In 2009 the book Leadership, Spirituality and the Common Good edited by Henri-Claude de Bettignies and Mike Thompson was published by Garant in Antwerp.
The authors of the book believe that the European and Asian traditions of spirituality provide rich resources for a world seeking to rediscover the common good. The particular focus of this book is on the need for responsible leaders who understand and accept their responsibility to steward the resources in their care for the good of their organization and for the common good. Such leaders will have developed the capacity to integrate the economic, the social, and the environmental realms and inspire trust in their organizational communities through the quality of their character and spirit.
The book presents the thinking of eight authors who explored this topic at a gathering of academics and business people at a conference held at the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) in Shanghai in October 2008.
The contents of the book are as follows:
Luk Bouckaert (Catholic University of Leuven): Business Spirituality and the Common Good
Francois Lepineux (Rennes School of Business) and Jean-Jacques Rose (EHESS–CNRS, Marseille): Spiritual Leadership in Business: Perspectives from Christianity and Hinduism
Mike Thompson (China Europe International Business School, Shanghai): Operationalising the Common Good in Business through Leadership and Spirituality
Yang Hengda (Renmin University of China): The Significance of the Classical Chinese Philosophy to the Common Good of Our Time
Benoit Vermander (Fudan University): Spiritual Empowerment and the Ignatian Tradition
Stephan Rothlin (Macau Ricci Institute, University of St. Joseph): Serving the Common Good
Gerrit De Vylder (Catholic University of Leuven): Identitical Pitfalls for East and West
Hendrik Opdebeeck (University of Antwerp): Compassionate Leadership as an Expression of the Common Good