Michael Pirson is a scholar of humanistic management, which holds that business and commerce ought to protect human dignity and promote societal well-being. He is currently the Felix E. Larkin Chair for Humanistic Management at Fordham University, New York. He is the co-founder of the Humanistic Management Network and the International Humanistic Management Association, global organizations bringing academics from various disciplines together with practitioners, policy makers and media representatives to accelerate the transition towards a life-conducive economic system. Michael is also actively facilitating the transformation of business education to promote positive change making and social innovation, leading Fordham University’s efforts as ASHOKA Changemaker Campus. He is co-leading efforts to humanize business education with global partners such as UN PRME, and IAJBS.  He has won numerous awards for his work, including from the Academy of Management, the Association of Jesuit Universities and is a Full Member of the Club of Rome.