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CEMS Thought Leadership

    In September 2025, the paper on „The University in the Anthropocene” by Paul Shrivastava and Laszlo Zsolnai was included in the CEMS Thought Leadership Series. https://www.cems.org/thought-leadership/university-anthropocene  

    Spirituality and Business in the Anthropocene

      My book on “Spirituality and Business in the Anthropocene” has been published by Palgrave-Macmillan in London in 2025. This contributed volume collects innovative papers by scholars from Europe, India, and the USA to investigate how spirituality can contribute to renewing business in response to the challenges of the Anthropocene era. Using insights from Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Existential Humanism the book explores the materialist worldviews in the Anthropocene and their relation to crises. Further, it… Read More »Spirituality and Business in the Anthropocene

      European SPES 2024 Conference

        The 20th Anniversary Conference of European SPES entitled “Spirituality & Business in the Anthropocene Era” was held at the Corvinus University of Budapest in June 20-22, 2024 in Budapest Hungary. Co-organizing partners of the conference included the Free University of Amsterdam – Faculty of Religion and Theology; Neyenrode Business University; the UNESCO Chair towards a Culture of Economic Peace, Grenoble School of Management; ABBS School of Management, Bangalore; S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research,… Read More »European SPES 2024 Conference

        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