Tikkun Olam: exploring a spiritual path to sustainability

What should be the role of business in society? Broad-ranging initiatives, e.g. Principles for Responsible Management Education and the Sustainable Development Goals, attempt to reshape business as a force for good, yet evidence of scandalous business behavior continues to raise troubling doubts. Th...

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Main Author: Grzeda, Maurice (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: International Association of Management, Spirituality & Religion [2019]
In: Journal of management, spirituality & religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 16, Issue: 5, Pages: 413-427
IxTheo Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BH Judaism
NCE Business ethics
Further subjects:B Spirituality
B Corporate social responsibility
B Tikkun Olam
B Sustainability
B Aufsatz in Zeitschrift
B Healing
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Summary:What should be the role of business in society? Broad-ranging initiatives, e.g. Principles for Responsible Management Education and the Sustainable Development Goals, attempt to reshape business as a force for good, yet evidence of scandalous business behavior continues to raise troubling doubts. This literature review introduces a healing perspective grounded in spirituality as applied in the health professions. This perspective aligns with Judaism's principle of Tikkun Olam, the obligation to repair and perfect the world, proposed as a basis for business transformation. Invoking Tikkun Olam potentially impacts current understandings of Corporate Social Responsibility and reveals a sacred dimension to the adoption of sustainability initiatives. The article contributes to the literature on transformational approaches to exercising responsibility and embedding sustainability in contemporary business.
ISSN:1942-258X
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of management, spirituality & religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/14766086.2019.1656665