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Spirituality, Ethics and Sustainability

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The Spiritual Dimension of Business Ethics and Sustainability Management

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Martin Heidegger claimed that modern technology, with its violent metaphysics, destroys Being. However, it is not modern technology itself that is dangerous but its careless and wide-scale implementation by modern-day business. With its exclusive focus on profit-making, modern-day businesses tend to violate the integrity and diversity of natural ecosystems, the autonomy and culture of local communities and the chance that future generations will lead a decent life.

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  1. Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary

    Laszlo Zsolnai

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Zsolnai, L. (2015). Spirituality, Ethics and Sustainability. In: Zsolnai, L. (eds) The Spiritual Dimension of Business Ethics and Sustainability Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11677-8_1

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