Jun Nishikawa, professor at Waseda University in Tokyo, published an insightful review on our book “Ethical Principles and Economic Transformation: A Buddhist Approach” in Journal of Global Buddhism. He uses examples from Japan and Bhutan to illustrate how Buddhist values are at work in economic and social life. Ethical Principles and Economic Transformation
An interview has been published with Laszlo Zsolnai on the need for responsible leadership in business at The Jepson School of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond, Virginia, on April 17, 2013. Zsolnai is arguing that responsible leadership is badly needed in today’s business. Mainstream leadership practices are self-centered – both in the individual and collective sense. They produce largely negative impacts for nature, future generations and society. Responsibility requires that leaders consider all the relevant value… Read More »On Responsible Ledearship in Richmond, Virginia
In an article Hallvard Lyssand reports on the Seventh TransAtlantic Business Ethics Conference held on October 19-20, 2012 at the NHH – Horwegian School of Economics in Bergen, Norway. The TransAtlantic Business Ethics Conference series was initiated by Laszlo Zsolnai and George Brenkert (Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.)
Dutch sustainability pioneer and executive Jean-Paul Close wrote an essay entitled “Why People Avoid Spirituality?” in which he reflects on our the “Spirituality and Sustainability” conference held in 21-23 September, 2012 in Visegrad, Hungary. He argues that the new paradigm of sustainable human progress exists and will grow there where true spirituality meets with purpose driven leadership and entrepreneurship.
In his article „21st Century Spirituality” (Resurgence 2008. March/April p. 68) Jonathon Porrit, Founder Director of Forum for the Future and Chair of the UK Sustainable Development Commission reviews our book “Spirituality as a Public Good” (edited by Luk Bouckaert and Laszlo Zsolnai, Garant, 2007).
In Journal of Buddhist Ethics (Volume 15, 2008 pp. 1-9) Jason McLeod Monson analyses the book Business within Limits: Deep Ecology and Buddhist Economics (edited by Laszlo Zsolnai and Knut J. Ims, 2006, Oxford, Peter Lang Academic Publisher). Business within Limits
In his article in Journal of Markets & Morality (2003. No. 2. pp. 693-695) Richard F. Von Dohlen reviews our book “Ethics in the Economy: Handbook of Business Ethics” (edited by Laszlo Zsolnai, 2002, Oxford, Peter Lang Academic Publishers).
Laszlo Zsolnai gave a keynote presentation on Business Responsibility for Future Generations in the „New Economy, Old Traditions: Caring Entrepreneurship” international conference in September 4-6, 2017 in Tel Aviv University, Israel.He was arguing that future generations should be considered as a primodial stakeholder of business. This obligation should be reflected in the goals, priorities, policies, and impact assesment practices of business organizations. Improving the position of future generations enhances the future of the present generations… Read More »Business Responsibility for Future Generations
Laszlo Zsolnai gave a presentation on „Economic Actors and the Ultimate Goal of the Economy” at the Las Casas Institute, Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford on July 7-8, 2017. He argued that mainstream economics employs a rather simplified picture of economic systems. Economic actors are grouped into three categories, namely individuals/households, firms, and the state. Among these actors only monetized transactions are considered. The ultimate goal of the economy is defined as maximization of individual… Read More »Economic Actors and the Ultimate Goal of the Economy
Laszlo Zsolnai was lecturing on Science and Ethics on June 23, 2017 in Budapest at Karoli Gaspar University. He argued that today’s science is captured by big business and commercial interests often distort the search for the truth. Cases of distortions are (i) presenting something which is untrue, (ii) rejecting something which is true, (iii) wrongly defining research problems, and (iv) developing biased research agendas. Solutions include independent, concerned and reflective scholarship open to spiritual… Read More »Science and Ethics