Business within Limits
Deep Ecology and Buddhist Economics
©2006
Edited Collection
XII,
326 Pages
Series:
Frontiers of Business Ethics, Volume 1
Summary
The book explores the Deep Ecology perspective and Buddhist Economics for transforming business toward a more ecological and human form. It argues that ecology and ethics provide limits for business within which business is legitimate and productive. By transgressing ecological and ethical limits business activities become destructive and self-defeating.
Today’s business model is based on and cultivates narrow self-centeredness. Both Deep Ecology and Buddhist Economics point out that emphasizing individuality and promoting the greatest fulfillment of the desires of the individual conjointly lead to destruction. Happiness is linked to wholeness, not to personal wealth. We need to find new ways of doing business, ways that respect the ecological and ethical limits of business activities. Acting within limits provides the hope and promise of contributing to the preservation and enrichment of the world.
Today’s business model is based on and cultivates narrow self-centeredness. Both Deep Ecology and Buddhist Economics point out that emphasizing individuality and promoting the greatest fulfillment of the desires of the individual conjointly lead to destruction. Happiness is linked to wholeness, not to personal wealth. We need to find new ways of doing business, ways that respect the ecological and ethical limits of business activities. Acting within limits provides the hope and promise of contributing to the preservation and enrichment of the world.
Details
- Pages
- XII, 326
- Year
- 2006
- ISBN (Softcover)
- 9783039107032
- Language
- English
- Keywords
- Wirtschaftsethik Buddhist economics Nachhaltige Entwicklung Umweltverträglichkeit Buddhismus Economics Ecology Ethical business Aufsatzsammlung
- Published
- Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien, 2006. XII, 326 pp.
