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Global Survey of Business Ethics 2022-2024 : teaching, research and training. Vol. 3, EuropeThe Global Survey of Business Ethics 2022-2024 (GSBE) incorporates the full 36 country or regional reports that were collated over three years of investigation by 94 reporters. The sheer volume of content required the publication of three volumes. This third volume is collated as follows: Volume 3: Short introduction to the Global Survey of Business Ethics 2022-2024 and the European country reports. Compared to Africa and Asia (presented in volume 1 and 2), Europe is a relatively small and homogenous continent. But their submitted reports may surprise by their huge variety. They are written in English, the “lingua franca” of business while many of them were carried out in the respective languages, e.g., in Spanish, Italian, German, Estonian and Hungarian. The differences range from business ethics activities being closely guided by international standards such as the PRME (“Principles for Responsible Management Education”) in Ireland and recent Directives of the European Union in Denmark to priorities of struggling with “non-financial disclosure and accounting” in Italy and to “post-war reconstruction” and “moral leadership of the business elite” in Ukraine. It is obvious that the socio-political and cultural context of the country (i.e., the systemic or macro-conditions) shape to a large extent the decision-making and acting of business enterprises and educational organizations as well as individuals at the meso- and micro-levels, respectively. The European reports are presented in this volume and include Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany-Austria-Switzerland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, and Ukraine.
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Global Survey of Business Ethics 2022-2024 : teaching, research and training. Vol. 2, Asia, Australia, Russia and AmericaThe Global Survey of Business Ethics 2022-2024 (GSBE) incorporates the full 36 country or regional reports that were collated over three years of investigation by 94 reporters. The sheer volume of content required the publication of three volumes. This second volume is collated as follows: Volume 2: Short introduction to the Global Survey of Business Ethics 2022-2024 and the reports from Asia, Australia, Russia, South and North America. While volume 1 and volume 3 present the country reports from one continent, that is, from Africa and Europe, respectively, in contrast, this volume 2 contains 13 reports from five continents and includes seven from the ten most populous countries on Earth (Worldometers 2024): India (1,428,627,663), China (1,425,671,352), United States 339,996,563), Indonesia(277,534,122), Brazil (216,422,446), Russia (144,444,359) and Mexico (128,455,567). Adding the most populous country in volume 1, that is, Nigeria with 223,804,632 people, the GSBE book includes a total of 4,184,976,704 people or ca. 52% of the world population (8,118,835,999). Given this enormous population, the reports in this volume can only provide some tiny, but not insignificant insights of the huge diversity of challenges and opportunities in the field of business ethics. The reports are presented in this volume and include Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Japan, Indonesia, Philippines, India, Australia, Russia, Latin America, Brazil, United States, and Mexico.
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Global Survey of Business Ethics 2022-2024 : teaching, research and training. Vol. 1, Introduction and AfricaThe Global Survey of Business Ethics 2022-2024 (GSBE) incorporates the full 36 country or regional reports that were collated over three years of investigation by 94 reporters. The sheer volume of content required the publication of three volumes. This first volume is collated as follows: Volume 1: Introduction to the Global Survey of Business Ethics 2022-2024 and the African country reports. This introduction provides a useful context and understanding with which to read the various countries’ reports: the historic reports that informed and guided the current GSBE; the process followed in crafting the GSBE content and the process embarked upon; the various themes that formed the framework of our data; data collection; the various methodological considerations and methodologies selected and sample sizes; data analysis; and presentation of the results. Extracts of the survey and various translations are also provided. The African reports are presented in this volume and include Angola, Burundi, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, and Uganda.
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Essai sur la relation entre l’éthique et le droit des affaires. Partie 1, La réception de l’éthique par le droit des affairesCe livre (en 2 parties), résultat d’un processus de thèse doctorale en droit, a comme but de démentir l’impression de désagrément entre les notions d’éthique au sens normatif de système descriptif de valeurs et de commandement normatif de ce qui devrait être considéré comme bon ou juste et l’éthique des affaires et le droit des affaires, où ces notions sont appliquées. Avec cet objectif, Dr Ben Ameur nous propose une présentation analytique méticuleuse de divers concepts dans un fin équilibre, entre deux champs sémantiques en intersection logique. Ce travail a été réalisé en codirection avec la Faculté de Droit et des Sciences politiques de Sousse (F.D.S.P.S.) en Tunisie et l’Université Sorbonne Paris-Nord en France.
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For genuine business ethics : celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Business Ethics Center of the Corvinus University of BudapestThis report celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Business Ethics Center of the Corvinus University of Budapest. It documents the Center’s continuous fight for genuine business ethics in the years 1993–2023. Our teaching, research and networking activities at home and abroad aim to broaden and deepen the view that academics, businesspeople, and policymakers have when facing pressing problems of the age of the Anthropocene.
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Zeitgenössische Wachstumskritik aus wirtschaftsphilosophischer Perspektive : zur Rekonstruktion der Wachstumsdynamik als Verselbständigung cartesischen DenkensÜber 50 Jahre sind seit dem Erscheinen des ersten Berichts für den Club of Rome (1972) vergangen. Kritik am ökonomischen Wachstum ist mittlerweile weitgehend etabliert. In der akademischen und öffentlichen Debatte stehen sich indessen verschiedene Lager gegenüber. Anhänger eines Postwachstums gelten dabei gemeinhin als radikalste Wachstumskritiker. Selten wird jedoch die zeitgenössische Wachstumskritik selbst einer kritischen Untersuchung ausserhalb des Denkens in Lagerkategorien unterzogen. Stattdessen gilt auch in der Postmoderne die Devise der Nicht-Überschreitung planetarer Grenzen als ein verbliebener und akzeptierter normativer Rettungsanker mit Absolutheitsanspruch. Die vorliegende Arbeit seziert die weltanschaulichen Vorannahmen hinter der heutigen Wachstumskritik. Aus wirtschaftsphilosophischer Perspektive erweisen sich die Postwachstumsargumente bei genauer Analyse als selbstwidersprüchlich. Die Wachstumsdynamik kann so nicht überwunden werden, sondern wird im Gegenteil sogar perpetuiert. Die Ursache liegt dabei in der cartesianistischen Reduktion der Wachstumsfrage auf einen rein quantitativ und entsubjektiviert gedachten Problembereich.
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Intercultural business ethics (IBE) : a teaching handbookThis book is a practical handbook for lecturers teaching Intercultural Business Ethics (IBE) in higher education. It is the result of collaboration between lecturers from South Africa, China and Switzerland in an ongoing intercultural teaching project. The basic idea is that students discuss ethical dilemmas from the business world in culturally mixed groups and present their joint solution proposals in a short video. The handbook aims to help facilitators of the peaceful coexistence of countries and cultures.
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“Caritas in veritate” an alternative approach of microfinance for poverty alleviationOn the eve of the New Year 2023, the Catholic Church and the world lost a great and brilliant man, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. He was known for among many things, in his writings on the Catholic faith, economic and social life. One of the Encyclicals touching economic lives is the so called Caritas in Veritate of 2009. In memory of his academic contributions, this paper attempts to marry the Encyclical with microfinance as a tool of poverty alleviation. The reason for this is to justify that business is not bad in all its respects. However, money when is taken in absolute terms it tends to reduce man as an instrument and puts him to a certain social role and it becomes the instrument of its own destruction (refer to the financial crisis of 2007/2008). Therefore, the author attempts to bring together business and charity in truth for the expected results of genuine human development as a common good. This is what to be expected from services and products of microfinance institutions (MFIs) wherever they operate in poor countries. The paper explores also the current trend of some MFIs being involved in capital markets. It is clear today that Microfinance has become a very potential investment opportunity for private and institutional investors as well. The question which the author would like to put forward is whether microfinance institutions will remain in their original mission of poverty alleviation by serving the financial excluded marginalised households or are drifting away from this mission in order to meet the goals of private investors and clients who can absorb larger loans even at the sacrifice of outreach to the poorest segments in a community for the sake of commercial viability. The principle of subsidiarity as employed by the Holy Father Emeritus Benedict XVI, who passed away on the 31 December 2022, has been explored contributing to good values that can be used in microfinance institutions which intend to be at the service of the poor.
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Personhood and Performance: Managerialism, Post-Democracy and the Ethics of 'Enrichment'Managerialism is not mere ideology, a concatenation of ideas subsisting in an epiphenomenal superstructure (Überbau) that mirrors economic relations (Base) and masks interests, but a set of practices that, as an extreme manifestation of human resources management (HRM), seeks to constitute the life-world (Lebenswelt) of participants in many sectors of society. Increasingly, it is those at the extremes of elite wealth and marginal poverty who may fall outside its remit and become free to think beyond its parameters. As inheritor of personnel management, HRM as practice and ideology fills a societal vacuum and comes to exercise the power of totalizing social construction. In an integral performance culture the Performative Absolute emerges in the imaginary; it is an immanent sublime that instantiates and regulates the social being of the individual. This apotheosis of the 'manager's right to manage' overrides boundaries between public and private spheres and dissolves the separation of powers. As 'human resource', the employee is subject to living sacrifice; this is an oblation that demands ethical and theological critique.
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中国价值观:理念与实践 : Chinese values : conception and practice拥有悠久历史与深厚底蕴的中国，在当今全球舞台扮演着愈发积 极且重要的角色。由24字组成的社会主义核心价值观，集中体现 了中国官方所推崇的当代中国集体价值诉求与实践纲领，本书旨 在从历史、政治与文化的视角，初步尝试发掘并解读其形成的根 源及合理性，并帮助读者理解其背后根深蒂固的伦理价值体系。 China represents a profound, long history, a vibrant presence and an important role in the world. This book offers a profound and initial attempt to excavate and decipher the historical, political and cultural moral values of China. It shows the rationale and legitimacy behind Chinese socialist value propositions of contemporary Chinese nation. It contributes to the understanding of values and the appreciation of Chinese cultural norms with its nuanced approach.
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Virtue Ethics and Meaningful Work: A Contemporary Buddhist ApproachThis study adds to the existing literature on meaningful work by presenting a contemporary virtue-focused Buddhist view. While a virtue-ethics interpretation of Buddhism is now widely accepted and has been applied to several issues, not much has been written about meaningful work using a Buddhist-Aristotelian comparative framework. To develop a Buddhist approach, I draw heavily on the works of Buddhist scholars, particularly in the West who use a virtue framework in interpreting Buddhism. The aims of my essay are dual. The first is to articulate a straightforward application of Buddhism to the contemporary ethical discussion of meaningful work. The second is to discuss the similarities, clarify the differences, and demonstrate the strengths and weaknesses relative to each other of the Buddhist and the Western virtue theories. In my analysis, I argue that while Buddhism is not an alternative to Western virtue theory, it offers significant contributions to the latter’s approach to meaningful work and even corrective to some of its limitations. Integration of Buddhism in our theorizing of meaningful work from a virtue-ethics perspective helps us to better understand ourselves and the virtues that we cultivate in the workplace and develop a holistic and cross-cultural conceptualization that is relevant to our global economy.
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Understanding the Subjective Dimension of Work from a Buddhist PerspectiveThe notion of the subjective dimension of work has its roots in Catholic Social Teaching. This essay offers a Buddhist perspective on this topic. Although there is no distinction between the subjective-objective dimensions of work in traditional Buddhist texts, Buddhist teaching on karma contains implicit affirmation of the subjective dimension of work as the source of the morality of work, and this notion is a useful explanatory framework in understanding right livelihood in contemporary setting. While Buddhist perspective on subjectivity of work is consistent with the view of Catholic Social Teaching, consideration of Buddhism in our conceptualization of the subjective dimension of work will challenge us to revise and expand the concept and practice of meaningful work to integrate the wellbeing of workers, interpersonal relationships, meditative practice (mindfulness) and concern for the environment.
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IMPLICATIONS FOR BUSINESS ETHICS OF AN INTERRELIGIOUS APPROACH TO SPIRITUALITY OF WORK: BHAGAVADGITA AND CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHINGThis essay is an interreligious study of spirituality of work and its implications for business ethics. It considers the normative / doctrinal teachings on human work in Bhagavadgita (BG) and Catholic Social Teaching (CST). In as much as the focus of this study is spirituality of work, it does not present an in-depth and comprehensive comparison of Hindu and Catholic religions. Similarities and differences between the texts under consideration will be examined, but such examination will be limited to the most critical and relevant points. It will begin by exploring a Hindu spirituality of work based on BG. The paper will analyze salient ideas and relevant passages in the text that tackle the religio-spiritual significance of our daily engagement in the world through paid work from a Hindu perspective. A discussion on major themes in CST that resonate with BG’s teachings on work will follow. These themes will serve as analytical elements that will frame an interreligious spirituality of work from the two points of view. The interreligious analysis will demonstrate that as far as BG and CST are concerned, spirituality of work can be a unifying force, a locus for cross-cultural dialogue, and a bridge between different beliefs. Next, the essay will tackle the implications of a Hindu-Catholic spirituality of work for business ethics. It will explain how the two textual traditions deepen our understanding of work by providing answers to the questions why must we work, what is the right attitude to work, and how our work connects us with other beings and with our ultimate end. Finally, the conclusion will demonstrate how the findings of this study relate and enhance the outcomes of current research in spirituality of work. Finding common grounds on how different religions regard work would enable business professionals and managers to truly value diversity and inclusiveness and respond ethically to the expression of religions in an increasingly pluralistic workplace.
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Overseas investment of Chinese enterprises : a casebook on corporate social responsibilityThis book offers unique case studies on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in overseas investments of Chinese Enterprises, covering different industry sectors and regions. The decision making process of key stakeholders in ethical dilemmas, successes, failures and lessons learnt in CSR are analyzed. This book also offers an analysis of the core principles of effective stakeholder engagement, strategic planning and due diligence in the investment process, in topics such as infrastructure, mergers and acquisition, integration of local employees, trade unions and responsible advertising. It reiterates the importance of responsible business for the success of effective Outbound Direct Investment (ODI) strategies.
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价值观创造价值 : 企业家信仰于企业绩效 = Values create value : impact through values-driven entrepreneurship当今全球性的信仰与伦理、道德缺失，虽然已经成为人们的普遍共识，但 相较于生态环境问题，还远没有引起足够的关注和建设性投入，物质空前 丰富与精神相对匮乏的不平衡已经成为当代社会不得不解决的基础性问 题。本书揭示了信仰与价值观危机、伦理与道德危机是一切社会危机的根 源。企业和企业家是当代经济社会的主体和领导力量，然而企业家这一团 体的价值观现状恰恰是最不容乐观的。本书用一个崭新的视角回答信仰 在企业家和企业的效用，找寻企业家信仰与企业绩效之间的联系，发掘企 业家价值观与价值创造的内在联系，并总结了有爱的企业家类型。这本书 可为构建有爱的企业家价值观提供有益借鉴。
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Globethics.net elements for responsible leadership : a result of the Globethics.net international conference, Bangkok, Thailand, 22-26 September, 2005Globethics.netWCC Publications, 2007In today’s globalised and interconnected world, most societies are challenged by a fast transition of structures and values. Therefore, former models, guidelines and practices of leadership are changing. The call for ethical orientation for responsible leadership is widespread. ‘Responsible Leadership – Global and Contextual Ethical Challenges’ was the topic addressed at the International Globethics.net Conference, 22-26 September 2005 in Bangkok, Thailand. The participants explored elements of principles for responsible leadership in five areas, namely family, education, religion, business and politics. The principles outlined in this paper represent the outcome of the Bangkok conference (...) [p. 343].
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Valeurs éthiques en jeu dans la diplomatie économique africaine au 21ème siècle : liberté, justice et paix=Ethical values at stake in African economic diplomacy in the 21st century : freedom, justice and peaceDans ses relations politiques et économiques bilatérales et multilatérales avec d’autres régions du monde, comment l’Afrique peut-elle comme une entité politique unique, faire entendre sa voix auprès de ses pairs pour négocier ou alors renégocier sa liberté, la justice dans ses rapports avec l’extérieur et la paix en son sein ? Telle est la question à laquelle cet article se propose de répondre. Il ne s’agit pas seulement de dire en quoi la liberté, la paix et la justice sont des préoccupations fondamentales pour l’Afrique dans ce petit village qu’est devenu le monde, mais aussi et surtout de dire comment y parvenir en vue du développement et du meilleur positionnement de ce continent sur la scène internationale.
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Global ethics & integrity benchmarksGlobal Ethics & Integrity Benchmarks (GEIB) is a tool for helping organizations assess and measure their progress in integrating ethics and integrity throughout their workplaces. It enables organizations, leaders, and their boards to identify specific actions to enhance performance. Although conditions and attitudes can vary, these benchmarks are global because of their worldwide applicability. Making these benchmarks global has certainly been a challenge. We believe they address the need for a universal systemic approach to workplace ethics and integrity.
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爱+经济学 = Agape economics当今世界面临三重危机：人与社会关系的危机、人与人关系的危机、人与 其生存环境的危机。这三重危机有愈演愈烈之势，已经危及到当今的社 会秩序，而原有的经济学框架对此解释乏力更无法提供解决之道。本书 认为危机爆发的原因是正外部性缺失，同时本书综合各个学科对爱的 研究，认为爱的本质是正外部性，并在此基础上构建“爱+经济学模 型”，提出了“爱+经济学原理”，对当前的社会危机进行深刻解读，同时 分别从微观的消费、旅游、企业、教会和宏观的教育、垄断、专利和创新等 关乎经济发展和人民福祉的方面进行分析，并给出应对之策。
