Format:
1 online resource (472 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780521898935
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9780511515040
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There are many books about business and society, yet very few of them question the primacy of GDP growth, profit maximization and individual utility maximization. This groundbreaking book questions these assumptions and investigates the possibility of creating a human-centered, value-oriented society based on humanistic principles
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Cover -- Half-tiitle -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Editors and contributors -- Editors -- Wolfgang Amann -- Shiban Khan -- Michael Pirson -- Heiko Spitzeck -- Ernst von Kimakowitz -- Contributors -- Omar Aktouf -- Joseph L. Badaracco -- Matt Cherry -- Claus Dierksmeier -- Bill Drayton -- Greg Epstein -- Dieter Frey -- Adrian Henriques -- W. David Holford -- Aileen M. Ionescu-Somers -- Stephan Kaiser -- Jean-Pierre Lehmann -- Klaus Leisinger -- Thomas Maak -- Dome`nec Mele´ -- Oliver Rapf -- Gordon Mu¨ ller-Seitz -- Julian Nida-Ru¨ melin -- Lynn Sharp Paine -- Miguel Pereira Lopes -- Claudia Peus -- Miguel Pina e Cunha -- Nicola M. Pless -- Oliver Salzmann -- Amartya Sen -- Ulrich Steger -- Peter Ulrich -- Allen L. White -- Stephen B. Young -- Muhammad Yunus -- Acknowledgements -- Humanistic Management Network: paving the way towards a life-serving economy -- Our pledge -- Introduction: humanism in business -- The king is dead, long live the king? -- Challenges to shareholder capitalism -- The systemic level -- The organizational level -- The individual level -- Why this book? -- Part 1. Philosophic-historical grounding of humanism -- Part 2. Towards an integration of humanism and business on a systems level -- Part 3. Humanistic management -- Part 4. The individual as a change agent for a humane business society -- References -- Part 1 Philosophic-historical grounding of humanism -- 1 Philosophical grounds of humanism in economics -- Elements and variants -- Philosophical grounds of humanism -- Is humanism reconcilable with economics? -- References -- 2 The humanist tradition -- The atheist materialism of ancient India -- The humanist agnosticism of ancient China -- Classical Greece and Rome -- The Islamic world -- The Renaissance and the birth of science -- The Age of Reason -- Revolutions
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Anti-clericalism in the Latin world -- Liberalism, socialism, and secularism -- Marx and dialectical materialism -- Evolution -- Organized humanism -- Beyond the twentieth century -- References -- 3 Humanism and culture: balancing particularity and universalism among the world's religions -- The universal and the particular -- Humanism -- Cultural identity -- Minority voices: roots of humanism in the world's great religious traditions -- Seeds of Humanism around the world -- The emergence of cultural Humanisms -- Multiple identities, rational priorities -- Formalized cultural Humanism -- Common cause with like-minded others -- Progressive capitalism as a goal for global Humanism -- References -- 4 A requisite journey: from business ethics to economic philosophy -- Introduction -- The ethical challenges of globalization -- Bygone business ethics -- Business ethics redux -- The nemesis of business ethics -- What is economic philosophy? -- Micro-level -- Meso-level -- Macro-level -- Foundations of economic philosophy -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 The global economy from a moral point of view -- The options for moral grounding -- (1) The ground of revealed truth -- (A) God -- (B) Reason -- (2) The ground of natural law -- (A) Taoism -- (B) Buddhism -- (C) Science -- (D) Herbert Spenser/social Darwinism -- (E) Nihilism -- (F) Game theory -- (3) The ground of custom/myth -- (A) Hinduism -- (B) Shinto -- (C) Tribal gods and customs -- (D) Creation myths -- (E) Paganism/goddess worship -- (F) New Age consciousness -- Morality and ethics -- Ends expected from the global economy -- The economy: a quintessential humanistic phenomenon -- A common alignment for human institutions -- References -- 6 The implications of humanism for business studies -- The deleterious dialectic -- The need for a radical humanism
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Climate change - new momentum for corporate sustainability?
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External social enterprise -- How can social entrepreneurship serve as a model for humane business organizations? -- Corporate social entrepreneurship -- Leadership -- Strategy -- Structure -- Systems -- Conclusion -- References -- 15 Humanism at work: crucial organizational cultures and leadership principles -- 1. Philosophical foundations -- 2. Organizational cultures based on humanism: center of excellence cultures -- 1. Problem-solving culture -- 2. Mistakes-as-learning-opportunity culture -- 3. Constructive confrontation and conflict culture -- 4. Questioning and curiosity culture -- 5. Creativity and fantasy culture -- 3. Guidelines for implementing center of excellence cultures: principle-based leadership -- The principle-based model of leadership -- 1. The principle of providing meaning and vision -- 2. The principle of transparency through information and communication -- 3. The principle of participation and autonomy -- 4. The principle of justice -- 5. The principle of constructive feedback -- 6. The principle of optimal stimulation by means of goal-setting -- 7. The principle of personal growth -- 8. The principle of being a role model -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- 16 Positive organizational scholarship: embodying a humanistic perspective on business -- A humanistic perspective on business -- What is positive organizational scholarship? -- Contributions of POS to a humanistic perspective on business -- Accentuating the positive -- Impacting the real world -- Strengthening the legitimacy -- Concluding remarks: POS as pragmatic humanism -- References -- 17 Corporate sustainability as an indicator for more humanism in business? A view beyond the usual hype in Europe -- The importance of corporate sustainability in Europe -- Individual stakeholder - positions and significance -- Three stakeholder clusters -- What the managers think
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Generally accepted essentials -- Potentially evolving requirements -- Corporate human rights commitment as values management -- The decision-making process on corporate commitment to human rights -- The "midwife function" of internal and external dialogue -- Implementation through management processes -- Credible verification -- Economic, social, and cultural human rights issues -- Conclusion: the business case for corporate human rights engagement -- References -- 11 The value shift: merging social and financial imperatives -- The turn to values -- Ethics pays -- The corporation's evolving personality -- New standard of performance -- Performing at a higher level -- Purpose: will this action serve a worthwhile purpose? -- Principle: is this action consistent with relevant principles? -- People: does this action respect the legitimate claims of the people likely to be affected? -- Power: do we have the power to take this action? -- Conclusion -- References -- 12 The ugly side of capitalism: what the young generation needs to combat -- Introduction -- Globalization-technology-US supremacy: the turning of the tide? -- Dominance of the financial sector -- Waste of resources -- Life is more than consumption -- What can the younger generation of academics do? -- References -- Part 3 Humanistic management -- 13 Democratizing the corporation -- Beyond containment -- Why democratize governance? -- Unbundling democratization -- Toward deeper democratization -- Prototypes for the future -- Reflections -- References -- 14 Social entrepreneurship: a blueprint for humane organizations? -- Introduction -- The evolution of social entrepreneurship -- Social entrepreneurship - a fundamentally humanistic endeavor? -- Market orientation -- Innovation -- Sociality -- Models of social entrepreneurship -- Embedded social enterprise -- Integrated social enterprises
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Towards a beneficial dialectic: the elimination of alienating work and the adoption of a humanistic governance -- Key lessons -- References -- 7 Current trends in humanism and business -- Introduction -- Humanism and anti-humanism at the beginning of the twenty-first century -- Humanism and business: where we come from? -- Humanistic tendencies in business -- Conclusion -- References -- Part 2 Towards an integration of humanism and business on a systems level -- 8 Towards a civilized market economy: economic citizenship rights and responsibilities in service of a humane society -- A change of perspective: "It's not the economy, stupid - it's society!" -- A brief critique of (not quite) pure economic rationality -- The republican spirit of true liberalism and the business ethos of responsible citizens -- The core of a civilized market economy: rights and responsibilities of economic citizenship -- Conclusion -- References -- 9 Development as freedom: individual freedom as a social commitment -- Interdependence between freedom and responsibility -- Justice, freedom and responsibility -- What difference does freedom make? -- Why the difference? -- Human capital and human capability -- A final remark -- References -- 10 On corporate responsibility for human rights -- Accepting a conceptual challenge -- Bearers of rights need corresponding bearers of obligations -- Different generations of human rights -- The first generation: rights of defense against state tyranny -- The second generation: rights of entitlement to a life of dignity -- The third generation: rights to development in peace and justice -- The state of the human rights and business debate -- The conclusions of the "Ruggie report" -- The state duty to protect -- The corporate responsibility to respect -- Defining "sphere of influence" and "complicity" -- Access to remedies
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Print version Spitzeck, Heiko Humanism in Business Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,c2009 ISBN 9780521898935
Language:
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