In 2017 the book “Integral Ecology and Sustainable Business” edited by Ove Jakobsen and Laszlo Zsolnai was published by Emerald in the UK.
This volume addresses the relationship between business, the natural environment, ethics, and spirituality. Papers by economists, business scholars, philosophers, lawyers, theologians, and practitioners working in Europe, North America, and Asia highlight the relationship between integral ecology and sustainable business practices, and explore the meaning of sustainability in relation to both human and non-human life, offering new and invigorating approaches to sustainable business practices and sustainability leadership.
The contents of the book are as follows:
Part I. Introduction
Ove Jakobsen (Nord University) and Laszlo Zsolnai (Corvinus University of Budapest): Why Integral Ecology Is Needed for Reforming Business
Part II. Sustainability and the Meaning of Life
Luk Bouckaert (Catholic University of Leuven): Authenticity and Sustainability—The Search for a Reliable Earth Spirituality
Daniel Deak (Corvinus University of Budapest): Social Interventions in Nature
Knut Ims (NHH Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen) and Ove Jakobsen (Nord University): Quality of Life
Laszlo Zsolnai (Corvinus University of Budapest): Frugality and the Intrinsic Value of Nature
Part III. Toward Integral Ecology
Hendrik Opdebeeck (University of Antwerp): Integral Ecology and the Anthropocene
Thomas Dienberg, Bernd Beermann (Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule, Munster), and Markus Warode (Competence Center for Christian Spirituality, Munster): Integral Ecology from a Franciscan Perspective
Jose Luis Fernandez-Fernandez and Anna Bajo Sanjuan (Comillas Pontifical University, Madrid) and Jose Luis Retolaza Avalos (University of Deusto, Bilbao): Epistemological Approach to Sustainability
Rita Ghesquiere (Catholic University of Leuven): Rereading Robinson Crusoe (Defoe) and Friday (Tournier)—An Ecocritical Approach
Manuel Fernandez-Lopez (Nord University) and Octavi Piulats Riu (University of Barcelona): Developing Ecological Awareness and Responsible Business
Adinarayanan Venkatachalam (Anaadi Foundation) and Smrithi Rekha (Amrita University, Coimbatore): Shakthi Worldview—An Inclusive and Expansive Worldview for a Sustainable Future
Part IV. Practicing Sustainability
Doirean Wilson (Middlesex University, London): For Richer or Poorer in Sickness for Wealth—What Price Consumerism?
Jean-Paul Close (STIR Academy, Eindhoven): Participation Society
Mara Del Baldo (University of Urbino): Moral and Virtues-based Leadership for nhancing Integral Ecology
Manas Chatterji (Binghamton University–The State University of New York): A Note on Corporate Social Responsibility
Nel Hofstra (Erasmus University Rotterdam): Regenerative Firms
Hendrik Opdebeeck (University of Antwerp): The Challenge of Transhumanism
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