Europe-Asia dialogue on business spirituality

Values, purposes and functions of European and Asian businesses are topics of vital importance today. European SPES Cahier n.° 2 contains selected papers of the annual conference of the European SPES Forum Europe-Asia Dialogue on Business, Ethics & Spirituality, held in 2006 in Budapest, Hungary. Scholars and practitioners from England, Norway, Sweden and Hungary as well as from India, Indonesia, Japan and the USA share their views on European and Asian ways of doing business. What are the basic differences between the ethical orientation of European and Asian businesses? How can European and Asian traditions of spirituality contribute to transforming contemporary management theory and praxis? Which new leadership roles emerge for spiritual growth and reflection in the workplace in Europe and Asia? The European SPES Forum believes that Europe and Asia can be inspired by each other, especially if they return to and apply creatively their own spiritual foundations. Uit de inhoud: East 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 Asceticism)