40 scholars and practitioners from Europe, North-America and Asia contributed to “The Palgrave Handbook of Spirituality and Business” edited by Luk Bouckaert and Laszlo Zsolnai published by Palgrave-Macmillan in 2011.
The handbook summarizes the most important issues, approaches and models in the field of spirituality in business, economics and society. It presents a comprehensive, pluralistic view covering all the major religious and spiritual traditions.
The contents of the handbook are as follows:
Introduction
Luk Bouckaert (Catholic University of Leuven) and Laszlo Zsolnai (Corvinus University of Budapest): “Spirituality and Business”.
Part 1. The Nature of Spirituality
Paul De Blot (Nyenrode Business University): “Religion and Spirituality”,
Luk Bouckaert (Catholic University of Leuven): “Spirituality and Rationality”,
Andrew B. Newberg and Daniel A. Monti (Thomas Jefferson University and Hospital,
Philadelphia): “Neuroscience of Spirituality”,
John Drew (European Business School and Regent’s College, London): “Transpersonal Psychology”,
Laszlo Zsolnai (Corvinus University of Budapest): “Moral Agency and Spiritual Intelligence”,
Veerle Draulans (Tilburg University and Catholic University of Leuven): “Gender and Spirituality”,
Suzan Langenberg (Diversity bvba, Antwerp): “Critique as a Notion of Spirituality”.
Part 2. Spiritually Inspired Economics
Robert Allinson (Soka University of America): “Aristotle and Economics”,
Sanjoy Mukherjee (Indian Institute of Management, Shillong): “Indian Management Philosophy”,
Laszlo Zsolnai (Corvinus University of Budapest): “Buddhist Economics”,
Robert Allinson (Soka University of America): “Confucianism and Taoism”,
Henk Oosterling (Erasmus University Rotterdam): “Budo Philosophy”,
Moses L. Pava (Yeshiva University, New York): “Jewish Ethical Perspective on Income and Wealth Distribution”,
Domenec Mele (IESE Business School, Barcelona): “Catholic Social Teaching”,
Jurjen Wiersma (Protestant Faculty, Brussels): “Protestant Economic Principles and Practices”,
Feisal Khan (Hobart and William Smith Colleges): “Islamic Economics”,
Laurie Michaelis (Oxford): “Quakers Spirituality and the Economy”,
Luk Bouckaert (Catholic University of Leuven): “Personalism”,
Eelco van den Dool (Ede Christian University of Applied Sciences): “Liberation Theology”,
Hendrik Opdebeeck (University of Antwerp): “Schumacher’s People-Centered Economics”,
Marjolein Lips-Wiersma (University of Canterbury): “Baha’i Perspective on Business and Organization”,
Michael Bell (Inukshuk Management): “Teaching the Elders”.
Part 3. Socioeconomic Problems in Spiritual Perspective
Carlos Hoevel (Catholic University of Argentina): “Spiritual Meaning of the Economic Crisis”,
Tim Kasser (Knox College): “Materialistic Value Orientation”,
Stefano Zamagni (University of Bologna): “Avarice”,
Jean-Jacques Rose (EHESS-CNRS, Marseille) and Francois Lepineux (ESC Rennes School of Business): “Globalization”,
Knut J. Ims (Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen): “Deep Ecology”,
Laurie Michaelis (Oxford): “Climate Change and Spirituality”,
John Adams (Saybrook University, San Francisco): “Ecological Sustainability and Organizational Functioning”,
Laszlo Zsolnai (Corvinus University of Budapest): “Responsibility for Future Generations”,
David Boyle (New Economics Foundation, London): “Authenticity”,
Luk Bouckaert (Catholic University of Leuven), Hendrik Opdebeeck (University of Antwerp), and Laszlo Zsolnai (Corvinus University of Budapest): “Frugality”,
Stefano Zamagni (University of Bologna): “Civil Economy”.
Part 4. Business Spirituality
Peter Pruzan (Copenhagen Business School): “Spiritually-Based Leadership”,
Gerrit Broekstra and Paul De Blot (Nyenrode Business University): “Deep Leadership and Spirit-Driven Business Organizations”,
Ronnie Lessem and Alexander Schieffer (Four World Laboratory for Social and Economic Transformation, Geneva): “Transformation Management”,
Sharda Nandram (Nyenrode Business University) and Margot Esther Borden (consultant, India): “Mindfulness in Business”,
Marjolein Lips-Wiersma (University of Canterbury) and Lani Morris (Holistic Development Group): “Voicing Meaningfulness at Work”,
Francois Lepineux (ESC Rennes School of Business) and Jean-Jacques Rose (EHESS–CNRS, Marseille): “Multinational Companies and the Common Good”,
Kenneth E. Goodpaster (University of St. Thomas, St. Paul): “Corporate Conscience”.
Part 5. Good Practices and Working Models
Olivier F. Williams (University of Notre Dame): “The New Role of Business in Society”,
T. Dean Maines (University of St. Thomas, St. Paul): “Self-Assessment and Improvement Process for Organizations”,
Judi Neal (University of Arkansas): “Edgewalker Organizations”,
Luigino Bruni (University of Milan, Bicocca) and Tibor Hejj (Proactive Management Consulting Ltd., Budapest): “The Economy of Communion”,
Mike J. Thompson (China–Europe International Business School, Shanghai): “Ethical Branding”,
Zsolt Boda (Corvinus University of Budapest): “Fair Trade Movement”,
Frans de Clerck (Triodos Bank Belgium): “Ethical Banking”.