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Chapter 1. A Case for Social Entrepreneurship in our Times -- Chapter 2. Social Entrepreneurship - The Quest for a Planetary Consciousness of Human Compatability -- Chapter 3. The Social Entrepreneur -- Chapter 4. Aspiring to be a Social Entrepreneur: Does Prosocial Motivation Matter? -- Chapter 5. Moral Entrepreneurship: Being Authentic and Using One's Moral Compass to Navigate the Journey of Doing Good Deeds -- Chapter 6. Humility and Social Entrepreneurship -- Chapter 7. Social Intrapreneurs: Rebels for Good -- Chapter 8. Entrepreneurs with Disabilities: Making a Difference in Society through Social Entrepreneurship -- Chapter 9. Motivations of Social Entrepreneurs in Germany -- Chapter 10. Social Enterpreneurship in the Emerging Economies of Africa -- Chapter 11. United States and Nigeria: SWOT Analysis of: Social Entrepreneurship -- Chapter 12. Social Entrepreneurship at the Micro Level: A Study of Botswana -- Chapter 13. Making and Keeping Stakeholders Mindful of CSR -- Chapter 14. Valuable Intersections: Why CSR Requires Mindfulness for Higher Ed Leaders -- Chapter 15. Tensions and Personal Responsibilities when Engaging in a Responsible Career: Focus on CSR Managers and Emotions -- Chapter 16. Certified B Corps: Using Business as a Force for Good -- Chapter 17. CSR Case Study: Mitigating Ethics with Companies Investing in Higher Education Relationships -- Chapter 18. Why Stakeholder Engagement Matters -- Chapter 19. CSR and Spiritual Performance -- Chapter 20. Creating Environment-Inclusive Organizations: An Integrative Ecopreneurial Approach -- Chapter 21. Corporate Social Responsibility, Education and Job Training -- Chapter 22. Love as the Fulfillment of Life -- Chapter 23. CSR Case Studies of Selected Blue Chip Companies in Kenya -- Chapter 24. Sustainable Social Entrepreneurship: Serving the Destitute, Feeding the Hungry and Reducing the Food Waste -- Chapter 25. Corporate Social Responsibility through Women Empowerment in India as Inspired by Swami Vivekananda's Teachings -- Chapter 26. Brand Purpose as a Cultural Entity between Business and Society -- Chapter 27. Corporate Social Responsibility practices in the Extractive sector in Tanzania: is it a transition from a voluntary to legislative approach? -- Chapter 28. Organizational Culture Change: Growth Mindset, Positive Psychology and Empowerment -- Chapter 29. Regenerative Leadership: Next-Stage Leadership Consciousness.

This book aims to examine sustainability and spirituality philosophically with ethics as the balancing force. The goal is to reveal the important intersection between sustainability and spirituality by using spirituality as the invisible guiding hand in the quest for sustainability. The editors and contributors examine old social and economics dilemmas from a new perspective in order to provide alternative approaches to economic and social development. The enclosed contributions cover a broad range of topics such as sustainable development and human happiness, contemporary spirituality, environmental ethics and responsibility, and corporate social responsibility. In addition, the title features real-world case studies and discussion questions that inspire self-reflection and theoretical and empirical deliberation in academic courses and business seminars. Contemporary approaches to economic and social development have failed to address humankind's abiding need for spiritual growth. For material development to be sustainable, spiritual advancement must be seen as an integral part of the human development algorithm. While the policy makers and governments can play their respective role, each one of us has to consciously adopt spirituality and sustainability as a way of life. This book will rely on the spiritual power of individuals to heal themselves and the environment. Featuring interdisciplinary perspectives in areas such as science, marine biology, environmental policy, cultural studies, psychology, philosophy, ecological economics, and ethics, this book will provide extensive insights into the complimentary fields of spirituality, sustainability and ethics.

This book brings together two long-term diverging notions about workplace spirituality, religious and non-religious. Leading Spiritually reviews workplace spirituality from revered streams such as Buddhism, Hinduism, and Judaism, but also from a stance of personal reflection, self-leadership, and powerful interpersonal relationships. Over the course of ten chapters, a team of expert authors address concepts such as interconnectedness, morality, trust, collaboration, insight, communication, self-realization, evolution, gratitude, and wisdom. Each chapter highlights key elements of meaningful, constructive performance from a different angle, contributing to a multi-faceted view of spiritual performance. Specific attention has been allotted to an effective balance between theory and practice, making this work appealing for scholars, students, and practitioners

Interrater reliability has thus far not been a common application in phenomenological studies. However, once the suggestion w a s brought up by a team of supervising professors during the preliminary orals of a phenomenological study, the utilization of this verification tool turned out to be vital to the credibility level of this type of inquiry, where the researcher is perceived as the main instrument and where bias may, hence, be difficult to eliminate. With creativeness and the appropriate calculation approach the researcher of the here reviewed qualitative study managed to apply this verification tool and found that the establishment of interrater reliability served as a great solidification to the research findings.

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to enhance awareness and foment the concept of "eco‐citizenship" within today's students in higher education.Design/methodology/approachThe paper takes the form of a literature review on environmental issues and spiritual thinking, student reports, discussion.FindingsThe paper's three main findings are: the need to develop educational methodologies that allow students to become advocates of a new society and way of thinking is insufficiently addressed so far; exposing students to such learning triggers a factual mindset change; and faculty and student engagement on matters of spirituality and environmental issues is becoming pivotal in a period where natural resource limitations in conjunction with overpopulation are stressing ecological systems to a threshold where it cannot be sustainable any further.Research limitations/implicationsFurther implementation of similar courses, and monitoring of students' long‐term behavioral changes are suggested to verify if such courses trigger a domino effect in terms of the emergence of the "eco‐citizen".Originality/valueThis was the first time that such an educational approach was employed, where students not only critically investigated the course material in respect to environmental science and spirituality but also became facilitators to their own community, assisting in the development of good citizenship and enhancement of responsibility. It is clear to the authors that community interaction is very important in the curriculum design as the working ground to bring real world experience to the classroom as well as for the development of environmental and spiritual awareness. Based on the students' community activities and personal comments, in regard to the course focus and its effectiveness in changing their attitudes towards a more sustainable way of living, it was demonstrated that the course was successful.

With the emergence of previous 'soft skills' such as empathy, emotional intelligence, compassion, and listening as important leadership qualities in the 21st century, there is an increased need to cultivate qualities that have long been suppressed. Humor is one of them. It is not just pleasant for interpersonal relations, but gets absorbed with more eagerness, and has a healthy effect. The 75 stories in Teaching Leadership and Organizational Behavior through Humor deal with issues in a broad scope of settings, making this book not just useful in higher education, but also for coaches, trainers, and students in corporate workshops. Read, smile, laugh, contemplate, and get into action!

Authentic leadership -- The four quadrant labyrinth : a life-giving tool for organizations -- The self reflection exercise : finding meaning -- Whole body learning -- Using creative drawings to visualize leadership -- Survey of managerial style -- Leadership and changing work environments -- Workplace spirituality -- Spirituality in the workplace -- Contemplating meaningful work -- Organizational values integration reflection -- Meditation on work as a calling -- Death awareness exercise -- Understanding stress and developing resiliency to stress -- Spiritual lifeline : an integrative exercise -- Role plays of conflicts commonly faced by undergraduate students -- Appreciative inquiry -- Conversations of mutual understanding : deconstructing silos -- Dialogue circle : an exercise in gendered introspection & reflection -- Dialogue circle : an exercise in embracing racial/ethnic diversity -- Traffic light exercise -- The preferred classroom exercise -- Stepping outside the comfort zone -- Ethical leadership and emotional intelligence -- Ethics and emotional intelligence -- Personal values reflection -- Perspective is everything -- Guided visualizations -- What motivates me? -- Life game

The purpose of this work is to enhance understanding and the overall learning experience in OB, and ultimately, to help shape a more conscious workforce of people who have what it takes to succeed during uncertain times despite the ebb and flow of the market.

Storytelling is a powerful and effective teaching tool, yet management professors often overlook its use. A good story can illustrate management principles such as decision-making, leadership, group dynamics, power and politics in a way that captures students' attention and enhances memory. €This book is designed to provide teachers in Organizational Behavior and management courses, as well as corporate workshops, with a highly effective way to address important issues in modern-days' management and organizational behavior-related issues.€ As a unique, non-traditional, OB-oriented book geared towards flexible leadership, professors from universities around the world offer a series of thought-provoking, motivating, growth-oriented, stories that will help readers to tap into their internal locus of control.