Projects

Heroes and Anti-heroes: European Literature and the Ethics of Leadership

Rita Ghesquiere & Knut Ims (eds.) Heroes and Anti-heroes. European Literature and the Ethics of Leadership.. Garant, Antwerp & Apeldoom, 2010. (This book may be available at: European SPES Forum) The authors share the idea that narratives offer their readers an alternative fictional world. In doing this they hold up a mirror that confronts the reader with otherness that questions his self-evident norms and values but also his daily practices. Both heroes and antiheroes contribute to this process… Read More »Heroes and Anti-heroes: European Literature and the Ethics of Leadership

Blocked Seminar in Vienna

The CEMS Business Ethics Faculty Group taught a blocked seminar on The Future International Manager at Vienna University of Economics and Business on September 27 – October 1, 2010. The seminar was hosted by the Gender and Diversity Institute. The seminar was based on the the CEMS book “The Future International Manager” (Palgrave, 2009). Faculty included Laszlo Zsolnai (Corvinus University of Budapest), Edeltraud Hanappi-Egger (Vienna University of Economics and Business), Mary Ann Danowitz (Vienna University of Economics and Business),… Read More »Blocked Seminar in Vienna

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

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

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

Copenhagen Blocked Seminar

A CEMS Block Seminar in business ethics focusing on Corporate Social Responsibility was held from August 18-23, 2008, at Copenhagen Business School. The host was Steen Vallentin (Copenhagen Business School). Faculty included Aloy Soppe and Nel Hofstra (Erasmus University of Rotterdam) and Laszlo Zsolnai from the Business Ethics Center. Laszlo Zsolnai lectured on the Costs and Benefits of Socially Responsible Business.

Frugality: Rebalancing Material and Spiritual Values in Economic Life

Bouckaert, Luk, Opdebeeck, Hendrik & Zsolnai, Laszlo (Eds.): Frugality: Rebalancing Material and Spiritual Values in Economic Life . Peter Lang Publishing, Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Brussels, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien, 2008. (This book may be available at Amazon) The book examines frugality as an ideal and an ‘art de vivre’ which implies a low level of material consumption and a simple lifestyle, to open the mind for spiritual goods as inner freedom, social… Read More »Frugality: Rebalancing Material and Spiritual Values in Economic Life