Humanism in business /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2009.
Description:	xxxiii, 438 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Business ethics. Humanistic ethics. Business ethics. Humanistic ethics.
Format:	E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7913340

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Other authors / contributors:	Spitzeck, Heiko.
ISBN:	9780521898935 (hardback : alk. paper) 0521898935 (hardback : alk. paper) 9780521727624 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0521727626 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"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. Even developments with a humanistic touch like stakeholder participation, corporate social responsibility, or corporate philanthropy serve the same goal: to foster long-term growth and profitability." "Humanism in Business questions these assumptions and investigates the possibility of creating a human-centered, value-oriented society based on humanistic principles. An international team of academics and practitioners present philosophical, spiritual, economic, psychological, and organizational arguments that show how humanism can be used to understand, and possibly transform, business at three different levels: the systems level, the organizational level, and the individual level." "This book will be of interest to academics, practitioners, and policymakers concerned with business ethics and the relationship between business and society."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents:

List of figures
List of tables
List of editors and contributors
Acknowledgements
Humanistic Management Network: paving the way towards a life-serving economy
Introduction
Part 1. Philosophic-historical grounding of humanism
1. Philosophical grounds of humanism in economics
2. The humanist tradition
3. Humanism and culture: balancing particularity and universalism among the world's religions
4. A requisite journey: from business ethics to economic philosophy
5. The global economy from a moral point of view
6. The implications of humanism for business studies
7. Current trends in humanism and business
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
9. Development as freedom: individual freedom as a social commintment
10. On corporate responsibility for human rights
11. The value shift: merging social and financial imperatives
12. The ugly side of capitalism: what the young generation needs to combat
Part 3. Humanistic management
13. Democratizing the corporation
14. Social entrepreneurship: a blueprint for humane organizations?
15. Humanism at work: crucial organizational cultures and leadership principles
16. Positive organizational scholarship: embodying a humanistic perspective on business
17. Corporate sustainability as an indicator for more humanism in business? A view beyond the usual hype in Europe
18. Changing direction: corporations as ambassadors for the environment?
Part 4. The individual as a change agent for a humane business society
19. Ethical codes at work
20. The daunting challenges of globalization and the power of individuals in cross-stakeholder networks for a humanistic face of globalization
21. The leader as responsible change agent: promoting humanism in and beyond business
22. Quiet leadership - a way to sustainable positive change
23. Everyone a changemaker: social entrepreneurship's ultimate goal
24. Social business entrepreneurs are the solution
25. Concluding observations
Index

Humanism in business /

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