Dennis McCann

Agnes Scott College
Silliman University
  • Agnes Scott College
    Department of Religious Studies
    Retired faculty
  • Silliman University
    Adjunct Professor, Faculty Fellow (Part-time)
University of Chicago
Divinity School
PhD, 1976
  •  81
    Christ and business culture: A study of Christian executives in Hong Kong (review)
    with Kam-hon Lee and MaryAnn Ching
    Journal of Business Ethics 43 (1-2): 103-110. 2003.
    Does Christian faith matter in business? If so, how does it affect the way executives handle managerial issues, especially the ones that are ethically controversial? This paper reports a study of Chinese Christian executives in Hong Kong. The researchers followed an approach known as the Critical Incident Technique and conducted in-depth interviews with 119 Chinese Christian executives over a two year period from 1999 to 2001. Each interview covered four broad areas consisting of the interviewee…Read more
  •  64
    Catholic Social Teaching in an Era of Economic Globalization
    Business Ethics Quarterly 7 (2): 57-70. 1997.
    The paper attempts to provide a basis for exploring the continued relevance of Catholic social teaching to business ethics, byinterpreting the historic development of a Catholic work ethic and the traditions of Catholic social teaching in light of contemporary discussions of economic globalization, notably those of Robert Reich and Peter Drucker. The paper argues that the Catholic work ethic and the Church’s tradition of social teaching has evolved dynamically in response to the structural chang…Read more
  •  52
    There's Nobody Here but Us Post-Marxists
    Thought: Fordham University Quarterly 62 (1): 5-12. 1987.
  •  47
    One major theme in Pope Benedict XVI’s encyclical Caritas in Veritate is the “Principle of Gratuitousness.” The point of this essay is to begin a reflection on what it actually means and its possible relevance. By comparing the “Principle of Gratuitousness” and its normative assumptions about “the logic of gift” with anthropological studies focused on the same phenomenon, I hope to show, not only the relevance of the encyclical’s normative vision but also where and how it needs further clarifica…Read more
  •  35
    Umpire and batsman: Is it cricket to be both?
    Journal of Business Ethics 5 (6). 1986.
    The paper is a response to Richard De George's essay, Theological Ethics and Business Ethics. It defends the possibility of theologically oriented approaches to business ethics by pointing out certain deficiencies in business ethics narrowly based on the premisses of analytic moral philosophy. In particular it argues, in a manner consistent with Alasdair MacIntyre's After Virtue (1981), that such a program of business ethics is insufficiently critical of its own roots in the social fiction of bu…Read more
  •  35
    Catholic Social Teaching and the Economics of Health Care Management 1
    Christian Bioethics 6 (3): 231-250. 2000.
    The author considers the issue of what it is for a health care institution to be intentionally Christian. He begins with a review of Catholic social teaching, and considers how this perspective is shaping Catholic thought and action regarding health care management and public policy reform. He then proposes some standards for intentionally Christian institutions.
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    Catholic Social Teaching in an Era of Downsizing
    Spiritual Goods 2001 87-105. 2001.
    The paper attempts to provide a basis for exploring the continued relevance of Catholic social teaching to business ethics, by interpreting the historic development of a Catholic work ethic and the traditions of Catholic social teaching in light of contemporary discussions of economic globalization, notably those of Robert Reich and Peter Drucker. The paper argues that the Catholic work ethic and the Church's tradition of social teaching has evolved dynamically in response to the structural chan…Read more
  •  28
    Returning the Corporation to Its RootsOn Moral Business: Classical and Contemporary Resources for Ethics in Economic Life
    with Stewart W. Herman, Max L. Stackhouse, Shirley J. Roels, and Preston N. Williams
    Business Ethics Quarterly 7 (2): 151. 1997.
    The paper attempts to provide a basis for exploring the continued relevance of Catholic social teaching to business ethics, byinterpreting the historic development of a Catholic work ethic and the traditions of Catholic social teaching in light of contemporary discussions of economic globalization, notably those of Robert Reich and Peter Drucker. The paper argues that the Catholic work ethic and the Church’s tradition of social teaching has evolved dynamically in response to the structural chang…Read more
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    Editorial introduction
    Journal of Business Ethics 5 (6): 417-419. 1986.
  •  8
    Hermeneutics and Ethics: The Example of Reinhold Niebuhr
    Journal of Religious Ethics 8 (1). 1980.
    This essay explores the imaginative foundations of ethics, not by presenting a theory about the moral imagination, but by reconstructing the hermeneutic strategy underlying Reinhold Niebuhr's proposal for "an independent Christian ethic." The thesis is that Niebuhr's ethic cannot adequately be evaluated without careful attention to his hermeneutics, what he described as "the mythical method of interpretation." This point is argued first, by reconstructing Niebuhr's hermeneutics; second, by showi…Read more
  •  6
    Assessing William James' potential contribution to business ethics
    In Leo V. Ryan, F. Byron Nahser & Wojciech Gasparski (eds.), Praxiology and Pragmatism, Transaction Publishers. pp. 10--193. 2002.
  •  5
    Doing good business in China: case studies in international business ethics (edited book)
    with Stephan Rothlin and Parissa Haghirian
    World Scientific. 2021.
    The 46 original case studies featured in this book demonstrate that in many business sectors, local people and foreigners are responding to the challenges of achieving business success while competing with integrity. Cases are divided into eight sub-topics discussing internet and social media issues, labor issues, corporate social responsibility, product and food safety, Chinese suppliers and production, environmental issues, corporate governance, as well as business and society in China. Each c…Read more
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    A Second Look at Middle Axioms
    The Annual of the Society of Christian Ethics 1 73-96. 1981.
  •  2
    Clergy Ethics in a Changing Society: Mapping the Terrain
    with James P. Wind, Russell Burck, and Paul Camenisch
    Westminster John Knox Press. 1991.
    Drawing upon the experiences and insights of a diverse group of notable contributors, this volume is perhaps the most complete study available on clergy ethics. The topics discussed include the separation of church and state, clergy professionalization, ethical pastoral care, and many more.
  •  2
    Management as a Social Practice
    The Annual of the Society of Christian Ethics 10 223-245. 1990.
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    The World's Parliament of Religion, Then and Now
    The Annual of the Society of Christian Ethics 13 291-296. 1993.
  • George Friedman: "The Political Philosophy of the Frankfurt School" (review)
    The Thomist 47 (3): 451. 1983.
  • Economic Rights
    Listening 26 (2): 145-155. 1991.