MadhumitaChatterji is Director of the IFIM Business School in Bangalore, India where sheis also a professor. Dr Chatterji has over 20 years of experience in teachingand research. Her current interests include ethics, corporate socialresponsibility, and cross cultural management.

LászlóZsolnai is Director of the Business Ethics Center at the CorvinusUniversity of Budapest, Hungary where he is also a professor. He is Presidentof the European SPES Institute in Leuven and a fellow of the Royal Society ofthe Arts in London. His latest publications include The Palgrave Handbook ofSpirituality and Business.

Part 1 Introduction.- Questions and Themesin Ethics and Leadership (Madhumita Chatterji and Laszlo Zsolnai).- Part 2 Spirituality as an Inspiration forLeadership.- Why We Need a Spiritual-Based Theory of Leadership? (LukBouckaert).- Responsible Leadership and Reasonable Action (Laszlo Zsolnai).- AnEthics of Care Induced from Kautilya's Wisdom (Sharda Nandram  and Ankur Joshi).- A Multidimensional View ofLeadership from an Indian Perspective (V. Adinarayanan, V. Smrithi Rekha andD.G Sooryanarayan).- Indian SpiritualTraditions As Inspiration for Ethical Leadership and Management in Europe (Gerrit De Vylder and HendrikOpdebeeck).- Integrating Servant Leadership and Ethical Leadership (Asi Vasudeva Reddy and AVSKamesh).- Spiritual-Based Leadership from the Perspective of the Bhagavad Gita (C. Suriyaprakash).- Literatureas a Mirror for Leadership (RitaGhesquière).- Part 3 Ethical Leadershipin Practice.- Mindfulness and Non-Violence in Business (GaborKovacs and Andras Ocsai).-Spiritual-basedEntrepreneurship: Hindu and Christian Examples (Katalin Illes).- Going Beyond Profit - A Case Study of the CSRInitiative of Titan, Tata Group (MadhumitaChatterji and Nitha Palakshappa).- Spirituality and Effectiveness in Today'sWorkplace (Lakshminarasimha).-Spirituality at the Bottom of the Pyramid (Arun Raste).- Eco-Spirituality and RegenerativeEntrepreneurship (NelHofstra).- Time for Business Schools to Teach Spirituality (M. L. Shrikant and Jagdish R. Rattanani).- Alternative Learning: A Voyage for Future Leadership (Sanjoy Mukherjee).- Part 4 Conclusions.- Lessons for the Future for India and Europe (Laszlo Zsolnai and Madhumita Chatterji).- Appendix.- HinduTerms and Concepts.- Index.

This original contribution to business ethicsbrings together chapters by leading European and Indian scholars andpractitioners. Addressing issues of human values, ethics, spirituality andleadership in business the authors aim to create a dialogue and interchangebetween Indian and European cultural traditions. Topics include spiritualorientations to business in Hindu, Buddhist and Christian traditions; theeffect of spirituality upon contemporary leadership theories; sustainablebusiness models in India and Europe and a comparison between Indian andEuropean philosophies of leadership. In exploring what India and Europe canoffer to one another in the development of ethical business leadership, Ethical Leadership aims to demonstrateways to achieve sustainability, peace and well-being.