Humanism in Business - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521898935 ISBN 13: 9780521898935

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

What is the purpose of our economic system? What would a more life-serving economy look like? 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 groundbreaking book will be of interest to academics, practitioners and policymakers concerned with business ethics and the relationship between business and society.

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Book Description

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.

About the Author

Wolfgang Amann is Executive Director of the MBA programme at the University of St Gallen, Switzerland.

Shiban Khan is a senior researcher at the University of St Gallen, Switzerland.

Michael Pirson is a research fellow at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations, Harvard University, and a lecturer at the Harvard Extension School.

Heiko Spitzeck is studying for a PhD at the Institute for Business Ethics at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Ernst von Kimakowitz is studying for a PhD at the Institute for Business Ethics of the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0521898935
• ISBN 13: 9780521898935
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 472
• Editor: Spitzeck Heiko, Pirson Michael, Amann Wolfgang, Khan Shiban, Von Kimakowitz Ernst