Business, Ethics and Peace

Includes chapter: Truran, Daniel (2015). Business for World Peace: A Baha’i Perspective. Business, Ethics and Peace. Luk Bouckaert and Manas Chatterji (eds) , Emerald Group Publishing Limited: 199-213.

In this chapter, we will be exploring the concept of the Lesser Peace revealed in the Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh founder of the Bahá’í Faith, who offers this inevitable future state of global peace and unity. A time that all citizens of good faith and a thriving and flourishing economic system aspire towards. We will offer some ideas on the role of business and the implication of current and future economic systems in contributing towards that Lesser Peace, will be highlighted along with some key concepts that will form the flow of this chapter: (1) the interdepence of the peoples and nations of the earth (2) the unity in the economic sphere and (3) how the welfare of the part means the welfare of the whole and the distress of the part brings distress to the whole. At the centre of our chapter is the key element for reaching this elevated New World Order, which will derive from ‘the spiritualization of the masses’ in connection to a new economic and business paradigm.

The evolving view on peace and its implications for business / Linda Groff, Luk Boukaert
Peace in an organic worldview / Knut J. Ims, Ove D. Jakobsen
The passion and imagination for peace / Walter G. Moss
The wisdom of mercy as the foundation of business and peace : the alternative to fear / Hendrik Opdebeeck
A culture of peace : common ground for joint action / Edy Korthals Altes
Responsibility is the way : clouds and silver linings around the idea of 'business for peace' / Edith Sizoo
Human rights and individual responsibility : identifying the individual 'margin of appreciation' / Michaël Merrigan
Co-charismatic leadership and peacebuilding : inspiration from John Paul Lederach / Simon Robinson, Jonathan Smith
A path to a peaceful world for the common good / Kamran Mofid
The concept of 'peace management' from a Sikh-Indian perspective / Gerrit De Vylder
Islam and peace / Jonas Yunus Atlas
Leadership in peacemaking : a Christian view / Elfrida Calvocoressi
Business for world peace : a Baha'i perspective / Daniel Truran
Ecology for peace : the Franciscan legacy / Thomas Dienberg
The spirit of non-violence and peace in business / Gábor Kovács, András Ócsai
Putting a price on peace : the total cost of violence to the global economy / Thomas Morgan
Ethical reasoning in global decision-making / Steven Scalet, Thomas F. Kelly
Peace-entrepreneurs : the peacestartup experience in Colombia / Maria Prandi
Without memory there would be no Conflict? The role of memory in organizations in a system theoretical approach / Lisette Peulen
Mediation and negotiation in business conflicts / Piet Vandeputte
'Buurtzorg' : a case of being-centredness as example of an organic worldview for corporate peace / Sharda Nandram
Sustainable fashion and animal welfare : non-violence as a business strategy / Ingrid Molderez, Perrine De Landtsheer