Humanism in Economics and Business

Preface; Jordi Canals.- Introduction.- Domènec Melé and Martin Schlag.- I. UNDERSTANDING CHRISTIAN HUMANISM.- 1. The Historical Development of Christian-Catholic Humanism; Martin Schlag.- 2. Christian Humanism within the Current Cultural Context; Luis Romera.- 3. Being Human, Becoming Human: Christian Humanism as a Foundation of Western Culture; Jens Zimmermann.- 4. The Search for the Meaning of Liberty from Christian Humanism. New Perspectives for the 21st Century; Markus Krienke.- II. CATHOLIC HUMANISM AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY.- 5. Does Christian-Catholic Humanism Make Sense Within Economic Activity?; Miguel A. Martínez Echevarría.- 6. Three Keys Notions of Catholic Humanism for Economic Activity: Human Dignity, Human Rights and Integral Human Development; Domènec Melé.- 7. Christian Humanism - the Ethical Basis of the German Model of Social Market Economy; Arnd Küppers.- 8. Italian Economia Aziendale as a Model Inspired by Catholic Humanism; Ericka Costa and Tommaso Ramus.- III. CATHOLIC HUMANISM IN BUSINESS.- 9. The Business of Business is the Human Person; Lloyd Sandelands.- 10. Thinking Institutionally about Business: Seeing its Nature as a Community of Persons and Its Purpose as the Common Good; Michael Naughton.- 11. Why is a Catholic Manager Different?; Antonio Argandoña.- 12. Business and Management Practices Influenced by Catholic Humanism: Three Case Studies; Geert Demuijnck, Kemi Ogunyemi, and Elena Lasida.- Index.