This paper presents an overview of the Humanistic business paradigm, the articulation of a humanistic management style, and presents the activities of the Humanistic Management Network, which is an open network of interdisciplinary scholars, practitioners, and policy makers

Why has responsible management been so difficult and why is the chorus of stakeholders demanding such responsibility getting louder? We argue that management learning has been framed within the narrative of economism. As such, we argue that managers need to be aware of the paradigmatic frame of...

This article pursues the question whether and inasmuch theories of corporate responsibility are dependent upon conceptions of managerial freedom. I argue that neglect of the idea of freedom in economic theory has led to an inadequate conceptualization of the ethical responsibilities of...