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Towards A Normative Philosophical Foundation For Management: Contributions From The Catholic Faith Tradition, Christina Kheng
Towards A Normative Philosophical Foundation For Management: Contributions From The Catholic Faith Tradition, Christina Kheng
Journal of Religion and Business Ethics
In recent years, there have been increasing efforts to improve management in the Catholic Church. Whilst positive outcomes have been observed, a key challenge is that the accompanying pastoral education and resource materials sometimes conflict with the Church’s theological tradition particularly regarding human work, ethics, and the view of reality. This article notes that a wider debate exists over the principles, effectiveness, and even legitimacy of management per se. It argues that the road to resolution has to begin at the level of philosophical foundations, and that this can be normative for management in both Church and society. An outline …
Sin In Business And Business In Sin: Negative Externalities, Total Depravity, And Freedom From Perfection, Kathryn D. Blanchard
Sin In Business And Business In Sin: Negative Externalities, Total Depravity, And Freedom From Perfection, Kathryn D. Blanchard
Journal of Religion and Business Ethics
It is not difficult to find examples of sin in business. These include blatant individual sins like theft or fraud, as well as larger systemic failures such as negative social and ecological externalities. It is a task of Christian business ethics to address such failures, but we invariably come up against problems that defy easy solutions, no matter how scrupulously we try to root them out. This is because business itself—like all human life—exists under conditions of sin. The Calvinist notion of total depravity reframes “sin in business” as “business in sin,” necessitating greater humility about the possibility of good …
Sin And The Hacker Ethic: The Tragedy Of Techno-Utopian Ideology In Cyberspace Business Cultures, Bruce D. Baker
Sin And The Hacker Ethic: The Tragedy Of Techno-Utopian Ideology In Cyberspace Business Cultures, Bruce D. Baker
Journal of Religion and Business Ethics
This article traces the course of idealistic thinking in the “hacker ethic” of the computer industry, with the aim of diagnosing the unfortunate lapses in business ethics that can ensue from idealistic thinking. Several Silicon Valley companies are mentioned, but Facebook is the prime example, simply because they are the biggest target and clearest example of bad ethics. The original “hacker ethic” was founded on admirable ideals, but the problem occurs when these ideals are used to rationalize a self-serving ideology. Facebook’s history shows how idealistic thinking can become embedded in a business culture. As an antidote to the ethical …
The Whole Greater Than The Sum Of Its Parts: Being Whole In The Workplace, Cristine Margaret Atienza, Andrea Santiago
The Whole Greater Than The Sum Of Its Parts: Being Whole In The Workplace, Cristine Margaret Atienza, Andrea Santiago
Journal of Religion and Business Ethics
In a world where the benefit to the common good has been overshadowed by the need to spur consumer demand to increase profitability, one begins to wonder if business has turned a blind eye and if the workforce has grown so detached that who they are at work is different from who they are outside the workplace. While there are many challenges that a worker encounters inside and outside the workplace, it is the contention of this paper that it is possible to remain integral and not to disintegrate amidst so much pressures, provided organization is there to support such …
Ethical Implications Of Catholic Social Teachings On Human Work For The Service Industry, Ferdinand Tablan
Ethical Implications Of Catholic Social Teachings On Human Work For The Service Industry, Ferdinand Tablan
Journal of Religion and Business Ethics
This study examines from an ethical framework the circumstances of workers who are engaged in non-professional services that are offered through corporations that are organized to serve high volume of costumers. Drawing on the relevant ethical teachings of the Catholic social tradition (CST), it explores some practices, strategies, and policies that could address the problems experienced by many service providers in the United States today. CST refers to a wide variety of documents of the magisterium of the Catholic Church which respond to the changing social and economic challenges of the modern world. The study argues that the primacy of …
A New Philosophy Of Clothes: Brunello Cucinelli's Neohumanistic Business Ethics, David Larocca Ph.D.
A New Philosophy Of Clothes: Brunello Cucinelli's Neohumanistic Business Ethics, David Larocca Ph.D.
Journal of Religion and Business Ethics
The Italian entrepreneur Brunello Cucinelli has spent decades building a successful eponymous international clothing brand from the small Umbrian hamlet of Solomeo. What is perhaps less well known is the degree to which his business ethics are informed by the long history of Western humanistic philosophy. Given that Cucinelli recently received an honorary doctorate in Philosophy and the Ethics of Human Relations from the University of Perugia, and around that time saw annual sales exceed two hundred million dollars, there is an increasing mandate to explore whether or to what extent Cucinelli’s investment in the humanistic tradition contributes positively to …
Brunello Cucinelli: A Humanistic Approach To Luxury, Philanthropy, And Stewardship, David Larocca Ph.D.
Brunello Cucinelli: A Humanistic Approach To Luxury, Philanthropy, And Stewardship, David Larocca Ph.D.
Journal of Religion and Business Ethics
Over the past few decades, the Italian clothier Brunello Cucinelli has created a highly profitable, globally present, luxury fashion line while reading medieval monastics. Entrepreneurs and business ethicists might be intrigued to explore how this apparent paradox is resolved in Cucinelli’s manner of running his company—a practice inspired, in part, by drawing widely from works in the Western humanistic and religious canon. From his study of St. Benedict and St. Francis, among others, Cucinelli has found ways of squaring particularly daunting circles: the correlation between luxury and quality; the meaning of labor for human dignity in an age of excessive …
Sitting In The Hoop Of The People: Linking Lakota Values And Business Ethics, Robin T. Byerly
Sitting In The Hoop Of The People: Linking Lakota Values And Business Ethics, Robin T. Byerly
Journal of Religion and Business Ethics
As self described, the Lakota (or Teton Sioux) are a group of Native Americans characterized by their emphasis on ideals such as community, affinity, generosity, cooperation, and strength. The term Lakota roughly translates to "an alliance of people." Traditionally, they are a people strongly motivated by personal responsibility to the whole of society and philosophically wedded to the notion of “affinity,” which involves living in harmony with others, having a sense of belonging to one’s community, valuing interpersonal relationships, and trusting one another (Marshall, 2005). This manner of living has allowed the Lakota to synergize efforts through teamwork and cooperation …
A Fourth Use Of The Law? The Decalogue In The Workplace, David W. Gill
A Fourth Use Of The Law? The Decalogue In The Workplace, David W. Gill
Journal of Religion and Business Ethics
This paper makes a case that a set of basic ethical principles relevant to a diverse, global workplace can be drawn from the Ten Commandments (Decalogue). Especially among Protestant theologians since the 16th century, the Decalogue has been viewed as having two or three “uses.” First, the Decalogue can draw or drive people to repentance and faith as they are convicted of their shortcomings relative to these ten moral standards (the pedagogical or theological use). Second, the Decalogue has a “political use” in articulating the essential rules of justice for society (no murder, theft, false witness, etc.). Third, for many …
The Positive Unity: How Solovyov’S Ethics Can Contribute To Constructing A Working Model For Business Ethics In Modern Russia, Andrey V. Shirin
The Positive Unity: How Solovyov’S Ethics Can Contribute To Constructing A Working Model For Business Ethics In Modern Russia, Andrey V. Shirin
Journal of Religion and Business Ethics
This paper will point to resources within Russian thought that could contribute to the formation of a viable ethic of relation between the state and voluntary associations (including corporations). These resources will be identified within the thought of Vladimir Solovyov, the most influential Russian religious philosopher of the 19th and 20th centuries, specifically within his concept of positive all-unity.