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1 online resource |
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Intro -- Contents -- Introduction to the Third Edition -- Introduction to the Second Edition -- Introduction to the First Edition -- 1. General Questions -- Economic Context -- 1. Do we have a right to private property? -- 2. How should each person use his or her private property? -- 3. Does the state have a role in facilitating the universal destination of goods? -- 4. Does the Catholic Church recommend any specific economic model (e.g., capitalism, socialism)? -- 5. Is Catholic social teaching on economics some sort of middle or third way between capitalism and socialism? -- 6. Does socialism fit with Catholic teaching? -- 7. Does capitalism fit with Catholic teaching? -- 8. What is the role of the state in the economy, and how should it perform this role? -- 9. What is the principle of subsidiarity, and what are its implications for the role of the State? -- 10. Is the State responsible for enforcing the principle of subsidiarity within the economy? -- 11. Can unjust economic structures actually lead people to sin? -- 12. How do we overcome unjust economic structures? -- 13. Is reforming unjust economic structures sufficient to achieve economic justice? -- 14. Is the Church in favor of globalization? -- Applicability of Catholic Teaching to Business Issues -- 15. Is there a spiritual significance to work? -- 16. Is Catholic teaching relevant to business management? -- 17. Will following Church teaching lead businesses to be less profitable? -- 18. What is the foundational principle of Catholic social doctrine? -- 19. Do the principles of Catholic social teaching apply only to Catholics? -- 20. How do we implement these principles when working with non-Catholics? -- 21. Does Catholic social teaching apply only at the level of principle, with the practical application always left to the laity? |
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22. How are we to apply the principles of Catholic social teaching to particular business practices? -- 23. Who bears responsibility for fulfilling the principles of Catholic social teaching? -- 24. What are the responsibilities of lay Catholics for fulfilling the principles of Catholic social teaching? -- 25. What should lay people aspire to in fulfilling these principles? -- 26. What specific responsibilities do lay people have within the economy? -- Moral Dilemmas in Business -- 27. Is it ever acceptable to do something immoral in business in order to achieve a greater good (e.g., prevent the company from going bankrupt and save thousands of jobs)? -- 28. What if we are forced (by law, or by company policy) to do something that is intrinsically evil (e.g., dispense contraceptive products)? -- 29. Does that mean that we can have absolutely no involvement with anything that has any evil aspect in business? -- 2. Finance and Investing -- Profit -- 30. Is it morally acceptable to make a profit? -- 31. Is the main purpose of a business to make profit? -- 32. Is it morally acceptable to seek to maximize profit-in the sense of pursuing profit ahead of everything else? -- 33. Do we have a moral obligation to protect the capital that is entrusted to us as investment in our business? -- 34. What should we do if we face a choice between immoral activity and allowing a significant loss to the capital that was entrusted to us? -- 35. How much of our own personal profits should we be willing to sacrifice in order to avoid or reduce layoffs during an economic downturn? -- Investment -- 36. In deciding what capital investments to make, such as where to build a new manufacturing plant, should we take into account any other considerations beyond what is going to reap the most profit for the firm? |
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37. Are there any moral considerations when deciding whether to focus on shorter- or longer-term issues in finance? -- 3. Management -- Compensation -- 39. What is a "just wage"? -- 40. An employee is not forced to take any particular job, so if he agrees to work for a specific wage, doesn't that agreement make the wage just? -- 41. What factors should an employer consider to calculate just compensation for an employee? -- 42. Whose responsibility is it to see that a just wage is paid? -- 43. Is it moral to pay employees more than they could get elsewhere for the same work, for the sake of paying a living wage, if in doing so we would reduce the amount of profits that the firm would earn otherwise? -- 44. Should employers provide their firm's employees with a share in the ownership of the company? -- 45. What compensation levels are appropriate for senior executives? -- 46. Should we take an employee's personal circumstances into consideration when deciding his compensation (e.g., should a married man with a large family receive greater compensation than a single man, if both are doing exactly the same job)? -- Benefits -- 47. Is there a specific level of healthcare benefits that we are morally obliged to offer our employees? -- 48. Is it morally acceptable to offer employees healthcare benefits that cover abortion or birth control? -- 49. Is it morally acceptable to extend spousal healthcare benefits to cohabitating companions of our employees? -- 50. Is it morally acceptable to extend spousal healthcare benefits to homosexual partners of our employees? -- Working Conditions -- 51. What general working conditions should be given to employees? -- 52. What obligations do we have to ensure the health and safety of our employees as they do their work, beyond the legal (e.g., U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970) requirements? |
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53. Are we obliged to offer any kind of training and development opportunities to our staff if business success does not require it? -- 54. Beyond legal requirements, does an employer have an obligation to take into consideration a woman's family life? -- 55. Do we have any obligation to make allowance for employees' religious observances? -- 56. More specifically, do we have an obligation to allow employees Sundays off? -- 57. Should we make any special allowances for disabled employees? -- 58. Does the concept of subsidiarity have any relevance and practical implications for how much authority we delegate to junior staff? -- Labor-Management Relations -- 59. How ought labor and management to conduct themselves in dealing with each other? -- 60. Do workers have a right to unionize? -- 61. What should be the role of labor unions? -- 62. Do workers have a right to strike? -- Hiring and Firing -- 63. In hiring decisions, may we discriminate against hiring someone whose immoral behavior outside the workplace will likely be demoralizing to other employees? -- 64. Is it morally acceptable to lay off staff solely for the purposes of increasing profits and/or improving the company's share price? -- 65. Is there anything wrong with laying off people and replacing them with technology, if this will improve product quality and profits? -- 4. Marketing and Sales -- Product Portfolio -- 66. Are there any moral limitations on what we can make and sell, or should we just let the market decide? -- 67. What criteria should we use to decide what kinds of products and services are morally acceptable? -- 68. Is it morally acceptable to be involved in the production or marketing of toys, video games, or movies that glorify violence or sexual promiscuity? -- 69. Is it morally acceptable to be involved in the production or marketing of tobacco products? |
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70. Is it morally acceptable to be involved in the gambling industry? -- 71. Is it morally acceptable to be involved in the production or marketing of birth control products? -- 72. Is it morally acceptable to be involved in the abortion industry, either directly, or indirectly as a supplier? -- 73. Is it morally acceptable to be involved in the production or marketing of defense equipment? -- Advertising and Promotion -- 74. Does Church teaching have relevance to advertising? -- 75. Why are we responsible for our advertising-doesn't it just mirror societal values? -- 76. Is it morally acceptable in advertising to try to "create needs": to appeal directly to consumers' instincts? -- 77. Is it morally acceptable to use our advertising to attempt to make people feel inadequate if they don't buy our product? -- 78. How can we use advertising in a morally acceptable way? -- 79. Is it morally acceptable to advertise children's products directly to children? -- 80. Is it morally acceptable to use advertising to persuade teenagers that they will not be "cool" unless they use our product, particularly if this technique is proving to be very successful for our competitors? -- 81. Is it morally acceptable to use any kind of sexual imagery or innuendo in our advertising, particularly if we are in an industry (e.g., underwear, high fashion products, beer) where most or all of our competitors do so, and it seems to be required for success? -- 82. Is it morally acceptable to use imagery to differentiate between two competing brands that are functionally equivalent (e.g., colas, toothpastes, washing powders)? -- 83. Is it morally acceptable to use members of the clergy or religious imagery to sell products? -- 84. Is it morally acceptable to be involved in the promotion of harmless but wasteful or trivial products, if people seem to be willing to buy them? |
| Summary |
"In the four years since the publication of the second edition of A Catechism for Business, Pope Francis' enormous contributions to spreading the good news of the gospel has led to his promulgation of two apostolic exhortations and now a new encyclical, Fratelli tutti, focusing on human fraternity and solidarity. The vibrant tradition of Catholic thinking on social issues is unparalleled in its capacity to help guide human beings towards individual and communal flourishing. The context of a world emerging from a pandemic and new challenges to Christian faith and practice beckon for a refreshed look at pressing questions. Editors Andrew Abela and Joseph Capizzi offer the updated third edition which will incorporate material from both of these apostolic exhortations and the new encyclical."-- Provided by publisher |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 27, 2022) |
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Catholic Church -- Doctrines -- Miscellanea
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Catholic Church -- Doctrines -- History.
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| SUBJECT |
Catholic Church fast |
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Business -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church -- Miscellanea
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Christian ethics -- Catholic authors -- Miscellanea
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Business -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church
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Christian ethics -- Catholic authors
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Theology, Doctrinal
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History
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Trivia and miscellanea
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Abela, Andrew V., 1965- editor.
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Capizzi, Joseph E., editor.
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| ISBN |
9780813234243 |
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0813234247 |
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