Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility, 2022
Wellbeing is an organizing principle that ensures simultaneous flourishing of people and nature. ... more Wellbeing is an organizing principle that ensures simultaneous flourishing of people and nature. It binds together an ethic of nature and ethics of people/community into a practical framework for creating integrated socio-ecological wellbeing. This paper discusses the theoretical and practical implications of this position and presents illustrative cases of innovative wellbeing-oriented organizations, both business and social. The paper explains why we need wellbeing organizations anchored in the wellbeing economy movement. A concept of resilient wellbeing organization is presented and illustrated with working models of existing organizations attempting to live up to the wellbeing values and practices. The paper ends with some thought on regulatory enabling of wellbeing organizations and makes practical implications for policy makers and managers, and suggestions for further research.
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Papers by Laszlo Zsolnai
psychology provide a useful frame of reference to interpret
supererogatory actions and suggests that identity
of companies can be a driving force behind these
actions. Companies may perform actions against the
narrow sense of economic rationality if those actions
serve purposes of high importance for them. The climate
crisis and the more recent COVID-19 crisis call
for supererogatory actions by companies more than
ever before.