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

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.