Index

Integral Ecology and Sustainable Business

ISBN: 978-1-78714-464-4, eISBN: 978-1-78714-463-7

ISSN: 1572-8323

Publication date: 6 September 2017

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(2017), "Index", Integral Ecology and Sustainable Business (Contributions to Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Development, Vol. 26), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 267-276. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1572-832320170000026018

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INDEX

Adhibhautika
, 159

Adhidaivika
, 159

Adhyatmika
, 159

Agricultural activities
, 81–82

AiREAS
, 193

Alternative ways for economic development
, 8

Animals
, 130

wild
, 133–134

Animating objective reality
, 40–43

Anthropocene
, 80, 159

gradual dissolution of meaningful purpose underlying nature
, 84–85

impact of idealism on view of nature
, 82–83

integral ecology
, 80

mythology to rationalism and empiricism
, 81–82

philosophical questions on nature
, 80–81

rationalistic and empirical foundation of
, 85–86

spirituality
, 86–87

stoicism as philosophical answer “par excellence” during holocene
, 83–84

Anthropocentric business models
, 11

Anthropomorphic ethics
, 33, 37–40

Arab Spring
, 159

Archaic societies
, 38

Arctic ice
, 68

Aristotelian epistemology
, 17

Authenticity
, 4, 16

Cartesian revolution
, 16–20

relational goods in economics
, 24–27

Schweitzer and eco-turn in philosophy
, 20–24

Awareness-driven clustering
, 9–10

“Ayam atma brahma” process
, 161

Ayurveda
, 161, 162

Balanced Scorecard
, 115

Beauty of nature
, 94

Behavioral integrity
, 210

Bhuta Yajna
, 164

Bible, The
, 131, 136

“Big Seven” factors
, 60

Biocentric ethics
, 37–40, 104

Bioconservative humanists
, 256

Bioethics
, 37

Biotechnology
, 253–254

Biotic community
, 42, 43

Blue economy
, 116–117

Brahman
, 161

Brainport
, 190–191

Brunello Cucinelli Spa
, 10, 212–214

Buddhism
, 21, 61, 71

Buddhist cosmology
, 72

Buddhist economics
, 5, 71–74

Business

Brunello Cucinelli Spa
, 212–214

context development
, 151–152

Loccioni Group
, 214–216

Mercurio Net Srl
, 216–218

models
, 186, 212, 213

spirituality and
, 149–150

Business administration, sustainability in
, 110–118

Capital
, 237–238

Capuchin Friary in Muenster, Germany
, 90

Care for nature
, 6, 80

Cartesian

Cartesian-Newtonian sciences
, 41

context
, 4

revolution
, 16–20

Catastrophe
, 138–140

Catholic Church
, 38

Charismatic leaders
, 209–210

China, CSR
, 232

Christian

Philosophy
, 86

tradition contemplation
, 96

Circular Economy
, 116, 117

Cities
, 182, 193–194

destructive force of city clusters
, 196

and towns
, 194–195

Civilization

aggregate of civilization-related and planetary problems
, 32

balance between nature and
, 130–132, 135–137

Clever marketing tactics
, 9, 170

Cluster leadership
, 183

Clustering

awareness-driven
, 9

human motivation to cluster
, 182–183

spiritual clustering of energies
, 197

Collectivism
, 230

Colonization process
, 131

Commonwealth of life
, 74–75

Communitarian offer
, 45–47

Confronting Consumption
, 157

Confucius
, 71

Consciousness
, 161

ecological
, 8

reflective
, 150

sacramental
, 93

social
, 160

Consequentialist ethics
, 34, 35

Constitutions
, 185

Consumerism
, 170, 172–173

impact of
, 174

affecting environment
, 177

consequences of ‘Pocket’
, 175

debt
, 171

impact on environment
, 174–175

implications for health and well-being
, 175–176

mirror of human condition
, 176–177

technology and
, 172–173

Consumption
, 172, 176

Consumption-based economic clusters
, 188

Contemplating on nature
, 96

Contemplation of God
, 96

Conversion
, 91–92

Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
, 7, 10–11, 102, 207, 230

impact of
, 232

communication of
, 230–231

ranking
, 231

Cosmology
, 161, 163

Cradle-to-Cradle Model. See Eco-Effectiveness

Crafts
, 81

Creation, building space for experiencing Franciscan spirituality of
, 94–97

“Creative destruction”
, 11

Creativity

creativity and blurring of human person/technology boundary
, 257

human person
, 256

protecting or improving creativity
, 253–254

technology transforming man or instrument for man
, 255–256

transhumanism and creativity
, 253

Current socio-economic system
, 172

“Darshana”
, 161

Debt
, 171, 175

Decision myopia
, 158

Deep Ecology
, 5, 71–74, 149

Defoe, Daniel
, 126

Descartes
, 24

Descartes Discours de la Méthode
, 4, 16

Deva Yajna
, 163

Disasters
, 158

Disharmonious actions
, 156

Distancing
, 157

“Divinity”
, 61

Dutch Scientific Council for Government Policy
, 80

Dwelling

safe
, 128–129

save dwelling and food
, 134–135

e-shopping
, 173

Earth
, 9, 57, 127–128, 187

Eastern perspective, quality of life
, 56–58

see also Western perspective, quality of life

Ebay
, 173

Eco-effective management model
, 117

Eco-effectiveness
, 115, 117

Eco-turn in philosophy, Schweitzer and
, 20–24

Ecocentric perspective
, 56

Ecocritical approach
, 124

ecocriticism as new insight
, 124–125

Friday
, 132–140, 141

literature role
, 125

Robinson Crusoe
, 126–132

Ecocriticism
, 7, 124–125

Ecological consciousness
, 149

business context development
, 151–152

future and self-concept
, 150–151

spirituality and business
, 149–150

spirituality in Western context
, 148–149

Ecological crisis
, 32, 159

Ecological footprint
, 117

“Ecological mortgage”
, 149

Ecological peace
, 56

Ecological perspective, legal regulation limits from
, 37

animating objective reality
, 40–43

anthropomorphic ethics
, 37–40

biocentric ethics
, 37–40

substitution of retributive logic for reverence of life
, 43–45

Ecological processes, social intervention in
, 33

Ecology
, 80, 90–91

conversion
, 91–92

incarnation or embracing world
, 92–93

power of relationship
, 93–94

theological characteristics for Franciscan theology of
, 91

Economic regulation, focal points of
, 33

critics of unlimited growth theory
, 33–35

foresight-based regulation, promoting integration, serving cooperation in living world
, 35–37

Economic(s)
, 69–70, 80

activities
, 81–82

and Business Ethics
, 113

cycles
, 197–198

development
, 80, 103

ecology
, 206

economic-activity systems
, 73

growth
, 175

relational goods in
, 24–27

sustainability in
, 110–118

system
, 25

theory
, 113

value focus
, 158

Economy of Communion project (EoC project)
, 216–217

Education
, 62, 188–191

Embracing world
, 92–93

Emotions
, 133

Empirical analysis
, 219–220

Empirical-Technical Level
, 109

Empiricism, mythology to
, 81–82

Employee relationships
, 231–232

Encyclical
, 69

Letter Laudato sì
, 68–70, 204, 205–207

Enterprise theories
, 113, 115

Entrepreneurs
, 219

Entropic thrift
, 74

Environmental

goods and services
, 74

issues
, 231–232

law
, 43, 44

law regulation
, 36

studies
, 125

Environmentalism
, 174

Epicurean ethics
, 26

Epistemological approach to sustainability

chronological delimitation of sustainability
, 107–108

conceptualization of sustainability
, 104–106

sustainability beyond ecology
, 103–104

sustainability in economy and business administration
, 110–118

taxonomic proposal for study of sustainability
, 108–110

Epistemological perspective
, 111–112

Equality
, 84

Ethical/ethics

breakthrough of
, 196–201

business
, 210–211

ecology
, 207

ethical-driven leadership
, 219

goods
, 27

leadership
, 209

leadership
, 209–212

literature
, 219

rules of
, 214

system
, 259

Explicating

explicating–delineating conceptualization
, 106

framework
, 105

Facebook
, 173

Farming
, 162–163

Fiction
, 125

“Flumen” project
, 216

“Focolare” Movement
, 217

Food
, 128–129

Foresight-based regulation
, 33

promoting integration, serving cooperation in living world
, 35–37

Franciscan ecological approach
, 98

Franciscan perspective, integral ecology from

approach
, 90–91

building space for experiencing Franciscan spirituality of creation
, 94–97

Franciscan spirituality and management
, 97–99

theological characteristics for Franciscan theology of ecology
, 91–94

Franciscan spirituality
, 90

acting on behalf of nature
, 96

building space for experiencing Franciscan spirituality of creation
, 94

contemplating on nature
, 96

layout of garden
, 96–97

learning from nature
, 95

and management
, 97–99

praying with nature
, 95

Franciscan theological approach
, 90

Fraternity
, 84

Friday
, 125, 132

balance between nature and civilization
, 135–137

catastrophe
, 138–140

comparison of two novels
, 141

dream of another world
, 137–138

nature
, 133

wild animals
, 133–134

Frugality
, 69

as art de vivre
, 26

commonwealth of life
, 74–75

Deep Ecology and buddhist economics
, 71–74

‘Laudato si’
, 68–70

Fuel cell micro-CHP system
, 174

Gaia (living community of Earth)
, 42

Garden layout
, 96–97

Germs of legal regulation
, 47–49

Global footprint
, 117

Global Reporting Initiative (2016)
, 113

Global warming
, 68

Globalism
, 47

Gradual dissolution of meaningful purpose underlying nature
, 84–85

Green capitalism
, 26

Green cultural studies
, 124

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
, 25, 160

Gross National Happiness (GNH) index
, 25, 160

Harmony
, 159

Health, implications for
, 176

Hinduism
, 61, 71

Holocene
, 86–87

stoicism as philosophical answer “par excellence” during
, 83–84

Homo consumens
, 172

Homo economicus
, 24

Homo reciprocans
, 73

Householding
, 74

Human activity
, 159

Human Development Index
, 160

Human ecology
, 159

Human intervention
, 41

Human motivation to cluster
, 182–183

Human person

creativity
, 256

creativity and blurring of human person/technology boundary
, 257

Human responsibility
, 45

Human rights
, 231–232

Human-induced stresses
, 159

Humanism
, 258–259

as perfectionism
, 254–255

Hunting
, 130

Idealism on view of nature, impact of
, 82–83

Impulse shoppers experience
, 175

Incarnation
, 92–93

Inclusive Wealth Indicators
, 160

Indian cosmology
, 163

Indian knowledge systems
, 161–165

Indian philosophical systems
, 158

Indigenous worldviews
, 160

Individualism
, 230

individual human motivation
, 195–197

individual sustainability
, 104

Industrial

activities
, 182

ecology
, 116

organisations
, 188

Industrial Revolution
, 116

Industrialisation era
, 182

Industrialization
, 6, 80, 83, 243

Infrastructure

basic
, 194

executive providing
, 195

‘Inherently myopic’ humans
, 176

Inner peace
, 56

Integral ecology
, 3, 68, 80, 81, 93, 204, 218–220

Brunello Cucinelli Spa
, 212–214

and ethical leadership
, 209–212

Laudato sì Encyclical letter
, 205–207

Loccioni Group
, 214–216

Mercurio Net Srl
, 216–218

SBMs
, 207–208

sustainable leadership and business model
, 212

Integrated infrastructure
, 194

Integrating conceptualization
, 106

Interconnectedness
, 158–159

International law
, 45

Internet
, 173

Intrinsic value of nature
, 5–6, 68, 239

commonwealth of life
, 74–75

Deep Ecology and buddhist economics
, 71–74

‘Laudato si’
, 68–70

Irreversible process
, 80

Islamic Philosophy
, 84–85

Jewish Philosophy
, 84–85

Justice
, 90–91

Kapha
, 162

“Klostergarten” project
, 97–98

Kondratiev Waves
, 196–197

“Krinein” (decide)
, 32

Labour
, 182, 237–238

Large-scale activities
, 159

Law
, 42, 49

of entropy to economy
, 34

international
, 45

natural
, 33

soft
, 45

solidarity
, 37

in well-ordered society
, 37

Leadership
, 209

approaches and models development
, 10

characteristics and organizational culture of business
, 10–11

responsible
, 211

style
, 211

Leaf community
, 216

Learning from nature
, 95

Legal regulation
, 36

Legal regulation, focal points of
, 33

critics of unlimited growth theory
, 33–35

foresight-based regulation, promoting integration, serving cooperation in living world
, 35–37

Legal regulation limits from ecological perspective
, 37

animating objective reality
, 40–43

anthropomorphic ethics
, 37–40

biocentric ethics
, 37–40

substitution of retributive logic for reverence of life
, 43–45

Legal regulation to future generations, challenge of extending
, 45

communitarian offer
, 45–47

germs of legal regulation
, 47–49

Legal Sciences
, 109

Life, commonwealth of
, 74–75

Loccioni Group
, 10, 214–216

Logical semantics poles
, 102

Long-term outlook
, 151

Luddites
, 252, 254

Macro-Systemic dimensions
, 111

Mainstream economics
, 5–6

Management Models
, 113

Managerial perspective
, 204

Manifestation
, 161

Manufacturers
, 9

Market economies, correction of
, 47

Market metaphysics
, 68

Marketing scenario
, 170

Marketing tactics
, 170

Marketization process
, 73

Marketplace
, 182

Maximally exposed individual
, 44

Meaning, significance of
, 60–61

Medieval Christianity
, 148

Meditation process
, 164

Membership
, 74

Mercurio Net
, 10

Srl
, 216–218

Meso-organizational dimensions
, 111

Metafunction
, 41–42

Methodology poles
, 102

Micro-personal dimensions
, 111, 113

Millennium age’s consumer culture
, 9

Moby Dick
, 125

Modern communication channels
, 197–198

Modernization theory
, 114

Moral creativity
, 209

Moral imagination
, 209

Moral leadership
, 219

Mutuality
, 245

MySpace
, 173

Nara Yajna
, 164

Natural capitalism
, 116, 117, 242

Natural law
, 33

Nature
, 16, 22, 23, 80, 133, 157

acting on behalf of
, 96

balance between civilization and
, 130–132, 135–137

beauty of
, 62

contemplating on
, 96

learning from
, 95

philosophical questions on
, 80–81

praying with
, 95

spirituality and
, 86–87

understanding and valuing
, 238–242

see also Social interventions in nature

Negative emotions
, 176

Neo-Marxist theory
, 114

Neoclassical economics
, 34

Neoliberal theory
, 114

Newton’s Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica
, 16

Nirvana
, 72

Noble horse. See Thymos horse

“Noblesse oblige”
, 72

Nonanthropocentric worldview
, 71

Nonreductionist
, 71

Nonviolence (ahimsa)
, 73

Numerous tactics
, 177

Ontology poles
, 102

Organic movements
, 244

Organizational culture
, 209

Organizational sustainability
, 104

Pancha Maha Yajnas
, 163

Participation Society

development of hierarchies
, 183

education
, 188–191

human clustered organisations
, 184

natural human community spirituality
, 185–186

spiritual change
, 187–188

human motivation to cluster
, 182–183

reorganisation of practical reality
, 194–201

sustainocracy
, 191–193

Peace
, 90–91

Perfectionism, humanism as
, 254–255

Persistent fragmentation
, 236

Perverse reality
, 196

Philosophical Anthropology
, 109

Philosophical questions on nature
, 80–81

Philosophical system
, 161

Philosophy of Nature
, 109

Pita
, 162

Pitru Yajna
, 164

Planetary boundaries
, 158

Planetary resources
, 27

Pleasure
, 182

Political economic format
, 185

Political economic structures
, 188–189

Political Theory
, 109

Polluter practices
, 61

Posthumanism
, 7, 258–259

Posthumanization
, 257

Poverty
, 93

Prajnanam brahma process
, 161

Praying with nature
, 95

Price
, 6

“Prima facie” duty
, 46

Principle of “reverence for life” (Ehrfurcht fur das Leben)
, 4

Prioritizing money
, 176

Private vices public benefits
, 26

Process of dynamic
, 9

Procreation
, 182

Productivity
, 182

Profit, People, and Planet
, 111

Profit-driven fishing in Arctic
, 68

Protection
, 182

Psycho-social health
, 200

Psycho-social health breakthrough
, 200

Public Administration Sciences
, 109

Pure rational perception
, 17

Purity
, 61

Quality of life
, 5, 56

connecting east and west
, 58

Eastern perspective
, 56–58

Western perspective
, 59–62

“Rajasic”
, 56, 57

Rationalism, mythology to
, 81–82

Rationalistic and empirical foundation of Anthropocene
, 85–86

“Realms of Philosophy”
, 109

Reflective consciousness and agency
, 150

Regenerative firms
, 242–247

characteristics
, 245

theory of firm
, 236–238

traditional firm vs. regenerative firm
, 246–247

understanding and valuing nature in economics
, 238–242

Relational goods in economics
, 24–27

Reorganisation of practical reality
, 194

breakthrough of ethics
, 196–201

destructive force of city clusters
, 196

executive providing infrastructures
, 195

res extensa
, 19

Reverence for life
, 16

principle
, 23–24

retributive logic substitution for
, 43–45

Rishi Yajna
, 164

Robinson Crusoe
, 125, 126

animals
, 129–130

balance between nature and civilization
, 130–132

dangerous sea
, 127

Earth
, 127–128

public memory
, 126–127

safe dwelling, weapons and food
, 128–129

wilderness, wild animals
, 128

Romantic Movement
, 148

Sankhya
, 161

Sarvam khalvidam brahma process
, 161

“Sattvic”
, 56, 57, 58, 62–63

Schweitzer, Albert
, 16, 20

Schweitzer and eco-turn in philosophy
, 20–24

Schweitzer’s principle
, 4, 24

Science Delusion, The
, 157

Self-aware hierarchical leadership
, 200

Self-concept
, 148–149, 150

future and
, 150–151

Self-realization
, 72

Self-reflexive
, 160

Servant leadership
, 210

Services
, 183

Shakthi worldview
, 156, 161

Indian knowledge systems
, 161–165

interconnectedness
, 158–159

planetary boundaries
, 158

problems of disconnecting worldview
, 157

“Shakthi”
, 8

Shallow ecology
, 71

Shanti
, 158, 159

Slow Food Movement
, 26

Smart city development
, 194

Social consciousness
, 160

Social dilemmas
, 171

Social interventions in nature

arguing in favor of social intervention
, 32–33

challenge of extending legal regulation to future generations
, 45–49

focal points of current economic and legal regulation
, 33–37

limits of legal regulation from ecological perspective
, 37–45

Social justice
, 80

Social organization
, 230

Social peace
, 56

Social–ecological clustering process
, 192

Societal factors
, 230

Societal sustainability
, 104

Society
, 230

Soft law
, 33, 45

Solidarity
, 37

Speranza
, 135, 137, 138, 141

Spiritual change
, 187–188

Spiritual goods
, 27

Spirituality

and business
, 149–150

nature and
, 86–87

in Western context
, 148–149

St. Francis of Assisi
, 90

Stakeholder
, 112, 211

Steady-state economy
, 34

STIR Foundation
, 182

Stoicism
, 26, 85

as philosophical answer “par excellence” during Holocene
, 83–84

Strong sustainability
, 104

Structural framework
, 105

Structuralist theory
, 114

Surya Namaskar
, 162

Sustainability
, 3, 7, 16, 102, 113, 170, 190

and Business Ethics
, 102

Cartesian revolution
, 16–20

chronological delimitation of
, 107–108

conceptualization of
, 104–106

beyond ecology
, 103–104

in economy and business administration
, 110–118

relational goods in economics
, 24–27

Schweitzer and eco-turn in philosophy
, 20–24

sustainable business
, 11

sustainable development
, 70

sustainable leadership
, 212–218

sustainable progress
, 159

taxonomic proposal for study of
, 108–110

Sustainable business models (SBMs)
, 207–208

and ethical leadership
, 209–212

Sustainocracy
, 182, 191–193

Swara Yoga
, 162

Synergy
, 158

“Tamasic”
, 56, 57

Tarpana
, 164

“Tat tvam asi” process
, 64, 161

Taxonomic proposal for study of sustainability
, 108–110

Techno-economic modelling framework
, 174

Techno-economies
, 173–174

Technology
, 252

and consumerism
, 173–174

creativity and blurring of human person/technology boundary
, 257

and management
, 252–253

morality of technologies
, 256

The Old Man and the Sea
, 125

Theory of Economic Growth to Development Economics
, 114

Thymos horse
, 83

Tournier, Michel
, 132

Traditional farming
, 163

Transcendent
, 96

Transcendental Level
, 108, 109, 112

“Transdisciplinary” solution-oriented science
, 68

Transformational leaders
, 210

Transhumanism challenge in business

creativity and blurring of human person/technology boundary
, 257

humanism as perfectionism
, 254–255

humanism vs. posthumanism
, 258–259

morality of technologies vs. creativity of human person
, 256

protecting or improving creativity
, 253–254

technology and management
, 252–253

technology transforming man or instrument for man’s creativity
, 255–256

transhumanism and creativity
, 253

Triple Bottom Line (TBL)
, 111, 115

‘Tropisms’
, 244

“Turbo-capitalism”
, 10

Über den Humanismus
, 258

Unlimited growth theory, critics of
, 33–35

Unruly horse. See Epithymia horse

Vata
, 162

Vice
, 136

Virtues
, 204

characterizes
, 219

specific cardinal
, 211

Vulnerability
, 27, 92, 134, 195, 199

Weak sustainability
, 104

Weapons and food
, 128–129

Well-being, implications for
, 176

Western context, spirituality in
, 148–149

Western perspective, quality of life
, 59

beauty of nature
, 62

life satisfaction
, 59–60

significance of meaning
, 60–61

third dimension
, 61

Western Philosophy
, 80, 81–82

Wild animals
, 128, 133–134

Worldwide financial crisis
, 27

Yoga
, 162

YouTube
, 173, 194

Zero Emissions Research Initiative (ZERI)
, 116–117