The irresponsible and insensitive behavior of business leaders worldwide shows that business is an underprofessionalized occupation today. Unless future international managers demonstrate that they serve the common good in their daily practice, the legitimacy and moral standing of the business...

The paper addresses the following problems: (1) What is the relationship between competitiveness and CSR? (2) Why is the opportunistic use of CSR counter-productive? (3) How can ethical behavior survive in highly competitive markets? and (4) What is the new meaning of competitiveness in the...

This collection addresses the relationship between business, the natural environment, ethics and spirituality with insights from economists, business scholars, philosophers, lawyers, theologians and practitioners globally. The contributions offer new and invigorating approaches to sustainable...

Economic behavior is multifaceted and context-dependent. However, the so-called Homo Oeconomicus model states that agents are perfectly rational, self-interest-maximizing beings. This model can be criticized on both empirical and normative grounds. Understanding economic behavior requires a more...

The encyclical letter of Pope Francis, “Praised Be: On the Care of Our Common Home” ( Laudato si’ ), presented an excellent opportunity to spark a conversation between economics and faith-based discourses on sustainability. The encyclical underlined the human origins of the ecological...

Pope Francis’ encyclical letter Laudato Si’ (Praised Be: On the Care of Our Common Home) is an excellent opportunity for building a conversation between spirituality, ecology, and sustainable business. Integral ecology integrates concerns for people and the planet. It sees the world as...

This chapter aims to help redirect Business and Society (BAS) scholarship to embrace the unprecedented challenges of the Anthropocene era including climate collapse and ecological breakdown. The existential risk presented by the new reality of the Anthropocene requires a radical rethinking of...

Today business, especially mainstream global business, seems to be at war with society and nature. Striving for profit and competitiveness, mainstream business produces monetary results at the expense of nature, society and future generations. With its exclusive focus on profit-making,...