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In this essay we note the confluence of three things: the major features of modern commercial societies, the nature and role of spiritual capital as opposed to other kinds of capital, and the major characteristics of leadership. It is argued that spiritual leadership can be a significant contributor to modern commercial societies.
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See also Pope John Paul II: “The original source of all that is good is the very act of God, who created both the earth and humankind, and who gave the earth to humankind, so that we might have dominion over it by our work and enjoy its fruits (Gen 1:28)…. The earth, by reason of its fruitfulness and its capacity to satisfy human needs, is God’s first gift for the sustenance of human life. But the earth does not yield its fruits without a particular human response to God’s gift, that is to say, without work. It is through work that we, using our intelligence and exercising our freedom, succeed in dominating the earth and making it a fitting home. In this way, one makes part of the earth one’s own, precisely the part which one has acquired through work; this is the origin of individual property.” Centesimus Annus (1991, paragraph 31).
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Capaldi, N. (2016). Spiritual Capital and Leadership in the World of Modern Commerce. In: Habisch, A., Schmidpeter, R. (eds) Cultural Roots of Sustainable Management. CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28287-9_14
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