Ethics and Spirituality at Work Hopes and Pitfalls of the Search for Meaning in Organizations

Subjects:

• Business » Business Ethics
• Business » Organizational Behavior
• Business » Management
• Business » Human Resources/Personnel Management

Reviews:

• One of the newest areas of concern to managers today is that of helping employees find deeper meaning and satisfaction in their jobs. This concept builds on the work of Maslow and Kohlberg and extends to a search for ethics and spirituality in the workplace....covers new ground in this developing area of concern to managers. Recommended. Graduate students, researchers/faculty, and professionals.
  —Choice September 2003

• Endorsement From Andre L. Delbecq
  Thomas J. & Kathleen L. McCarthy University Professor
  Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University: As spirituality busts into our Management literature it is important to discover diverse and wise voices able to thoughtfully examine the intersection between spirituality, ethics and business leadership. This carefully edited collection of essays broadens and informs one of the most important discourses emerging at the opening of our new century.
• Endorsement From Ian I. Mitroff
  Harold Quinton Distinguished Professor of Business Policy, The Marshall School of Business
  Professor of Journalism, Annenberg School of Communication
  University of Southern California: Pauchant has done an admirable, if not an amazing, job in putting together an important book. It deals with a topic that for far too long has been neglected by academicians. The times call out for this intelligent approach to spirituality.
• Endorsement From Judi Neal, Ph.D.
  Executive Director, Association for Spirit at Work: Gets at the heart of what is needed today to create more meaningful workplaces that make a positive difference in the world. We are at a crisis point in our organizations and the only thing that will move us ahead is to embrace the power of ethics and spirituality at work. This book's scholarly underpinnings and practical case studies will inspire you and guide you to take the next steps in your personal and professional calling.

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction: Ethical and Spiritual Management Addresses the Need for Meaning in the Workplace by Thierry C. Pauchant
• The Necessities and Challenges of Integrating Ethics and Spirituality in Management
• Ethics and Values: One of the Six Most Difficult Questions in Management by Jean-Marie Toulouse
• Spirituality in the Work Place: Management's Next Major Challenge by Ian I. Mitroff
• The "Belief Crisis" in the Work Place and the Need for a Dialogue on the Meaning of Work by Solange Lefebvre
• Dialogue on Part One
• Six Case Studies from Different Industries on the Integration of Ethics and Spirituality into the Management of Organizations
• Ethics, Spirituality, and the Cooperative Movement in the Banking System by Claude Beland
• Reconciling Human Happiness and Profitability of the Firm: Mission Possible, Thanks to 16 New Management Tools by J. Robert Ouimet
• Managing a Public Organization: A Projection of One's Ethical and Spiritual Values by Vera Danyluk
• The Quality/Performance Challenge of Pastoral Care: Clientele Satisfaction and Efficiency of the Hospital Stay by Yves Benoît
• Business, Values, and Spirituality: A Case Study of a Business School in Australia by Peter Sheldrake and James Hurley
• Dialogue on Part Two
• Perspectives for the Future Integration of Ethics and Spirituality in to the Economy, Management, and Work
• For a Spiritual Ethic of Work: Some Inspiration from Simone Weil by Thierry C. Pauchant
• Economic Efficiency, Ethical Foundations, and Spiritual Values in the Management of organizations by Roger Berthouzoz
• Business Ethics and Spirituality Amongst Jews, Christians, and Muslims by Michel Dion
• Dialogue on Part Three
• Conclusion: All Managerial Thought or Action Is Based on a Certain Concept of Truth, Goodness, and Beauty by Thierry C. Pauchant
• Bibliography
• Index