#christmas – HES 2020-2026

Christmas, Peace, and the Call to Shared Humanity

by Professor David A KirbyDecember 23, 2025December 22, 20251 Comment

“I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.” (Charles Dickens, 1812–1870) Christmas is a magical time, especially for Christians. It celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ, some 2000 years ago in Bethlehem, a…

Christmas Greetings from Harmonious Entrepreneurship Society

by Professor David A KirbyDecember 10, 2024December 9, 20241 Comment

In September 1970, Milton Friedman famously declared in The New York Times that “The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits”. This headline doctrine has dominated management thinking and education for over half a century. Sadly, what has…

A HES Letter to Santa

by Professor David A KirbyDecember 7, 2021December 10, 20211 Comment

Santa Klaus, Santa’s Grotto, Finnish Lapland. Christmas 2021 Dear Santa, Doubtless, you are busy preparing for Christmas, but we thought we ought to write to you, all the same, mainly to wish you a peaceful and joyous Christmas. This time…