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The Spiritual Dimension of Business Ethics and Sustainability Management

    The book “The Spiritual Dimension of Business Ethics and Sustainability Management” edited by Laszlo Zsolnai was published in 2015 by Springer.

    The book discloses the spiritual dimension in business ethics and sustainability management. Spirituality is understood as a multiform search for meaning which connects people with all living beings and God or Ultimate Reality. In this sense, spirituality is a vital source in social and economic life. The volume examines the spiritual orientations to nature and business in different faith traditions: Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Sufism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Taoism. It studies how spirituality and ecology can contribute to transforming contemporary management theory and praxis. It discusses new leadership roles and business models that emerge for sustainability in business, and shows how entrepreneurship can be inspired by nature and spirituality in a meaningful way.

    The contents of the book are as follows:

    Part I. Introduction

    Laszlo Zsolnai (Corvinus University of Budapest): Spirituality, Ethics and Sustainability

    Part II. New Perspectives in Business Ethics and Sustainability

    Luk Bouckaert (Catholic University of Leuven): Spirituality: The Missing Link in Business Ethics

    Hendrik Opdebeeck (University of Antwerp): Spiritual Sustainability Management

    Andras Laszlo (Global Visioning, Brussels): The Inner Perspective—The Sufi Approach

    Knut Ims (NHH Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen): Deep Ecology and Personal Responsibility

    Gabor Kovacs (Corvinus University of Budapest): Buddhist Spiritual Orientation to Nature and Sustainability

    Rita Ghesquiere (Catholic University of Leuven): Sustainability and Wisdom: The Power of the Fable

    Part III. Innovative Practices and Policy Reforms for Sustainability

    Jean-Paul Close (STIR Academy, Eindhoven): Sustainocracy–Spirituality and Sustainable Progress

    Laurie Michaelis (Oxford): Quakers and Climate Change

    Aloy Soppe (Erasmus University Rotterdam): Sustainability and Long-Term Growth in the Financial Market System

    Arundhati Virmani and Francois Lepineux (Rennes School of Business): Spiritual-Based Entrepreneurship for an Alternative Food Culture: The Transformational Power of Navdanya

    Janos Vargha (Danube Circle, Budapest): The Enforcement of the Self-Interests of Nature Transformers

    Nel Hofstra (Erasmus University Rotterdam): Entrepreneurship Inspired by Nature

    Part IV. Spiritual-based Leadership in Business

    Peter Pruzan (Copenhagen Business School): Spiritual-Based Leadership: A Paradox of Pragmatism

    Joanne B. Ciulla (University of Richmond): Educating Moral Business Leaders without the Fluff and Fuzz

    Stephen B. Young (The Caux Round Table): In Admiration of Peter Pruzan’s Proposal for Spiritual-Based Leadership

    Paul de Blot (Nyenrode Business University): The Paradox of Pragmatism

    Katalin Illes (University of Westminster, London): Reflections on Peter Pruzan’s ‘Spiritual-Based Leadership’

    Peter Pruzan (Copenhagen Business School): Further Reflections on Spirituality and Spiritual-Based Leadership

    Part V. Conclusions

    Laszlo Zsolnai (Corvinus University of Budapest): Spirituality for Business Ethics and Sustainability Management

    http://www.springer.com/environment/sustainable+development/book/978- 3-319-11676-1