@article{Ims, author = {Ims, Knut}, title = {Love in the Classroom? The Relevance of Erich Fromm's Concept of Love for Business Students}, series = {Mukherjee, S., Zsolnai, L. (Eds.): Global Perspectives on Indian Spirituality and Management, Singapore (Springer) 2022, pp. 367-380. [Online ISBN 978-981-19-1158-3] [doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1158-3_30]}, journal = {Mukherjee, S., Zsolnai, L. (Eds.): Global Perspectives on Indian Spirituality and Management, Singapore (Springer) 2022, pp. 367-380. [Online ISBN 978-981-19-1158-3] [doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1158-3_30]}, abstract = {One of the challenges of modern business ethics is to deal with the limitations of the existing model of man in economics and business - the image of homo economicus as a rational selfish being - and search for alternative visions of criteria of success for business entrepreneurs and leaders. Business ethics needs the concept of genuine love. Otherwise, business ethics is reduced to an instrumental endeavor and cannot play the ultimate role it should in a world dominated by big corporations which compete fiercely on a global market. The so-called >the Ethics Management Paradox< is an important warning against the problems with a rational and technocratic conception of ethics. The paper applies Erich Fromm's concept of >productive love< in business education. To contextualize Fromm's concept of love, the paper draws on the author's personal experiences with the course >Ethical action< that has been offered for more than two decades at NHH Norwegian School of Economics in Bergen. The central question is: Can Fromm's conception of love be applied in a business school setting with the purpose to develop the students' empathy, to enrich their personal development and their understanding of what a good manager looks like?}, language = {en} }