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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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23Humanism 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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20Political Wisdom in Management and Corporate GovernancePhilosophy of Management 15 (2): 99-119. 2016.In response to conventional rationalistic approaches to management and corporate governance, the Aristotelian tradition is emerging as a basis for alternative theories in which practical wisdom is central. This paper, following Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas, considers the specificity of “political wisdom” -directed to the common good- as being different from individual practical wisdom. We suggest that the business firm is a “political community”, understood as a whole formed by free and intellig…Read more
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19Religious Approaches on Business Ethics: Current Situation and Future PerspectivesRamon Llull Journal of Applied Ethics 6 (6): 137-160. 2015.The Business Ethics Movement began in the mid-1970s. For the first two decades philosophical theories were dominant, but in recent years an increasing presence of religious approaches, in both empirical and conceptual research, can be noted, in spite of some objections to the presence of religions in the business ethics field. Empirical research, generally based on psychological and sociological studies, shows the influence of religious faith on several business issues. Conceptual research inclu…Read more
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18Ethics in Finance and Accounting: Editorial IntroductionJournal of Business Ethics 140 (4): 609-613. 2017.In light of the recent crisis and its aftershocks, it becomes crucial to reflect on the relationship between finance and accounting and on how to integrate ethics and efficiency, as well as on how to motivate and empower practitioners in the world of finance to commit to justice, fairness and enhanced understanding, and to improving their personal integrity. This article, written as an editorial introduction to a special issue includes works related to control measurement and ethical behavior, m…Read more
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18Ethics 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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18Re-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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16Scholastic 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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16Thinking 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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16Building 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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16Re-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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15Aquinas 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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15Organizational 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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13The 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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13Understanding Humanistic ManagementHumanistic Management Journal 1 (1): 33-55. 2016.Humanistic management is a people-oriented management that seeks profits for human ends. It contrasts with other types of management that are essentially oriented toward profits, with people seen as mere resources to serve this goal. This article reviews the historical development of humanistic management and the ever-increasing body of literature on the concept as well as the different meanings that scholars attribute to it. It then explores what form a genuine humanism might have by presenting…Read more
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11Humanizing 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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9Sustaining Humanity Beyond Humanism: Editorial Introduction (review)Journal of Business Ethics 45 (1/2). 2003.
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7Christianity 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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6Catholic 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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4PersonalismIn Deborah C. Poff & Alex C. Michalos (eds.), Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics, Springer Verlag. pp. 1454-1459. 2021.
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3ReligiosityIn Deborah C. Poff & Alex C. Michalos (eds.), Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics, Springer Verlag. pp. 1551-1555. 2021.
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3Religion, 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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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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Christian Humanism in Economics and BusinessIn Martin Schlag & Domènec Melé (eds.), Humanism in Economics and Business, Springer Verlag. 2015.
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