Changing Economic Paradigms, Globalization, Diplomacy, The Welfare State, Philantropy, Sustainability, Liberalism and Neo-liberalism, Development

For many years, F. David Peat held discussions, via personal meetings and exchanges of emails and telephone calls, on a number of topics clustered around issues of ethics, trust and loyalty in business and finance, economics in a globalized word, the role that can be played by the ethical standards and spiritual beliefs of individuals within organizations, social and national tensions associated with economic inequalities, concerns about the future of the biosphere, environmental sustainability, energy reserves and production and economic issues surrounding climate change. In many ways these discussions arose out of the contributions of visitors to the Pari Center, as well as during conferences such as the Pari Roundtable on Corporate Ethics, Globalization and Economic Instabilities in 2002. A further input was provided by the discussions held in Pari and London within the context of the Templeton Foundation’s Spiritual Capital project.

The following are a collection of papers, some of which emerged from the Roundtables held in Pari, others from economists and those involved in corporations, business, governments. and NGOs who have supported our work.

Corporate Ethics, Globalization and Economic Uncertainty

Against the Institution of War
John Avery

Reflections on Peace and Security in the 21st Century
Edy Korthals Altes

Assets Based Development
Jan Updike

Methods for successful complementary currencies
Henk van Arkel, Jaap Vink and Camilo Ramada

The contribution of the EU to Peace and Security in an unbalanced world
Edy Altes

The World Food Club: A People’s Co-operative to create a new Food Supply Chain
Colin Tudge

Towards a just and sustainable economic development
Edy Korthals Altes

The Present Economic Order
Edy Korthals Altes

Sustainable Globalization
Simone Borghesi and Alessandro Vercelli

Organizing Fields: Towards a breakthrough in social entrepreneurship
Godelieve Spaas

Four papers by Oscar Motomura:

Biggest Challenge

Chaordic Organizations

Sustainable Representeurship

Companies with Spirit

Social and Economic Limits of the Current Economic Paradigm: The Need for New Understandings of Society and Economy
Arthur Cordell

New Paradigms for Business (pdf file)
reinvention

Codes and Behaviours
F. David Peat

Ethics and Economics
Gianni Tibaldi

Gentle Action: Surviving Chaos and Change
F. David Peat

Globalization, Profits and Salaries
Maurizio Franzini

Globalization and Stagnation: Background note for a Research Project
Edward Nell

I dilemmi del welfare state nell’epoca della globalizzazione
Maurizio Franzini

Modern Philanthropy
Jan Updike

Nature and Ethics
F. David Peat

New globalization and sustainability
Alessandro Vercelli

The Quest to Civilise Globalisation
The Club of Athens Global Governance Group

Rural Development Lessons
Jan Updike

Updated Liberalism versus non-liberalism
Alessandro Vercelli

Westphalia: The Real Millennium Challenge
Kimon Valaskakis

Bit Tax

The New Wealth of Nations: Taxing Cyberspace.
Arthur J. Cordell, T. Ran Ide, Luc Soete, Karin Kamp