Numerary Member
Human Sciences: PhD in Industrial Engineering and in Theology
Date of Admission: April 9, 2024
Admission Speech: “Ethos of Business Management. The Challenge of a Humanistic Turn Focused on the Person”
Reply Speech: H.E. Dr. Francesc Torralba Roselló, PhD in Philosophy and Educational Sciences
Outstanding career: An international authority on business ethics, social responsibility and Christian humanism applied to management. His thought has had a decisive influence on the integration of ethics into business leadership worldwide.
Dr. DOMÈNEC MELÉ CARNÉ
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
- PhD in Industrial Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
- PhD in Theology from the University of Navarra.
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
- Emeritus Professor and holder of the Chair of Business Ethics at IESE Business School.
- Retired Full Professor at the Universitat Politècnica de València.
- Founder of the IESE International Symposia of Ethics, Business and Society in 1991, which he has directed for 18 editions.
- Co-founder of the Center for Business in Society at IESE.
- Member of several editorial boards of academic journals in his field.
- Vice President of the European Business Ethics Network (EBEN) – Spain.
PUBLICATIONS
Author or co-author of 8 books and editor or co-editor of another 12. Among the former, the following stand out:
- Ética en Dirección de Empresas (2015).
- Fundamentos antropológicos de la dirección de empresas, with C. G. Cantón (2015).
- Business Ethics in Action. Managing Human Excellence in Organizations, 2nd ed. (2020).
- Ética en la empresa familiar, with M. A. Gallo (2nd ed., 2003).
- The Humanistic Person-centered Company (Springer, 2024).
Among the edited volumes, the following stand out:
- Human Development in Business, with C. Dierksmeier (2012).
- Humanism in Economics and Business (2015).
- A Catholic Spirituality for Business. The Logic of Gift, with M. Schlag (2019).
- Author of more than 70 chapters in collective works and articles in journals such as Journal of Business Ethics, Business Ethics Quarterly, Business Ethics: A European Review, Business and Society Review, Philosophy of Management and Humanistic Management Journal.
- Author of 20 case studies in IESE Publishing.