This book addresses ethical and spiritual issues in economics. Its central premise is that the extreme focus on the self by economic actors leads to the destruction of material and non-material values. Throughout, the author argues that self-interest-based actions have a detrimental impact on nature, future generations, and society at large.

Laszlo Zsolnai is professor and director of the Business Ethics Center at the Corvinus University of Budapest. He is chairman of the Business Ethics Faculty Group of the CEMS (Community of European Management Schools − The Global Alliance in Management Education). With Luk Bouckaert he founded the European SPES Forum in Leuven, Belgium. He has been guest professor or visiting scholar at the University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, University of California at Berkeley, Georgetown University, University of Richmond, University of St. Gallen, Bocconi University Milan, and Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study.

Contents: The Moral Economic Man – Corporate Transgressions – Ethical Decision Making – Beyond Competitiveness – Future of Capitalism – Buddhist Economic Strategy – Respect for Future Generations – The Ethics of Systems Thinking – Redefining Economic Reason.