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Thinking about the poverty line

An important question for business leaders is whether they are paying their employees enough to have decent lives. Certainly, if they think that the government poverty threshold is too low, isn’t it their duty to pay much more than the minimum wage? After all, labor productivity has been increasing in the past years while real wages have been stagnant. Shouldn’t workers get a higher share of this productivity increase?

Necessary Conversation: Vincent Stanley on Patagonia’s Road to Regeneration

Necessary Conversation: Vincent Stanley on Patagonia’s Road to Regeneration

  Please join the International Humanistic Management Association for a conversation with Vincent Stanley (Patagonia) about the responsibility of business for stewarding regeneration. Date: Friday, May 10 Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00pm (EDT)Location: Web conferencing, details will be sent before the event once your RSVP is received    This Necessary Conversation is sponsored by the Donahue Center for Business Ethics & Social Responsibility in the Manning School of Business at UMass-Lowell. Topic Read more [...]

Richard Branson on the Importance of Dignity

Hear Sir Richard Branson's thoughts on why we need dignity more than ever. Branson is an Honorary Board Member of the Global Dignity Project, an organization committed to spreading the dignity values to young people and people of all ages, all over the world. We at the International Humanistic Management Association recently became one of Global Dignity's newest Partner Organizations. Find out more about their work and get involved at https://globaldignity.org/ Read more [...]

The Transforming Business Education

This project is a 5 year project with partners at Vatican and UN to transform business and economics teaching along the principles of Laudato Si, Integral Human Development, SDG’s or what we call humanistic management.

Humanistic Management PhD Reading Group: May 13, 2019

Humanistic Management PhD Reading Group: May 13, 2019

Foundations in Humanistic Management Reading Group A virtual seminar series by the IHMA PhD Network Welcome to the Foundations in Humanistic Management Reading Group. We meet monthly to discuss significant papers on incorporating humanistic ideas such as dignity and well-being into management scholarship and practice, as well as classic works which have spoken to these concerns across the ages. This series is hosted by the IHMA’s Humanistic Management PhD Network for the purpose of supporting new Read more [...]
Humanistic Management PhD Network May 6, 2019

Humanistic Management PhD Network May 6, 2019

Welcome back to IHMA's Humanistic Management PhD Network. This year we are looking forward to supporting PhDs with even more mentoring, social support and research opportunities. We also have possibilities to connect researchers for publication work, and data gathering sites in companies and organizations connected to IHMA. Please feel free to join our monthly calls.  The PhD Network webinar is held the first Monday of every month at 10:00 (Eastern time). In our monthly gatherings the Humanistic Read more [...]
Copy of Humanistic Management PhD Reading Group: April 8, 2019

Copy of Humanistic Management PhD Reading Group: April 8, 2019

Foundations in Humanistic Management Reading Group A virtual seminar series by the IHMA PhD Network Welcome to the Foundations in Humanistic Management Reading Group. We meet monthly to discuss significant papers on incorporating humanistic ideas such as dignity and well-being into management scholarship and practice, as well as classic works which have spoken to these concerns across the ages. This series is hosted by the IHMA’s Humanistic Management PhD Network for the purpose of supporting new Read more [...]
An Intellectual Shaman Conversation with Bob Quinn:  Making the World Better through Our Teaching and Research

An Intellectual Shaman Conversation with Bob Quinn: Making the World Better through Our Teaching and Research

Please join the International Humanistic Management Association and Sandra Waddock, Boston College, for an Intellectual Shaman Conversation with Bob Quinn, University of Michigan, Ross School of Business. Date: Tuesday, May 28Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm (EDT)Location: Web conferencing, details will be sent before the event once your RSVP is received The Intellectual Shaman series is hosted by IHMA as a Faculty Development format. It is co-sponsored by the Galligan Chair of Strategy at Boston College. Topic Read more [...]
Humanistic Management PhD Network April 1 2019

Humanistic Management PhD Network April 1 2019

Welcome back to IHMA's Humanistic Management PhD Network. This year we are looking forward to supporting PhDs with even more mentoring, social support and research opportunities. We also have possibilities to connect researchers for publication work, and data gathering sites in companies and organizations connected to IHMA. Please feel free to join our monthly calls.  The PhD Network webinar is held the first Monday of every month at 10:00 (Eastern time). In our monthly gatherings the Humanistic Read more [...]