Ethical Prospects: Economy, Society and Environment aims to present and summarize new perspectives and leading-edge results in ethics reflecting on interconnected economic, social and environmental issues. The yearbook reports on innovative practices and policy reforms and provides a forum for discussion about groundbreaking theories. The main function of the yearbook is to present ideas and initiatives that lead toward responsible business practices, policies for the common good and ecological sustainability. It seeks form a value-community of scholars, practitioners and policymakers engaged in genuine ethics in business, environmental management, and public policy.

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Ethical Prospects: Economy, Society, and Environment aims to present and summarize new perspectives and leading-edge results in ethics reflecting on interconnected economic, social and environmental issues. The yearbook reports on innovative practices and policy reforms and provides a forum for discussion about groundbreaking theories. The main function of the yearbook is to present ideas and initiatives that lead toward responsible business practices, policies for the common good and ecological sustainability. It seeks to form a value-community of scholars, practitioners and policymakers engaged in genuine ethics in business, environmental management, and public policy.

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New Perspectives and Findings.- The Good Company.- Dialogic Ethics for Business.- Management Education - A Path to Business Integrity?.- Value Creation as the Foundation of Economics.- Buddhist Economics for Business.- Innovative Practices and Policy Reforms.- The Role of Government in Corporate Social Responsibility .- Sustainable Systems Implementation.- Public versus Private Domain: Knowledge and Information in the Global Communications Network.- Changing the Scoring System for the Game of Economic Life.- Ethical Banking.- Opinions: The Challenge of Future Generations.- Representing Future Generations.- A Speechless Mass Behind Sustainability.- The Right of Future Generations.- The Legacy of Business Leaders.- Enhancing the Quality of Our Decisions for Nurturing a Sustainable World.- Debate: Republican Liberalism versus Market Liberalism.- Republican Liberalism versus Market Liberalism.- Comments on Peter Ulrich's "Republican Liberalism versus Market Liberalism".- Who Can Civilize the Market?.- Is Ethics Integral?.- Which Role for Business Ethics? Some Reflections on Peter Ulrich's Statement.- Reply: Republican Liberalism and Its Implications for Business Ethics.