So außerordentlich die Covid-19-Pandemie ist: Die Ungleichheiten, die die Strategien zu ihrer Eindämmung erzeugen, sind keine Ausnahme. Auch in Normalzeiten gibt es ein globales Ungleichgewicht bei der Priorisierung von Krankheiten.

Wie lassen sich Glück und Nachhaltigkeit verbinden? Um die gegenwärtige ressourcenintensive Lebensweise zu überwinden, braucht es neue Leitbilder von subjektivem Wohlbefinden, die das gute Leben jenseits von Produktion und Konsum verorten. Die bisherige Debatte um Suffizienz und Postwachstum...

1. Ethics of Management -- 2. Ethics of Capitalism -- 3. Ethics of Marxism -- 4. Business ethics and ethical leadership -- 5. Japanese management system -- 6. Scandinavian and Yugoslav management system.

"Neuroeconomics has emerged as a paradigmatic field where neuroscience and the social sciences are integrated in one analytical and empirical approach. However, the different disciplines involved often only relate to each other via the shared object of research, and less through the constructing...

This book, the second of two volumes, is inspired by the famous philosopher of India, Kautilya, author of the first book on economics in the world, Arthashashtra. It analyzes the influence of ethical values from ancient societies on modern systems of management and economics. While this book...

The purpose of this thesis is to focus in understanding axiological knowledge in knowledge driven societies which survive thanks to the creation of science and technology and new products and services. The considerations of this thesis are critical to organizations and society at large, because...

Contents: 1. Introduction - 'changing philosophies' -- 2. The theory philosophy: 'changing theories' -- 3. The rational philosophy: 'changing plans' -- 4. The biological philosophy: 'changing organisms' -- 5. The models philosophy: 'changing consultants' -- 6. The institutional philosophy:...

Why does it matter that our leaders care about us? What might we reasonably expect from a caring leader, and what price are we prepared to pay for it? Is caring leadership something 'soft', or can it be linked to strategy and delivery? International scholars from the fields of ancient and modern...

Why can't we think straight about the big issues that face our society? Why are we taken in by the phony arguments of populists and scammers? Where are the philosophers hiding when we need them to tell us what makes sense? They are hiding because they have nothing to say. The airy-fairy answers...

1. What is Buddhist Economics? -- 2. The Four Noble Truths: A Decision-Making and Problem-Solving Framework -- 3. What is the Problem with the Market Economy? -- 4. Drivers behind the Shortcomings of the Market Economy -- 5. Buddhist Economics Theory -- 6. Buddhist Ethics and Moral Life -- 7....

"The Nature and Method of Economic Sciences: Evidence, Causality, and Ends argues that economic phenomena can be examined from five analytical levels: namely, a statistical descriptive approach, a causal explanatory approach, a teleological explicative approach, a normative approach and,...

"Traditional management practices, rooted in economics and psychology, have led to a focus on numbers and productivity rather than the people who make those numbers happen. This has resulted in trust in leaders and organizations being at an all-time low. What Philosophy Can Teach You About Being...

"The practice of management is ancient, but the formal study of management, based on an evolving body of knowledge, is relatively new. Rarely, if ever, in human history has an activity emerged as fast as management and proven so indispensable so quickly. For a broad working definition,...

"Irrespective of whether one thinks of philosophy explicitly, each organizational researcher is a philosopher. A philosophical position is predicated on a variety of approaches relating to ontology, epistemology, methodology, ethics, and political positions. Depending on where one stands with...

"Buddhist and Taoist Systems Thinking explores a radical new conception of business and management. It is grounded on the reconnection of humans with nature as the new competitive advantage for living organizations and entrepreneurs that aspire to regenerate the economy and drive a positive...

La 4e de couverture indique : "Guidé par un oeil entrepreneurial, la célèbre oeuvre morale d'Aristote L'Éthique à Nicomaque se révèle étonnamment moderne. À la lire précisément, les entrepreneurs que l'on rencontre tous les jours dans nos sociétés libérales répondent...

"The present book in both its topic and its transnational makeup has come at a very particular moment. A few short years ago, globalism seemed to be both a known and an inexorable phenomenon. With the end of the Cold War, the opening of the Chinese economy, and the ascendancy of digital...

Eurocentrism means seeing the world in Europe's terms and through European eyes; while this may not seem so unreasonable to Europeans, this perspective has unforeseen consequences. Eurocentric history implies that scientific modernity has diffused outwards from Europe to the benefit of the rest...