| Rethinking Purpose of Business: Interdisciplinary Essays from the Catholic Social Tradition Contributor(s): Cortright, S. A. (Editor), Naughton, Michael J. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0268040087 ISBN-13: 9780268040086 Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press OUR PRICE: $123.75 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2002 Annotation: Rethinking the Purpose of Business challenges reigning shareholder and stakeholder management theories using philosophical and theological dimensions of the Catholic social tradition. In this useful book, the contributors, including management theorists, moral theologians, economists, ethicists, and attorneys, debate complicated issues such as the ethics of profit seeking, equity and efficiency in the firm, the shareholder value principle, social ethics of corporate management, the principle of subsidiarity, and modern contract theory. While the contributors to this thought-provoking volume share a respect for the power of markets, they also assign value to community, common goods, and personal virtue. Essays combine organizational and management theory with philosophical and theological accounts of human purpose. A central argument of this collection is that the tradition of Catholic social thought provides principles that enable fruitful conversations across disciplines regarding the purpose of business and economic activity. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Living - Professional Growth - Religion | Christianity - Catholic |
| Dewey: 261.85 |
| LCCN: 2002012609 |
| Series: Catholic Social Tradition |
| Physical Information: 1.05" H x 6.84" W x 8.76" (1.52 lbs) 360 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Catholic - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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| Publisher Description: Rethinking the Purpose of Business challenges reigning shareholder and stakeholder management theories using philosophical and theological dimensions of the Catholic social tradition. In this useful book, contributors--including management theorists, moral theologians, economists, ethicists, and attorneys--debate complicated issues such as the ethics of profit seeking, equity and efficiency in the firm, the shareholder value principle, social ethics of corporate management, the principle of subsidiarity, and modern contract theory. Contributors Michael J. Naughton, Jean-Yves Calvez, Helen J. Alford, O.P., Charles Clark, S. A. Cortright, and Ernest Pierucci discuss the human implications of current shareholder and stakeholder theories. Robert Kennedy, James Gordley, and Dennis McCann assess the communitarian and personal principles of traditional Catholic social teaching as they relate to organizational and managerial theories. Peter Koslowski, Dom nec Mel , Lee Tavis, and Timothy Fort consider how Catholic social principles ought to reshape our understanding of the firm. Jeff Gates, James Murphy, and David Pyke consider how concrete practices in ownership and job design should be affected. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cortright, S. A.: - S.A. Cortright is associate professor of philosophy and tutor, Integral Curriculum of Liberal Arts, Saint Mary's College of California, where he also serves as director of the John F. Henning Institute.Naughton, Michael J.: - Michael J. Naughton is director of the John A. Ryan Institute for Catholic Social Thought at the Center for Catholic Studies, St. Thomas University, St. Paul, Minnesota, as well as associate professor with joint appointments in the Department of Theology and the Graduate School of Business. He and Helen J. Alford, O.P. are co-authors of Managing as if Faith Mattered, also published by the University of Notre Dame Press. |
