Skip to content

Books

Handbook of Business Ethics – Ethics in the New Economy

    Laszlo Zsolnai (Ed.): Handbook of Business Ethics – Ethics in the New Economy. Peter Lang International Academic Publishers, Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien, 2013. (This book may be available at: Peter Lang International Academic Publishers) The Handbook of Business Ethics is a substantially revised new edition of Ethics in the Economy, written by the members of the Business Ethics Faculty Group of CEMS – Global Alliance in Management Education. With new content and revised… Read More »Handbook of Business Ethics – Ethics in the New Economy

    The Palgrave Handbook of Spirituality and Business

      Luk Bouckaert & Laszlo Zsolnai (Eds.): The Palgrave Handbook of Spirituality and Business. Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. (This book may be available at Amazon) The handbook summarizes the most important issues, approaches and models in the field of spirituality in business, economics and society. It presents a comprehensive pluralistic view covering all the major religious and spiritual traditions. It is a response to three developments that challenge the business-as-usual mindset. Firstly, in response to a growing… Read More »The Palgrave Handbook of Spirituality and Business

      Ethical Principles and Economic Transformation – A Buddhist Approach

        Laszlo Zsolnai (Ed.): Ethical Principles and Economic Transformation – A Buddhist Approach. Springer, 2011. (This book may be available at Springer) The book presents new contributions of Buddhist economics to pressing socio-economic problems. Buddhism points out that emphasizing individuality and promoting the greatest fulfillment of the desires of the individual conjointly lead to destruction. The book promotes the basic value-choices of Buddhism, namely happiness, peace and permanence. Happiness research convincingly shows that not material wealth… Read More »Ethical Principles and Economic Transformation – A Buddhist Approach

        Spiritual Humanism and Economic Wisdom

          Hendrik Opdebeeck & Laszlo Zsolnai (Eds.): Spiritual Humanism and Economic Wisdom. Garant, Antwerpen and Apeldoom, 2011. (This book may be available at Garant) The book contains essays in honor of the 70th anniversary of K.U.Leuven professor Luk Bouckaert, co-founder of the European SPES forum, which aims to make spirituality accessible as a public good to as many people as possible. In the spirit of the European SPES forum, this volume covers issues of contemporary economics… Read More »Spiritual Humanism and Economic Wisdom

          Spirituality and Ethics in Management (Second Edition)

            Laszlo Zsolnai (Ed.): Spirituality and Ethics in Management. Springer, 2011. (This book may be available at Springer) The book is a collection of scholarly papers focusing on the role of spirituality and ethics in renewing the contemporary management praxis. The basic argument is that a more inclusive, holistic and peaceful approach to management is needed if business and political leaders are to uplift the environmentally degrading and socially disintegrating world of our age. The book… Read More »Spirituality and Ethics in Management (Second Edition)

            Happiness and the Economy: The Ideas of Buddhist Economics

              Laszlo Zsolnai (Ed.): Happiness and the Economy: The Ideas of Buddhist Economics. Typotex, Budapest, 2010. (This book may be available at Typotex) This book published in Hungarian presents new insights of Buddhist ethics applied to economics and business. Buddhism suggests an approach to economic life, which is radically different from what mainstream Western economics offers. Buddhism promotes want negation and selfless service of others for achieving happiness, peace and permanence. These ideas might seem irrational… Read More »Happiness and the Economy: The Ideas of Buddhist Economics

              The Collaborative Enterprise: Creating Values for a Sustainable World

                Antonio Tencati & Laszlo Zsolnai (Eds.): The Collaborative Enterprise: Creating Values for a Sustainable World. Peter Lang Academic Publishers, Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien, 2010. (This book may be available at Peter Lang) Competitive economics produces an enormous abundance of goods and services but at an intolerable environmental and social cost. Competition has become an end in itself, which leads to detrimental effects on nature, society and future generations. A… Read More »The Collaborative Enterprise: Creating Values for a Sustainable World

                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

                  Ethical Prospects – Economy, Society and Environment

                    Zsolnai, L., Boda, Zs. & Fekete, L. (Eds.): Ethical Prospects – Economy, Society and Environment. Springer, 2009. (This book may be available at Amazon) The presents and summarizes new perspectives and leading-edge results in ethics reflecting on interconnected economic, social and environmental issues. The yearbook reports on innovative practices and policy reforms and provides a forum for discussion about groundbreaking theories. The main function of the journal is to present ideas and initiatives that lead… Read More »Ethical Prospects – Economy, Society and Environment

                    Responsible Decision Making

                      Laszlo Zsolnai: Responsible Decision Making. Transactions Publishers, New Brunswick (U.S.A.) & London (U.K.), 2008. (This book may be available at Amazon) This book represents Zsolnai’s attempt to build a model for making ethical decisions both effectively and efficiently. Therefore, the model is much broader than a purely analytical framework. It must tell us how to act rather than limit us to reflection on actions already performed; it must combine decision and praxiological analysis of human… Read More »Responsible Decision Making