Michael A. Pirson (born 1973) is a German humanistic management scholar and author. He is a professor and the James A.F. Stoner Endowed Chair in Global Sustainability and a professor of Global Sustainability and Social Entrepreneurship at Fordham University,[1] while also being a Research Associate at Harvard University's Human Flourishing Program (HFP).[2] He is the co-founder of the organizations Humanistic Management Network and the Humanistic Leadership Academy (HLA),[3] Founder and President of the International Humanistic Management Association (IHMA),[4] and leads the Humanistic Management working group at the United Nations Principles for Responsible Management Education (UNPRME).[5]
Pirson is known for his research on humanistic management,psychological and social psychological work on individual differences in mindfulness,trust,and well-being,organizational analysis of corporate governance,stakeholder trust,and social innovation,and conceptual and philosophical study on freedom,dignity,and well-being,as he investigates the role of higher education in positive change-making and social innovation.[6] He has authored and co-authored multiple research articles,a book titled Humanistic Management:Protecting Dignity and Promoting Well-Being,and edited and co-edited 10 books including Humanistic ethics in the Age of Globality,Banking with Integrity:The Winners of the Financial Crisis? and Case Studies in Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainability. He has received numerous awards such as the 2014 Academy of Management Best Paper Award,[7] the 2018 Academy of Management Best Book Award,[8] and the 2019 Association of Jesuit Universities Book Award.[9]
Pirson is a full member of the Club of Rome[10] and Editor-in-Chief of the Humanistic Management Journal.[11]
Pirson has been the James A.F. Stoner Endowed Chair in Global Sustainability at Fordham University since 2023.[1]
Pirson was an Advisor to 3 NGO start-ups including CorpRate,Ibility,and Live it Adventure. In 2008,he was appointed Advisor to the 4th Sector Network to prepare proposals for policy change,and later to the OECD,Better Life Initiative. Additionally,he also worked as a Special Issue Editor for the Journal of Business Ethics,Human Systems Management and Business Ethics Quarterly,[13] along with being an Editor of the Humanism in Business Series[14] and the Humanistic Management Book Series.[15] He is a member of the Wellbeing Economy Alliance Steering Committee,a Full Member of the Club of Rome,[10] and the Editor-in-Chief of the Humanistic Management Journal.[11]
2019 –Book Award,Association of Jesuit Universities[9]
Bibliography
Selected books
Case Studies in Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainability:The oikos collection Vol. 2 (2011) ISBN 9781906093471
Humanistic Ethics in the Age of Globality (2011) ISBN 9780230273276
Banking with Integrity:The Winners of the Financial Crisis? (2012) ISBN 9780230289956
Humanistic Management:Protecting Dignity and Promoting Well-Being (2017) ISBN 9781316613719
Dignity and the Organization (Humanism in Business Series) (2017) ISBN 9781137555618
Love and Organization:Lessons of Love for Human Dignity,Leadership and Motivation (2022) ISBN 9781032183190
Selected articles
Dierksmeier,C.,&Pirson,M. (2009). Oikonomia versus chrematistike:Learning from Aristotle about the future orientation of business management. Journal of Business Ethics,88,417–430.
Pirson,M. A.,&Lawrence,P. R. (2010). Humanism in business–towards a paradigm shift?. Journal of business ethics,93,553–565.
Pirson,M.,&Malhotra,D. (2011). Foundations of organizational trust:What matters to different stakeholders?. Organization science,22(4),1087–1104.
Pirson,M.,&Turnbull,S. (2011). Corporate governance,risk management,and the financial crisis:An information processing view. Corporate Governance:An International Review,19(5),459–470.
Pirson,M.,Langer,E. J.,Bodner,T.,&Zilcha-Mano,S. (2012). The development and validation of the Langer mindfulness scale-enabling a socio-cognitive perspective of mindfulness in organizational contexts. Fordham University Schools of Business Research Paper.
Pirson,M.,Piedmont,R. L.,Nagy,N.,&Hicks,D. (2023). Establishing a Dignity Scale-Measuring Intrinsic Value within Social Contexts. Humanistic Management Journal,1–16.
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