Purpose – This paper aims to focus on business education, which should not exclude strains of religious ethical traditions, e.g. Catholic social thought, and the practical wisdom embodied in them. Design/methodology/approach – Recent traditions of social Catholicism starting from the Papal...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight how the new transdiscipline of ecological economics (EE) provides a very useful supporting scientific base for Buddhist traditions and their provision of practical wisdom for economics and management. Design/methodology/approach – The key...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a process, grounded in Buddhist practical wisdom, which trains managers to negotiate effectively. Design/methodology/approach – After comparing Western notions of phronesis/prudentia with insights from Buddhist tradition, it reports on the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present selected Buddhist concepts that are useful to leaders of business and to those that want to increase the performance of their businesses and of their organisations implementing practical wisdom from a Buddhist perspective....