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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461394603321

Titolo

Business, ethics and peace / / edited by Luk Bouckaert, Manas Chatterji

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley, England : , : Emerald, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-78441-877-3

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (415 p.)

Collana

Contributions to Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Development, , 1572-8323 ; ; Volume 24

Disciplina

174.4

Soggetti

Business ethics

Peace

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Business, Ethics and Peace; Copyright page; Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; Introduction; Commemorating the Great War 1914-1918; Business for Peace; Peace Economics and Peace Science; Content of the Book; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Prologue: Speech to the SPES Conference - Business for Peace; Peace Is Not Perpetual; Yet What Is Peace?; Beyond Our Borders; Part I: Towards a Holistic and Spiritual-based Concept of Peace; The Evolving View on Peace and Its Implications for Business; Part I: Evolving Concepts of Peace; Important Terms in the Peace Studies Field

Seven Evolving Aspects of PeaceWar Prevention: Eliminating War and Physical Violence, and Creating International Institutions to Balance Actors Interests ...; Eliminating Structural Violence in Addition to Physical Violence and War; Holistic, Complex Systems Models and Visions of Peace; Summary on the Evolution of the Peace Concept; Part II: Implications for Business; Business and the Prevention of War; Business as a Substitute for War and Violence (Step 1); Business and the Balance of Power (Step 2); Business and the Positive Conditions for Peace

Business, Human Rights and Civil Society Movements (Step 3)From Gender/Feminist to Corporate Peace (Step 4); Towards a Holistic Concept of Business and Peace; Management of Diversity (Step 5);



Management of Sustainability (Step 6); Spiritual-Based Leadership (Step 7); Conclusions; Notes; References; Peace in an Organic Worldview; Introduction; The Metapsychological Roots of War and Peace; Towards a Holistic Peace Theory - A Model; Perspectives on Mechanistic and Organic Worldviews; Shallow and Deep Authenticity; Competition and Cooperation; Discussion; Conclusion; Notes; References

The Passion and Imagination for PeaceIntroduction; War and the Realization of War's Horrors: From Homer to the Present; The Failure of Leaders; The Failure of Citizens; Modern Passionate and Imaginative Peace Lovers; Gandhi and His Followers; Politicians and Statesmen; The Ukrainian Crisis (2013-2014) and the Failures of Leadership; Notes; References; The Wisdom of Mercy as the Foundation of Business and Peace: The Alternative to Fear; Fear as the Foundation of Business and Peace; Fear and Business Are Twins; Fear and Peace Are Twins; Mimetic Desire; Violence

Wisdom as the Alternative Foundation of Business and PeaceLoving Wisdom; The Stoic Wisdom of a Peaceful Cosmos; The Humanistic Wisdom of Not Preventing the Peace of the Other; The Postmodern Love of Wisdom as Wisdom of Love, Compassion and Mercy; The Wisdom of Mercy as the Foundation of Business and Peace; Mercy and Peace Are Twins; Mercy and Business Are Twins; The Sustainability Desire Instead of the Mimetic Desire; Gift Instead of Violence; References; A Culture of Peace: Common Ground for Joint Action; Introduction; Major Challenges; The Cultural Failure; The Search for Common Ground

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