The Spiritual Dimension of Business Ethics and Sustainability Management

This 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 cultural 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.

Part 1 New Perspectives and FindingsAre there non-trivial lessons from the crisis for the business as „non-usual“? Alpar Losoncz Spiritual Sustainability Management - A Utopian Gift?; Hendrik OpdebeeckReanimation of Nature; Imre Lázár Deep Ecology and Personal Responsibility; Knut J. ImsSpiritual orientation to nature in Buddhism; Gábor Kovács Sustainability and Wisdom: The Power of the Fable; Rita GhesquièrePart 2 Innovative Practices and Policy ReformsThe Global Paradigm Shift: Positioning Spirituality and  Sustainable Progress; Jean-Paul CloseFinancial Ethics after the Crisis;Aloy Soppe The Forgotten Half of Sustainability & Leadership: The Inner Dimension/Perspective – the Sufi Approach; András László Sustainable Agriculture as Spiritual-Based Entrepreneurship; Arundhati Virmani and François Lépineux Entrepreneurship Inspired by Nature; Nel Hofstra Perspectives on Value Based Leadership; Ove JacobsenPart 3 OpinionsIs Spirituality Needed for Achieving Sustainability?; Diana Schumacher, Luk Bouckaert, Mary Evelyn Tucker, John Adams and Sanjoy Mukherjee Part 4 DebateSpiritually-based Leadership; Peter Pruzan