Jointly with European SPES, the Business Ethics Center of the Corvinus University of Budapest organized the “Europe–Asia Dialogue on Business, Ethics, and Spirituality” international conference from June 30–July 2, 2006 in Budapest.
Nearly 50 scholars and practitioners participated in the conference representing Austria, Belgium, China, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, India, Indonesia, Norway, Sweden, the UK, and the USA.
Symbol of the conference, Tivadar Kosztka Csontvary: Pilgrimage to the Cedars in Lebanon (1907)
The most important presentations were as follows:
Sanjoy Mukherjee (Indian Institute of Management Calcutta): Igniting Spirit in Business: Indian Insights
Bengt Gustavsson (Stockholm University): Globalization and Values in the Indian Context
Mike Thompson (GoodBrand, London): The Practice of Spiritual Dynamics in Business: Religious Perspectives from East–West Anthropologies
Tibor Hejj (Proactive Management Consulting Ltd., Budapest): Holistic Stakeholder Value Matrix at Spiritual Companies
Prakash Sethi (City University of New York) and Rev. David Lowry (Christ Church, Manhasset, NY): Coping with Cultural Conflicts in International Operations: Modern Corporations and Tribal Societies
Henri-Claude de Bettignies (INSEAD and China Europe International Business School, Shanghai): Leadership and Responsibility in China: Relevance of Chinese and Western Approaches
Luk Bouckaert (Catholic University of Leuven): The Spiritual Identity of Europe
Knut Ims (NHH Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen) and Ove Jakobsen (Bodo Graduate School of Business): From Welfare to Well-Being
Hendrik Opdebeeck (University of Antwerp): Frugality-based Economics