and industrial fishing has started moving in, leaving a trail of destruction behind. Svalbard’s seas hold some of the last pristine environments left on earth, home to some of our planet’s most incredible and mysterious creatures which thrived in this… Read More »Fight in the Artic

              Palgrave Studies in Sustainable Business

                Palgrave launches a new book series entitled „Palgrave Studies in Sustainable Business: In Association with Future Earth”. Series editors are Paul Shrivastava (Future Earth & Concordia University Montreal) and Laszlo Zsolnai (Corvinus University of Budapest & European SPES Institute, Leuven). Sustainability in business is increasingly becoming the forefront issue for researchers, practitioners and companies the world over. Engaging with this immense challenge, Future Earth is a major international research platform of academics from a range of disciplines, with a… Read More »Palgrave Studies in Sustainable Business

                Ethical Innovation in Business and the Economy

                  Georges Enderle & Patrick E. Murphy (eds.) Ethical Innovation in Business and the Economy. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2015. (This book may be available at: Edward Elgar) Innovation has become a buzzword that promises dramatic changes in almost every field of business. Absent from this attention is a serious discussion of the ethical sides of dramatic change. To address this, editors Georges Enderle and Patrick E. Murphy gather a team of experts to fully examine the ethics of innovation… Read More »Ethical Innovation in Business and the Economy

                  Business and the Greater Good: Rethinking Business Ethics in an Age of Crisis

                    Knut J. Ims & Lars Jacob Tynes Pedersen (eds.) Business and the Greater Good: Rethinking Business Ethics in an Age of Crisis . Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2015. (This book may be available at: Edward Elgar) With cutting-edge insights from leading European and North American scholars, this authoritative book addresses the fundamental problems of business in an age of crisis whilst presenting radical, but practical, solutions. The contributors explore three main value shifts: from inequality to equality, from the… Read More »Business and the Greater Good: Rethinking Business Ethics in an Age of Crisis

                    Business Ethics and Corporate Sustainability

                      Antonio Tencati & Francesco Perrini (eds.) Business Ethics and Corporate Sustainability. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2011. (This book may be available at: Edward Elgar) This authoritative book includes cutting-edge insights from leading European and North American scholars who reflect upon business ethics’ foundations, firms, markets and stakeholders in order to design more sustainable patterns of development for business and society. Together, the contributing authors advance critical, innovative and imaginative perspectives to rethink the mainstream models and address the sustainability… Read More »Business Ethics and Corporate Sustainability