The Rationality of Communion Economy and Socio-Environmental Responsibility: The Organizational Management Influenced by Spiritual Values

Abstract

This paper discusses the influence of spiritual values in the insertion of socio-environmental dimensionsin management processes. A critical analysis of the socio-economic experience named Communion Economyis presented, which highlights the spiritual, ethical and moral values in this economy as inherentmotivators of social and environmental considerations. It is a sui generis experience, born within thelimits of a religious movement, the Movement of Focolares. It is currently active in 735 companies,mostly small ones, located in several countries, which operate in various economic activities and aggregate a dimension of solidarity to their formal market activity. The considerations presented here reveala management form based not only on criteria of instrumental rationality (effectiveness, income andperformance) but also on dimensions of substantive rationality (ethical, aesthetic and moral).

Keywords

• gestão organizacional
• economia de comunhão
• responsabilidade socioambiental
• racionalidade