Europe Asia Dialogue on business spirituality European SPES Cahiers, nr. 2

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Over het boekValues, purposes and functions of European andAsian businesses are topics of vital importance today.European SPES Cahier n. 2 contains selected papersof the annual conference of the European SPES ForumEurope-Asia Dialogue on Business, Ethics Spirituality,held in 2006 in Budapest, Hungary. Scholarsand practitioners from England, Norway, Sweden andHungary as well as from India, Indonesia, Japan andthe USA share their views on European and Asianways of doing business.What are the basic differences between the ethical orientationof European and Asian businesses How canEuropean and Asian traditions of spirituality contributeto transforming contemporary management theoryand praxis Which new leadership roles emergefor spiritual growth and reflection in the workplace inEurope and AsiaThe European SPES Forum believes that Europe andAsia can be inspired by each other, especially if theyreturn to and apply creatively their own spiritual foundations.Uit de inhoudEast and West Mike Thompson The Practice of Spiritual Synamics in Business - Sanjoy Mukherjee Igniting Spirit in Business Indian Insights - Bengt Gustavsson Globalisation and Values in the Indian Context - Katalin Botos Business Ethics Teaching of Religions and Economic Development - Values in Intercultural Context S. Prakash Sethi and Rev. David B. Lowry Coping with Cultural Conflicts in International Operations Modern Corporations and Tribal Societies - Peter Verhezen Guanxi Networks or Nepotism - Judit Hidasi Culture Change and its Impact on Business Ethics in Japan - Knut J. Ims and Ove D. Jakobsen Quality of Life The Golden Mean between Materialistic Consumerism and Spiritual AsceticismOver de auteursLaszlo Zsolnai is professor and director of the BusinessEthics Centre at the Corvinus University of Budapest.He is chairman of the Business Ethics InterfacultyGroup of the Community of European ManagementSchools CEMS. He is co-founder of theEuropean SPES Forum.