This book investigates into the principles of humanistic management and examines their throretical merits. In order to demonstrate that humanistic ideas also work in practice and can lead to actionable management guidelines it is a collection of case examples of how businesses succeed in generating social value whilst being profitable.

Humanistic management has a profoundly liberating effect on a company by putting people first and integrating the desire to generate benefits for all stakeholders into managerial decision making Consequently, internal as well as external stakeholders can derive meaning and find purpose in a company's employees, long-term-oriented investors and collaborative civil society stakeholders. True business leadership proves that business success and societal benefit generation can go hand in hand. Ernst von Kimakowitz is an independent professional, providing consulting advisory, and coaching services in corporate responsibility arena. He holds a PhD from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, where he also teaches. Michael Pirson is an Assistant professor at Fordham Graduate School of Business in New York, USA, as a research fellow and lecturer at Harvard University, USA. Heiko Spitzeck is a professor at Fundaao Dom Cabral, Brazil. Previously he was a lecturer at Cranfield University's Doughty Centre for Corporate Responsibility in the UK. Claus Dierksmeier is Associate Professor for philosophy at Stonehill College, Boston, USA, with a special interest in the theory of freedom and the history of liberal thought in Europe, North and South America. Wolfgang Amann is the Director of executive education, open enrollment and custom programs at Goethe Business School in Frankfurt, Germany and teaches on a variety of strategy and governance topics.