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Human development in business : values and humanistic management in the encyclical Caritas in veritate
Series:
Humanism in business series
Publication Information:
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Physical Description:
xiv, 260 p. ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9780230296824

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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.


Author Notes

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, SpainGREGORY R. BEABOUT, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Saint Louis University, USAPAUL H. DEMBINSKI, Professor of International Competition and Strategy, University of Fribourg, SwitzerlandANDRÉ 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-GermanyROBERT 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), USACRISTIAN 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, GermanyJENNIFER E. MILLER, Researcher for the Markets, Culture and Ethics Project, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, RomeCRISTIAN PALAZZI, Executive Secretary of the Càtedra Ethos, Ramon Llull University, Barcelona, SpainÁLVARO PEZOA, Director CGE Group Center for Business and Humanism ESE Business School, Universidad de los Andes, ChileFRANCESC TORRALBA, Professor, Ramon LlullUniversity, Barcelona, SpainSTEFANO ZAMAGNI, Professor of Economics, University of Bologna (Italy) and Adjunct Professor of International Political Economy, the Bologna Center of Johns Hopkins University, Italy


Table of Contents

Introduction: Values and Humanistic Management in the Encyclical Caritas in VeriateD. MelÃ(c) and C. Dierksmeier
Part I Ethics And Economics: Towards A New Humanistic Synthesis
Deconstructing the Neoclassical Economic ParadigmC. Dierksmeier
Caritas in Veritate's Interpretation of the Nature of the Financial CrisisS. Zagmani
Foundations for Business Ethics: Exploring Caritas in VeritateD. MelÃ(c)
Boarder Rationality and the "Logic of Gift" in EconomicsF. Torralba and C. Palazzi
Efficiency vs. Fecundity: Rediscovering RelationsP.H.Dembinski
Corporate or Governmental Duties? CSR as Subsidiary Co-ResponsibilityM.S.AßlÃñnder
Part II Management and Human Development
Human Development and Business PracticeR. Kennedy
Profile of the Manager in Caritas in VeritateG. Beabout
Christian Humanism in BusinessA. Pezoa
The "Logic of Gift" in the Business EnterpriseA. Argandoña
Entrepreneurial Spirit and the Role of Gratuitousness for InnovationA. Habish and C. R. Loza
Human Development: Work and Working MothersJ. E. Miller