
Human Development in Business
Values and Humanistic Management in the Encyclical 'Caritas in Veritate'
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 9. May 2012
Book
Hardback
XIV, 260 pages
978-0-230-29682-4 (ISBN)
Description
In his Encyclical Letter Caritas in Veritate Pope Benedict XVI proposed a new humanistic synthesis to realign the economy with its social purpose. The aim of this book is to interpret, comment and develop aspects of the Encyclical Letter which are significant for economic and business activity and contribute to humanistic management.
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Series
Edition
2012 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
XIV, 260 p.
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 149 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
520 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-29682-4 (9780230296824)
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Persons
ANTONIO ARGANDOÑA, Professor of Economics and 'la Caixa' Chair of Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance, Instituto de Estudios Superiores de la Empresa Business School, University of Navarra, Spain
GREGORY R. BEABOUT, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Saint Louis University, USA
PAUL H. DEMBINSKI, Professor of International Competition and Strategy, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
ANDRÉ HABISCH, Professor of Christian Social Ethics in Business and Society at the Ingolstadt School of Management of the Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, (Germany), and director of the Center for Corporate Citizenship, Ingolstadt-Germany
ROBERT KENNEDY, Professor in the Department of Catholic Studies and co-director of the University's Terrence J Murphy Institute for Catholic Thought, Law, and Public Policy, University of St Thomas (St Paul, MN), USA
CRISTIAN R. LOZA, Doctoral Researcher, Ingolstadt School of Management of the Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, (Germany) and researcher of the Center for Corporate Citizenship, Ingolstadt, Germany
JENNIFER E. MILLER, Researcher for the Markets, Culture and Ethics Project, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome
CRISTIAN PALAZZI, Executive Secretary of the Càtedra Ethos, Ramon Llull University, Barcelona, Spain
ÁLVARO PEZOA, Director CGE Group Center for Business and Humanism ESE Business School, Universidad de los Andes, Chile
FRANCESC TORRALBA, Professor, Ramon LlullUniversity, Barcelona, Spain
STEFANO ZAMAGNI, Professor of Economics, University of Bologna (Italy) and Adjunct Professor of International Political Economy, the Bologna Center of Johns Hopkins University, Italy
Content
Introduction: Values and Humanistic Management in the Encyclical Caritas in Veriate; D. Melé & C. Dierksmeier PART I: ETHICS AND ECONOMICS: TOWARDS A NEW HUMANISTIC SYNTHESIS Deconstructing the Neoclassical Economic Paradigm; C. Dierksmeier Caritas in Veritate's Interpretation of the Nature of the Financial Crisis; S. Zagmani Foundations for Business Ethics: Exploring Caritas in Veritate; D. Melé Boarder Rationality and the 'Logic of Gift' in Economics; F. Torralba & C. Palazzi Efficiency vs. Fecundity: Rediscovering Relations; P. H. Dembinski Corporate or Governmental Duties? CSR as Subsidiary Co-Responsibility; M. S. A ßländer PART II: MANAGEMENT AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Human Development and Business Practice; R. Kennedy Profile of the Manager in Caritas in Veritate; G. Beabout Christian Humanism in Business; A. Pezoa The 'Logic of Gift' in the Business Enterprise; A. Argandoña Entrepreneurial Spirit and the Role of Gratuitousness for Innovation; A. Habish & C.R. Loza Human Development: Work and Working Mothers; J. E. Miller