alternative medicine, 130
American Humanist Association, 18, 45
ancient humanism, 12–17
anti-vaccination movement, 68
Association for Humanistic Psychology, 49, 50
balancing your responsibilities, 105–106
behavioral approach, 151
books on Humanism, 40
British Humanistic Religious Society, 18
Buddhism, 12
bullying factor, 92, 134, 142
and harassment, 147–149, 151, 152, 158–160
and social exclusion, 161
business, 53, 58, 63, 84, 87, 95–96, 107, 111–115
business management, 4, 45, 50–53, 62, 77, 81, 95, 96, 109, 112
Carvaka, 12
Catholic Church, 17
chance, 99
charities, 40
China, 12–13
Christianity, 17
Coalition of Immokalee Farmworkers (CIW), 110–112
commitment, 104
community, 108
compassion, 55–61, 82–84, 88
Confucius, 12–13
“counter productive workplace behavior,” 149
creativity, 79
critical thinking, 10, 17, 27, 31–33, 35, 61–62, 65, 68–75, 120, 123, 129–130, 133, 145, 154
customers, 84–88
Dark Age, 19
decision-making, 26, 47, 56, 59, 65, 69, 75–80, 98, 102, 104, 149, 160–162
Democritus, 14
diversity, 155
de-escalate conflict behavior, 159–160
implicit and explicit bias, 157
problem, 156–157
social exclusion, 158–159
strategy, 161–162
transformative approach, 160–161
doubt and skepticism, 130
educational paradigm, 150–152
employees, 88–93
Enlightenment, 17–18
Enron scandal (2001), 58
entertainers, 23
Epicurus, 15
epilepsy, 66
Erasmus, 18
Ethical Humanism, 18
ethical systems, 53
ethics, 53, 54
Eudaimonia, 9
European Renaissance, 16–17
exorcisms, 50
false dichotomy, 58, 71
family and friends, 107
Florida Tomato Growers Exchange, 110
freethinker, 71
freethought, 33, 70–72, 129
fulfill, 118–119
future, 36–37
Golden Age of Islam, 15–16
Gold Humanist Society, 50
good person, 28, 54–55, 59
Greeks, 14–15
Gross Domestic Product (GDP), 115
happiness, 117–118
harassment, 147–148
behavioral approach, 151
educational paradigm, 150–152
as global problem, 149–150
harm, 148–149
humanist approach, 152
solution to, 154
strategy to, 152–153
training, 153–154
harm, 68, 148–149
harnessing compassion, 85
Harvard Business Review, 150
human agency, 97
human behavior, 151
human flourishing, 9
humanism, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 18, 37–38, 45–46
applied, 49–50
elements of, 8–9
history of, 11–19
philosophy of, 4–5
principle, 50–51
humanist approach, 3, 4, 9, 18–19, 21, 48–50, 59, 100, 103, 119–120
choice, 102
ethics, 25, 47, 60
goal of, 114
harassment, 152
morality, 25–30
problems, 9–10, 30
humanistic associations, 50
humanistic business management approach, 45, 50–52, 81, 95–96, 109–114
humanistic business managers, 58, 59, 111, 113
humanistic management framework, 90–91
Humanistic Management Network, 51
humanistic manager, 94
humanistic psychology, 49–50
humanistic vs. humanist, 46–48
Humanist Manifesto, 18
humanist philosophy, 7
humility, 62
ideal solution, 77–78
India, 12
individual success, 116–117
International Humanist and Ethical Union’s (IHEU), 8–9, 18
Islam, 15–16
judging people, 28–29
logic, 73–74
and science, 33
logical fallacies, 130
material success, 116
Modern Age, 18
money, 57–59
Mo Tzu, 13
National Science Education Standards, 70
online resources, 39
optimism, 35–38
options, 79–80
organizations, 40–41
pleasure, 117
potential solutions, 137–138
principles, 46
problem-solving, 31–32, 46–48, 61, 62, 65, 66, 71, 75–79, 83, 92, 93, 95, 96, 100, 105, 112, 119–120, 123, 127, 145, 148, 159–162
productivity, 148
proxy problems, 131–132, 141–142
psychology, 49–50
purpose, 81–82
rational ethics, 47
reality, 31–32, 65–66
benefits, 69
cost and consequences, 67–68
freethought, 70–72
ideal solution, 77–78
logic, 73–74
options, 79–80
problem, 75–77
resistance to, 66–67
scientific literacy, 70
skepticism, 72–73
working, 78–79
reality-based approach, 127
reality-based strategy, 141–144
real problems, 133–135
real solution problem, 143–144
real solutions to real problems, 137–139
Reformation, 17–18
religious approaches, 29–30
religious ethics, 47
Renaissance, 16–17
resources, 39–41
respect
compassion, 82–84
customers, 84–88
employees, 88–93
humanistic business management, 95–96
purpose, 81–82
work–life balance, 93–95
responsibility, 97–120
rising to the challenge, 104–105
root cause problem, 142–143
root causes, 134–135
“The Rule of Threes,” 134–135
scientific literacy, 70, 76, 130
scientists, 22
sexual harassment. see harassment
situational ethics, 26–27, 60
skepticism, 32–33, 72–73, 75, 76
slave-free chocolate, 112–114
social activists, 23
Socrates, 14
stand and deliver, 37–38
strategic planning, 100, 125
success, 114–115
individual, 116–117
supernatural approach, 47
supernaturalism, 29–30, 47
theory of mind, 82
well-being, 115
witchcraft, 65–66
work–life balance, 93–95
world, 108–109
writers, 22
yourself, 106–107