European SPES cahiers |
Since 2007 the European SPES Forum publishes a series of European SPES Cahiers. The first came out in June 2007.
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 European SPES Cahier 1: Spirituality as a Public Good (2007)
In the first European SPES cahier the reader finds the selected papers from the foundational meeting of the European SPES Forum in Leuven (Belgium) in 2005, explore the fascinating relationship between spirituality, ethics and economics in the context of globalisation. The first part focuses on the emergence of spirituality within economics and business, while the second part elaborates on the influence of globalisation on spirituality.
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 European SPES cahier 2: Europe-Asia Dialogue on Business Spirituality (2008)
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.
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?
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 European SPES Cahier 3: Imagine Europe. The Search for European Identity and Spirituality (2009)
This Cahier gathers a selection of papers presented during the fourth annual European SPES conference The European Identity in Business and Social Ethics (Leuven, 2007).
The authors call for a stronger sense of spiritual commitment and moral imagination in Europe. The cahier refers to a new generation of business leaders inspired by the paradigm of spirit-centered entrepreneurship.
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 European SPES Cahier 4: Leadership, Spirituality and the Common Good. East and West Approaches (2009)
The particular focus of this Cahier is on the need for responsible leaders who understand and accept their responsibility to steward the resources in their care for the good of their organisation and for the Common Good. Such leaders will have developed the capacity to integrate the economic, the social and the environmental realms and inspire trust in their organisational communities through the quality of their character and spirit.
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 European SPES Cahier 5: Heroes and Anti-heroes. European Literature and the Ethics of Leadership. (2010)
The authors share the idea that narratives offer their readers an alternative fictional world. In doing this they hold up a mirror that confronts the reader with otherness that questions his self-evident norms and values but also his daily practices. Both heroes and antiheroes contribute to this process of reflection. The confrontation with literary texts stimulates the intellectual, the emotional and the social consciousness. The firm belief that divergent (cultural) systems i.e. business ethics and literature can enrich each other is at the core of this publication.
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 European SPES Cahier 6: Respect and Economic Democracy (2010)
Respect and Economic Democracy is based on the hypothesis that democracy will become a growing ingredient of good business and leadership. Many contributions of this sixth European SPES Cahier disclosing new practices of democratic entrepreneurship confirm this hypothesis. The authors assume that economic democracy implies a commitment rooted in respect and explore the spiritual, ethical and economic meaning of respect.
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 European SPES Cahier 7: Leading with Wisdom (2011)
Eight authors bring a breadth of style and thinking to the way in which leaders lead and how wisdom (connected to spirituality) can result in a more integrated and peaceful practice of leadership. We are treated to both narrative, reflective and academic perspectives on Leading with Wisdom and the authors find wisdom to be closely connected to virtue, character, integrity, morality, spirituality, meaning and the knowledge of how to live well.
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 Spiritual Humanism, Economic Wisdom - Essays in the honour of Luk Bouckaerts 70th anniversary (2011)
Spiritual Humanism and Economic Wisdom collects essays in honor of the 70th anniversary of K.U.Leuven professor Luk Bouckaert, co-founder of the European SPES forum. In the spirit of the European SPES forum, this volume covers issues of contemporary economics using a humanist perspective and discusses interrelated problems of business, ethics and society from spiritually based viewpoints.
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 Frugality. Rebalancing Material and Spiritual Values in Economic Life (2008)
This book examines frugality as an ideal and an 'art de vivre' which implies a low level of material consumption and a simple lifestyle, to open the mind for spiritual goods as inner freedom, social peace and justice or the quest for God or 'ultimate reality'. By rational choice we can develop a more frugal and sufficient way of life, but material temptations can always overwrite our ecological, social and ethical considerations. But the spiritual case for frugality is strong enough. Spiritually based frugal practices may lead to rational outcomes such as reducing ecological destruction, social disintegration and the exploitation of future generations.
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 The Palgrave Handbook of Spirituality and Business (2011)
The handbook summarizes the most important issues, approaches and models in the field of spirituality in business, economics and society. It presents a comprehensive pluralistic view covering all the major religious and spiritual traditions. It is a response to three developments that challenge the business-as-usual mindset.
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Dutch SPES cahiers |
The Flemish SPES-forum published over 10 cahiers. On its website one can find more information on the dutch cahiers as well as an online order form.
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SPES cahiers |
- SPES cahier 1: "Actief Pluralisme. Een antwoord op onverschilligheid" (2004)
- SPES cahier 2: "Mystiek en Verzet. Het Testament van Dorothee Sölle" (2004)
- SPES cahier 3: "Spirituele Honger in de Welvaartsstaat" (2005)
- SPES cahier 4: "Ik heb geen tijd. Over gezin, werk en spiritualiteit" (2005)
- SPES cahier 5: "De Matthäus. Kan passie troosten?" (2005)
- SPES cahier 6: "De dobbelstenen van Albert Einstein. Over Kosmische Spiritualiteit" (2006)
- SPES cahier 7: "Dialoog zonder grenzen? Emmanuel Levinas en het interculturele debat" (2006)
- SPES cahier 8: "De kleine goedheid. Over spiritualiteit en vrijwilligerswerk" (2007)
- SPES cahier 9: "Boeddha praat met Abraham. Is Vlaanderen rijp voor de interlevensbeschouwelijke dialoog?" (2008)
- SPES cahier 10: "Spiritueel Kapitaal. De opmars van spiritualiteit in het bedrijfswereld" (2008)
- SPES cahier 11: "Spiritualiteit en Soberheid. Bruggen tussen vrijwillige en onvrijwillige armoede" (2009)
- SPES cahier 12: "Langer, harder of anders werken? Arbeidscultuur in de toekomst" (2009)
- SPES cahier 13: "Ga je me uit de weg? Over Handicap, Cultuur en Spiritualiteit" (2010)
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Other |
- VKW Monografie Luk Bouckaert: "Spiritualiteit, bedrijfsethiek en Ondernemerschap" (2005)
- Cera Horizonten: "De marmeren glimlach van de kosmos" (2006)
- Brochure "Bezielend Ondernemen" (2007)
- Brochure "Spiritualiteit. Fundament van Zorg" (2009)
- Brochure "Bezielend Ondernemen II" (2010)
- Brochure "Spiritualiteit als Levenkunst - 10 jaar SPES (2011)
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