If we do not first understand what makes something good, we are just as likely to worsen it by tinkering with it. To understand what makes things good whether we are talking about persons, teams, managers, products, processes, leaders, or organisations we need to understand something about goodness itself. This is the business of ethics. By tackling inevitable and inherent questions of values and virtues that arise daily in the organisations of the global marketplace, philosophical practitioners improve the lot of those who improve the world. To develop a harmonious and prosperous global village, developers need to inculcate an economic ethos that accommodates religious and political diversity.
Philosophical practice provides the conceptual framework for a global renaissance.