Humanistic Management in Practice

Ernst von Kimakowitz is passionate about strengthening the positive impact of business towards a more equitable and sustainable planet. He is founder of the Humanistic Management Center and co-founder of the Humanistic Management Network. Ernst holds a research position at the University of Lucerne, Switzerland and teaches at Universities around the globe.

Hanna Schirovsky holds a Franco-German double master´s degree in International Relations. She is dedicated to the question of how the search for and implementation of common values can succeed across cultural and religious boundaries.

Carlos Largacha-Martínez is Research Professor at the Fundación Universitaria del Area Andina at the School of Business, Colombia. He holds a Double-Doctorate in International Studies and Quantum Sociology from the University of Miami, US.

Claus Dierksmeier is Professor for Globalization Ethics at the University of Tübingen, Germany. His areas of expertise include political, economic, and religious philosophy with focus on the theories of freedom and responsibility in the age of globality.Recent book publications are: Qualitative Freedom - Autonomy in Cosmopolitan Responsibility; and: Reframing Economic Ethics. The Philosophical Foundations of Humanistic Management.

This book demonstrates how principles of a Humanistic Management paradigm are practiced in a variety of industries and regions by businesses of different ownership structures and sizes.

What unites these businesses is their commitment to the three stepped approach of Humanistic Management, which is grounded in unconditional respect for the dignity of life, the integration of ethics in management decisions, and active engagement with stakeholders.

These businesses are not labeled social enterprises, but operate within the mainstream of competitive markets. However, they do have a deep sense of responsibility towards the communities in which they operate and act accordingly, knowing that sustaining business success over time depends on a value proposition to society at large.

The cases featured in this book serve to clarify that businesses can thrive not despite but because they are upholding principles of Humanistic Management. It will be valuable reading for academics working in the field of business ethics, sustainability and corporate social responsibility. 

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Panasonic and Humanistic Management.- Chapter 3: The Loccioni model of "humanistic knowledge enterprise".- Chapter 4: Innovation Through Living our Values at Energeticos-Colombia.- Chapter 5: Vices, Virtues and Values: A Business Case on Family Enterprise and its Philosophical Implications Implementing Humanistic Management Practices.- Chapter 6: Humanism's Necessary Integration with Capitalism: Further Remarks on Brunello Cucinelli's Philosophy of Clothes.- Chapter 7: Doing Ordinary Things Extraordinarily Well: Illustrating the concept of Triple Bottom Line and Integrity on the case of Faber-Castell.- Chapter 8: Integrating Simplification at Buurtzorg Nederland.- Chapter 9: A managerial innovation built on humanist values.- Chapter 10: Allsafe: Responsible Freedom in Action.- Chapter 11: An Example of African Humanism: Ivory Couture.- Chapter 12: Humanistic Management with a Confucian Twist- The Case of Fotile.