Leo V. Ryan

A Field Report on the Background and Processes of Privatization in Poland

This article provides a comprehensive look at the area of privatization in Poland. It provides a context and discusses the two major forces that have spurred the privatization process, as well as privatizations carried out in developing countries under the auspices of the World Bank and the IMF.The article begins with an explanation of the background to privatization in the context of state central planning, a discussion of the derivative traits of the command-and-control economy, the collapse of the system in the 1990s, the actions necessitated in society in an attempt to reform and change the system, and the reform strategies that were implement as a response to both the economic and political challenges.The article includes a discussion of the core objectives of the privatization process, the requirements of the privatization process, and an important section dealing with the actions that are necessary and complementary in preparing society and individual entities for privatization. The article concludes with an analysis of the models of privatization that were adopted in the region, along with tables delineating proceeds from privatization; the number of privatizations carried out both world-wide and in the region.

Moral Aspects of Executive Leadership

This paper argues that the crisis in management is a crisis in leadership and that the heart of leadership is the moral challenge for managers to see themselves and others as colleagues and collaborators. The search for a new leadership paradigm is a call to foster the human spiritual dimension which respects the deepest concerns and values of everyone in the enterprise. Islamic beliefs and heritage provide a natural basis for transformational leadership and for implementing a paradigm shift which integrates spirituality and work.

Transition in the Polish Economy

It has been slightly more than 15 years since Poland embarked on its ambitious program of political and economic transformation. A synthetic review and analysis of this process seems to be in order.

Quo Vadis: Society for Business Ethics

MOST of you know that I spent Fail 1993 as a Fulbright Professor at Adam ickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland. My Fulbright has been renewed, so I return next month (September 16, 1994) to Poland. The Market Square in Poznan dates from the 10th Century. On the northwest corner of the Market Square stands a building, in fact a museum, which houses the memorabilia of the life and works of Henryk Sienkiewicz. In 1886, Sienkiewicz published his classic novel, Quo Vadis, which became a European best seller in 1900 and for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1905.

Moral guidelines for international corporations: The Vesper-Hinksey challenge

The quest continues for a Code of Conduct embracing universal principles which will provide guidelines and norms for corporate decision making in our increasingly complex world of global business. The search continues to identify those criteria which will enable the corporate leadership, especially those engaged in international business to be more morally sensitive and to make better ethical decisions. This article will report on an ambitious initiative designed to achieve that goal: to develop through consultation and consensus new “Guidelines for International Corporations.”