SiB Publication: Compassion or Competition ?; A Discussion on Human Values in Business and Economics (Enterprise and Development in the 21st Century). By H.H. the Dalai Lama (edited by Sander Tideman). This book contains a rare exchange between the Dalai Lama and leaders from business and economics, subject of the Compassion or Competition Forum in Amsterdam in 1999, the opening event of Spirit in Business.

What do we consider natural and desirable? Cooperation or conflict, dialogue or violence, sustainability or the bottom line, compassion or competition? The Dalai Lama – the most respected spiritual leader of our times - addresses these critical questions in a lively forum discussion with Jermyn Brooks, Hazel Henderson, Ruud Lubbers, Geoff Mulgan and others.

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His insightful and inspired thoughts can trigger a new quest for meaning in both our personal and professional lives.There is no machine that can produce inner peace, there is no shop that sell inner peace. No matter how rich you are, you cannot buy inner peace. The Dalai Lama calls into question accepted structures and reinforces the responsibilities of business to cooperate with governments and civil society in the interest of all stakeholders.  The book further points to the need for new considerations on the purpose of business activities, the tremendous potential it has to be an influence for good and a creator of wealth for the benefit of all.

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