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Inequities among people all around the world as well as indifference towards the environment continue to be a constant reality despite the efforts of some organizations worldwide for a better future. We consider that these efforts need to be amplified by many other organizations, therefore, the role of managers as practitioners who conduct organizations' actions need to be explored in the sense of their contribution for improving our reality. Hence, for a better future, a sustainable world that could be more fair, honest and concerned towards nature. To us, this calls into question the role of management education to this regard. Our research studies indicate that one way to contribute to this aim is by means of introducing in contents and pedagogical practices of our courses, the appropriateness of human values in students, as they are the future managers. In this chapter, we present some of these human values, sometimes considered by many religious traditions as spiritual values, which are: wholeness, forethought, solidarity and compassion. We conceptualize these values, and throughout critical reflections, we show how they are taken into account, or simply disregarded, in various courses and domains of Business Schools. At the end, we present some suggestions for pedagogical practices.

Contents: Introduction, Ana Maria Davila Gomez and David Crowther Psychological violence at work: where does human dignity lie?, Ana Maria Davila Gomez and David Crowther Organizational change, human condition and the moral contract, Emmanuelle Avon Preventing alcohol consumption during pregnancy: do time orientation perspective and skepticism matter?, Yaromir Munoz Molina Reflection about the structuration of organizations: the capacity of responsibility of human agents and conditions of absence, Jacques-Bernard Gauthier Suffering as a quest for adaptation, Pierre-Paul Morin Psychoanalysis and the myths of corporate communication, David Crowther and Ana Maria Davila Gomez Caring principle and practices in corporate social responsibility, Jelena Debeljak, Mirna Korican, Kristijan Krkac and Andrijana Musura Critical pedagogy as a strategy for management development: introducing intersubjectivity as a practical application tool, Ana Maria Davila Gomez and Jair Nascimento Santos Index.