Purpose – This paper is an attempt to advance the critical discussion regarding environmental and societal responsibility in economics and business. Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents and discusses as a holistic, organic perspective enabling innovative solutions to challenges...

In this article we argue that the changes in moral content in economics can be explained as an evolution in accordance with the maturing process presented in Kohlberg's stages of moral development. Firstly, we describe and discuss the three levels of moral progress; pre-conventional,...

“What we are going through at the present time is not just an economic-financial crisis, but a crisis of humanity” (Max-Neef, 2010, p. 200). Despite problems within it, it is ecological economics which is now emerging as the most potent opponent to neo-classical economics. “It is...