Finding meaning in business: theology, ethics, and vocation

The twenty-first-century business world has witnessed a series of large-scalescandals and outright fraud. New legislation aims to help identify future cases of fraud and stop the trend, but is it enough? How can people of faith balance the requirements of faith with the demands of economic life within an increasingly corrupted society? Why did so many people participate or choose to ignore downright fraud in the past and how can we start the business community on a path of recovery? These essays pursue these question and many others, including the meta-ethical foundations of vocation as a necessary step for business recovery. They maintain that what is taking place in businesses today is notjust the loss of will to do good, but the loss of meaning, which ultimately demands more than what traditional business ethics and corporate social responsibility can offer. Combining creative biblical interpretation, Christian moralreflection, and business expertise, this book is thoughtful and thought-provoking look at how business leaders, professionals, and students can integrate asense of calling into their careers and into the business world as a whole. INDICE: Contents.List of Illustrations.Preface.Acknowledgments.Introduction.PART ONE: BUSINESS AND CALLING.Giving Meaning to Work: The Spiritual Challenge of Our Time.Ingeborg Gabriel.Reclaiming the Concept of Calling.Hans Dirk van Hoogstraten.The Entrepreneurial Vocation: Is Creating Wealth a Calling?.Georges Enderle.The Evolution of Business as a Christian Calling.Gary L. Chamberlain.PART TWO: FOSTERING A COMMUNITY OF WORK.Toward a Theology of Business.Denise Daniels.Fusion, Fission, or Vision: One Calling, Three Metaphors.John Strainand John Sherrington.The Enterprise as Community of Persons: The Case of Bimbo Group.Patricia Debeljuh .PART THREE: FORMATION OF BUSINESS LEADERS.QuestionsOrganizational Leaders Pose to Theologians.André Delbecq.Roman Catholic and Protestant Perspectives on Business as a Calling: Managerial Leadership in the Corporate Sphere.Shirley Roels and Regina Wentzel Wolfe.Toward an Experience Training: A Perspective from Lonergan.María Soledad Martínez Kasten, translatedby Bartholomew C. Okonkwo .Pedagogical Models and Practice.Jack Ruhe and Ron Nahser.Bibliography.Notes on Contributors.Index.

• ISBN: 978-1-1372-7366-6
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 240
• Fecha Publicación: 30/10/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Desconocido