Abstracts
Papers to be presented at the conference
First Session:
Economics and Spirituality: Ethics, Trust and Loyalty in the Marketplace
The relevance of the spiritual factor for a new approach to economics
Presenter: Dr. Edy Korthals Altes
General Ethics, the Theory of Responsive Cohesion, and a New Economic Paradigm
Presenter: Warwick Fox
The importance of an appropriate individual behaviour to surpass the limits to globalisation: Rediscovering the legacy of E.F.Schumacher
Presenter: Prof.dr. H.Opdebeeck (University of Antwerp)
Spirituality and economics: the black side of individualism and short-termism
Presenter: Alessandro Vercelli
Second Session:
Ethics, Social Responsibility and Sustainable Investment
Corporate Philanthropy and Global Citizenship
Presenter: Geoffrey Bush
Relazioni di clientela e conflitto di interessi nella banca (title only)
Presenter: Francesco Cesarini
The Compass of Ethics
Presenter: Ernesto Illy
Special presentation
Hard Rain
Presenter: Mark Edwards
Third Session:
Practical Steps Toward a New Economic Paradigm
Abraham and Keynes on money
Presenter: Henk van Arkel
Clean Air Island
Presenter: Shanta Chatterji
Community-based mutual aid systems
Presenter: Paul Glover
Sustainable Communities - What Makes Them Work?
Presenter: Diana Schumacher