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Loving Kindness in Economic and Social Actions

    A paper by Laszlo Zsolnai and Juewei Shi on “Loving Kindness in Economic and Social Actions” was published in International Journal of Ethics and Systems in 2026 June. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOES-10-2025-0567 The paper investigates the concept of mettā (“loving kindness”) within the historical context of Buddhism and explores its potential as a principle for economic and social actions in today’s world. The paper develops a new definition of genuine altruism in which altruism means “helping others in… Read More »Loving Kindness in Economic and Social Actions

    Planet Positive Economy

      Laszlo Zsolnai’s book on “Planet Positive Economy: Ethical, Spiritual, and Methodological Foundations” was published by Springer in 2026. The book discusses the grand challenges of the Anthropocene era and explores how the economy can be transformed to serve the wellbeing of humans and nature in an integrated way. It develops a broad, spiritually informed view of the economy and argues for the need to shift the underlying materialistic value orientation of current economic and business… Read More »Planet Positive Economy

      Applied Ethics at Corvinus Business Ethics Center

        Ignace Haaz published an article on “Applied Ethics at Corvinus Business Ethics Center” Journal of Ethics in Higher Education 2023 December, pp. 167–174. https://doi.org/10.26034/fr.jehe.2023.4638

        The 30th Anniversary of The Business Ethics Center

          Máté Kovács published a report on the ocaasion of the 30th Anniversary of The Business Ethics Center in Corvinus News on December 18, 2023. https://www.uni-corvinus.hu/post/hir/flourishing-of-human-and-non-human-life-on-earth-cannot-be-achieved-by-self-interested-behaviour/?lang=en

          Caring Management in the New Economy

            Madhumita Chatterji published a review article on our “Caring Management in the New Economy, Socially Responsible Behaviour Through Spirituality” Journal of Management, Spirituality, and Relgion 2020. May 24. https://doi.org/10.1080/14766086.2020.1765192

            On Spirituality in Society and the Professions

              Larry Culliford published a review article on our “The Routledge International Handbook of Spirituality in Society and the Professions”, Journal of the Study of Spirituality 13 Feb 2020. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/20440243.2020.1729045

              Steps to Ecological Civilization

                On October 28, 2025 Laszlo Zsolnai gave a lecture on “Steps to Ecological Civilization: The Contribution of Buddhism” at the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature in Kyoto. In his presentation, Laszlo Zsolnai emphasized the role of the self in making actions. He argues that serving nature, society, and future generations economic agents should de-emphasize the self and develop compassion for the suffering all human and non-human beings. The noble ethos of Buddhism can help… Read More »Steps to Ecological Civilization

                Planet Positive Economy

                  Laszlo Zsolnai was keynote speaker at the 31st Annual Conference of the International Sustainable Development Research Society in July 8-12, 2025 at the Corvinus University of Budapest. His lecture was about the Planet Positive Economy. In his lecture Laszlo Zsolnai introduced the concept of Planet Positive Economy and presented two theorems about it. The Impossibility Theorem says that planet positive economy cannot be achieved if economic agents follow materialistic value orientation which prioritize money, possession,… Read More »Planet Positive Economy

                  Fostering Consciousness in Business Education

                    On May 27, 2025 Laszlo Zsolnai served as invited speaker in the Global Alliance for Conscious Business Education Conference. His talk was entitled as “Fostering Consciousness in Business Education”. In his talk, Laszlo Zsolnai stressed that the strong materialistic value orientation of mainstream economics and business does not help students to find deeper meaning and higher purpose in their profession. He argued that we should redesign our curricula, renew our teaching methods, and introduce meaningful… Read More »Fostering Consciousness in Business Education

                    Alternative Economics

                      In the Spring semester of 2025 Tamas Veress, Andras Ocsai, and Laszlo Zsolnai taught a course on Alternative Economics in the Jesuit Interdisciplinary College in Budapest. The course covered the following topics: (1) Foundations of “Mainstream” Economics, (2) Ecological Economics, (3) The Economics of Pope Francis, (4) Buddhist Economics, (5) De-growth Economics, (6) Community Economics, (7) Behavioral Economics, (8) Feminist Economics, (9) Wellbeing Economics, and (10) Alternative Economic Initiatives in Hungary. Students of the course… Read More »Alternative Economics