Fair Management. Heinz Siebenbrock

already included in appreciation, which in my view is more wide-reaching. This can create a link to the ‘greater’ values which are mentioned in the context of a positive view of humanity: love can be interpreted as a value that includes appreciation.

      • I believe steadiness and forward-lookingness with a view to qualitative growth are expressed clearly by the value of sustainability.

      • In the value of trust, which from my perspective very much emphasises corporateness, I see the values of connectedness and reliability. Here again, a relation to ‘greater’ values is discernible: trust can be interpreted as a pre-requisite for peace.

      • The concept of fulfilment, which at first glance seems quite fusty, includes, as I see it, the values of meaning(fulness), passion and

      • satisfaction. Fulfilment in one’s career or work seems to me to be a mini-version of the concept of happiness, as far as this relates to a happy life.

      Even if you, dear reader, choose differently, in the next chapter you will see how my restricting myself to appreciation, sustainability, fulfilment and trust build a strong core for humane management which offers you a viable pattern for developing your own ethical core. To be precise, it is not a limitation but a focus. In the next chapter, the values that were not selected, as well as some further values, will by no means be ignored but will be picked up again at the appropriate juncture.

      An ethical core

      The most important exercise is developing an ethical core to solidify your positive view of humanity and then making this the basis of management. The improvement in the way you manage will be a result that will come about by itself.

      This ethical core will of its own accord fill the way you manage with life.