Part 3: Implications in management education

Corporate Governance (Bingley) - 2003
LaszloZsolnai1
1Laszlo Zsolnai was born in 1958, in Szentes, Hungary. He has a Master’s Degree in Finance and a Doctoral Degree in Sociology from the Budapest University of Economic Sciences (BUES). He got his PhD in Economics from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Since 1995 he has been the Director of the Business Ethics Center of BUES. He is Chairman of the Business Ethics Inter‐faculty Group of the Community of the European Management Schools (CEMS) in Paris. He is an Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Social Economics and Global Outlook: An International Journal of Business, Economics, and Social Policy.

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Business activities considerably affect the fate and survival of natural ecosystems as well as the life conditions of present and future generations. Applying the imperative of responsibility developed by Jonas states that business has a one way, non‐reciprocal duty caring for the beings which are affected by its functioning. To meet its global responsibilities business should become sustainable, pro‐social and future‐enhancing.

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