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8The Humanistic Person-centered CompanySpringer Verlag. 2024.Humanism in business is not only an alternative to economism but a way to human excellence. Humanism presented here revolves around the rich notion of “human person”, keystone of modern personalist philosophy and Catholic Social Teaching. From this perspective this book is offered to everyone, believer and nonbeliever alike. The person-centered humanism considers the human-wholeness, individual and relational, with subjectivity, self-determination, openness to transcendence, and with capacity no…Read more
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39Ethical Theories in Business Ethics: A Critical ReviewJournal of Human Values 30 (1): 15-25. 2024.Numerous ethical theories have been proposed as a foundation of business ethics, and this often brings about appreciable perplexity. This article seeks to identify specific problems for a sound foundation of this discipline. A first problem is this multiplicity of ethical theories, each with its own metaethics, often accepted without a serious discussion of their philosophical grounds. A second problem is the fragmentation of theories; some centred on duties or obligations, others on consequence…Read more
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9Christianity and Business EthicsIn Deborah C. Poff & Alex C. Michalos (eds.), Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics, Springer Verlag. pp. 339-344. 2021.
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8Catholic Social ThoughtIn Deborah C. Poff & Alex C. Michalos (eds.), Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics, Springer Verlag. pp. 306-311. 2021.
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9PersonalismIn Deborah C. Poff & Alex C. Michalos (eds.), Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics, Springer Verlag. pp. 1454-1459. 2021.
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5Religion, Spirituality, and Business EthicsIn Deborah C. Poff & Alex C. Michalos (eds.), Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics, Springer Verlag. pp. 1547-1551. 2021.
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4ReligiosityIn Deborah C. Poff & Alex C. Michalos (eds.), Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics, Springer Verlag. pp. 1551-1555. 2021.
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16The Enterprise at the Service of Society in the 21st centuryBusiness Ethics, the Environment and Responsibility 32 (S2): 65-67. 2023.Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, Volume 32, Issue S2, Page 65-67, September 2023.
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16Humanizing Industry 4.0Business and Professional Ethics Journal 41 (3): 385-410. 2022.Industry 4.0, which is at the core of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, posits the challenge of humanizing it. Drawing upon Catholic Social Teaching (CST), this article offers a set of ethical and spiritual criteria for such humanization. The starting point is a positive attitude of CST toward technology, admiring it not only for its usefulness, but also as an expression of human creativity, ingenuity, and beauty. This entails a transcendent sense leading to praise the Creator. At the same time,…Read more
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18Thinking About the Future of work: Promoting Dignity and Human FlourishingHumanistic Management Journal 7 (2): 181-188. 2022.This paper is the introduction to the Special Issue with a selection of papers presented at the 21st IESE International Symposium on Ethics, Business and Society, held in Barcelona, Spain, in July 2021. The Symposium focused on the future of work and how to promote dignity and human flourishing. This editorial introduction emphasizes how work has been studied over the centuries and how new directions have been considered in recent times. We suggest that dignity and human flourishing are particul…Read more
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18Re-Thinking Management: Insights from Western Classical Humanism: Humanistic Management: What Can We Learn from Classical Humanism?Humanistic Management Journal 7 (1): 1-21. 2022.A variety of theories of management and organizational studies have failed to consider the human being in his or her integrity and, thus, fall short of being humanistic. This article seeks to contribute to the recovery of a more complete view of the human being in management, learning from classical humanism developed throughout Western Civilization, from the Greek and Roman Philosophers and the Judeo-Christian legacy to the Renaissance. More specifically, it discusses several relevant aspects o…Read more
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21Ethics at the workplace in the fourth industrial revolution: A Catholic social teaching perspectiveBusiness Ethics, the Environment and Responsibility 30 (4): 772-783. 2021.Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility, EarlyView.
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25Building Institutions for the Common Good. The Practice and Purpose of Business in an Inclusive EconomyHumanistic Management Journal 5 (1): 1-6. 2020.
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21Organizational Factors in the Individual Ethical Behaviour. The Notion of the “Organizational Moral Structure”Humanistic Management Journal 6 (2): 187-209. 2021.Various organizational factors reported in the hitherto literature affect individual behaviour within a company. In this paper, we conduct a literature review thereof, and propose a notion of the “Organizational Moral Structure” defined as a comprehensive framework of interrelated organizational factors that condition, incite or influence good or bad moral behaviour of individuals within the organization. Drawing from a wide bibliographical review and our own reflection on recent business scanda…Read more
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16Aquinas and the Market: Toward a Humane Economy, by Mary L. Hirschfeld. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2018. 288 pp (review)Business Ethics Quarterly 29 (3): 425-428. 2019.
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26Re-thinking Capitalism: What We can Learn from Scholasticism?Journal of Business Ethics 133 (2): 293-304. 2016.The macro-level business ethics in Scholasticism contrasts with modern Anglo-Saxon Capitalism, which is very influential worldwide. Scholasticism, developed between the thirteenth and the mid-seventeenth centuries, deals with key elements of free market morality, including private property, contracts, profits, prices, and free competition. For over 500 years Scholasticism tried to understand economic phenomena and business activities and reflected on them from an ethical perspective. Scholastici…Read more
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58Organizational humanizing cultures: Do they generate social capital? (review)Journal of Business Ethics 45 (1-2). 2003.An organizational culture can be defined as "Organizational Humanizing Culture" if it presents the following features: (1) recognition of the person in his or her dignity, rights, uniqueness, sociability and capacity for personal growth, (2) respect for persons and their human rights, (3) care and service for persons around one, and (4) management towards the common good versus particular interests. Current findings and generalized experience suggest that an organizational culture with these fea…Read more
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121Ethical education in accounting: Integrating rules, values and virtues (review)Journal of Business Ethics 57 (1). 2005.Ethics in accounting and ethical education have seen an increase in interest in the last decade. However, despite the renewed interest some important shortcomings persist. Generally, rules, principles, values and virtues are presented in a fragmented fashion. In addition, only a few authors consider the role of the accountants character in presenting relevant and truthful information in financial reporting and the importance of practical reasoning in accounting. This article holds that rules, va…Read more
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Three Keys Concepts of Catholic Humanism for Economic Activity: Human Dignity, Human Rights and Integral Human DevelopmentIn Martin Schlag & Domènec Melé (eds.), Humanism in Economics and Business, Springer Verlag. 2015.
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18Scholastic Thought and Business Ethics: An OverviewIn Christopher Luetege (ed.), Handbook of the Philosophical Foundations of Business Ethics, Springer. pp. 133--158. 2013.
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122Integrating Personalism into Virtue-Based Business Ethics: The Personalist and the Common Good PrinciplesJournal of Business Ethics 88 (1): 227-244. 2009.Some virtue ethicists are reluctant to consider principles and standards in business ethics. However, this is problematic. This paper argues that realistic Personalism can be integrated into virtue-based business ethics, giving it a more complete base. More specifically, two principles are proposed: the Personalist Principle (PP) and the Common Good Principle (CGP). The PP includes the Golden Rule and makes explicit the duty of respect, benevolence, and care for people, emphasizing human dignity…Read more
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Christian Humanism in Economics and BusinessIn Martin Schlag & Domènec Melé (eds.), Humanism in Economics and Business, Springer Verlag. 2015.
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23The Encyclical-Letter “Caritas in Veritate”: Ethical Challenges for Business (review)Journal of Business Ethics 100 (S1): 1-7. 2011.This article serves as an editorial introduction to this special issue on Pope Benedict’s encyclical-letter, Caritas in Veritate ( 2009 ) and its engagement with the field of business ethics. According to this document , love in truth, which includes justice, is indeed presented as a basic moral foundation for economic and business ethics. The article provides an overview of some major themes in the encyclical and their relationship to the essays in this special issue. The authors in this issue …Read more
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49Moral Legitimacy in Controversial Projects and Its Relationship with Social License to Operate: A Case StudyJournal of Business Ethics 136 (4): 729-742. 2016.Moral legitimacy entails intrinsic value and helps executives convince firm’s stakeholders and the general public of the ethical acceptability of an institution or its activities or projects. Social license to operate is the social approval of those affected by a certain business activity, and it is receiving increasing attention, especially in the context of controversial projects such as mining and public works. Moral legitimacy provides ethical support to SLO. Drawing from the Aristotelian-Th…Read more
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39Facing the Crisis: Toward a New Humanistic Synthesis for Business (review)Journal of Business Ethics 99 (1). 2011.
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35The Practice of Networking: An Ethical ApproachJournal of Business Ethics 90 (S4). 2009.Focusing on the virtue-ethics tradition, this article analyzes the practice of networking within the business context. First, it distinguishes three types of networking: utilitarian, emotional, and virtuous. Virtuous networking does not exclude utilitarian and emotional networking, but these latter forms should be practiced with reciprocity. It is argued that virtuous networking requires (1) acting with good faith, sharing honest goals, and participating in licit activities; (2) sharing informat…Read more
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37Organization of work in the company and family rights of the employeesJournal of Business Ethics 8 (8). 1989.The duty to respect, protect and help the family rights is related very closely with the organization of work in the firm. This paper summarizes and illustrates, using mini-case studies, the relationship between the organization of work in companies and the family rights and duties of employees.
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27Humanism in Economics and Business: Perspectives of the Catholic Social Tradition (edited book)Springer Verlag. 2015.The aim of this chapter is to reflect and provide a tentative answer to the question posited in the title. The first section provides a brief summary of the origin of that “humanism” typical of Modernity. The second section attempts to demonstrate the intrinsically individualistic and atheistic dimension entailed in this Modernist vision of man. In the third part, which can be considered the nucleus of this chapter, we present an exposition of how, from the basic characteristics of this “humanis…Read more
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28The “Freely Adaptive System”. Application of this Cybernetic Model to an Organization Formed by Two Dynamic Human SystemsPhilosophy of Management 18 (1): 89-106. 2019.Management cybernetics has been in development since the 1960s, although its implementation has been relatively modest. Two of the best-known proposals are Beer’s Viable System Model and Steinbruner’s Cybernetic Theory of Decision. Both are homeostatic systems, inspired by living organisms. Professor Juan A. Pérez López (1934–1996) argued that homeostatic systems are not fully appropriated for human beings, and proposed instead the “Freely Adaptive System” (FAS) model to explain the dynamics of …Read more
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