@article{baa00d85ed7743a588e94eae91a0ebdf,
title = "Enriching intergenerational decision-making with guided visualization exercises",
abstract = "Seriously engaging with the needs, hardships, and aspirations of future generations is an emotional experience as much as an intellectual endeavor. In this essay we describe a guided visualization exercise used to overcome the emotional barriers that often prevent us from dealing effectively with intergenerational decisions. The meditation and dreaming technique was applied to a diverse group of researchers who engaged in a visualized encounter with future generations. Following the exercise, we concluded that a serious analysis of intergenerational conflict requires us to confront our own mortality. Also, somewhat surprisingly to workshop participants, our desire to become stewards of the planet was driven by our fear of death as well as our egoist yearning for immortality. We posit that imagining the unknown with visioning practices might increase our emotional resilience, and hence improve our ability to confront the burdens of intergenerational responsibility.",
keywords = "Climate change, Death anxiety, Decision-making, Environmental responsibility, Experiential learning, Future, Generations, Intergenerational, Management education, Visioning",
author = "Jordi Honey-Ros{\'e}s and {Le Menestrel}, Marc and D. Arenas and Felix Rauschmayer and Julian Rode",
note = "Funding Information: Acknowledgments We acknowledge the contribution made by those who participated in workshop {\textquoteleft}{\textquoteleft}Sustainable decision making across generations—in business and beyond{\textquoteright}{\textquoteright} at the ESADE Business School: Jordi Brandts, Gert Cornelissen, Pedro Frances, Johannes Gierlinger, Elisabeth Gsottbauer, Morela Hernandez, Robin Hogarth, James Konow, German Loewe, Thomas Maak, John O{\textquoteright}Neill, Piero Pellizaro, Eugen Pissarskoi, and Guillermo Ricarte. Funding for the workshop was provided by the Ethos Chair of the Ramon Llull University. We also thank Matt Murphy and two anonymous reviewers for useful suggestions on the manuscript. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2013, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.",
year = "2014",
month = jul,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1007/s10551-013-1786-z",
language = "English",
volume = "122",
pages = "675--680",
journal = "Journal of Business Ethics",
issn = "0167-4544",
publisher = "Springer Netherlands",
number = "4",
}