Business and religion : a clash of civilizations? / / edited by Nicholas Capaldi

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910969545203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Salem, MA, : M & M Scrivener, c2005
• ISBN: 1-280-90288-4; 9786610902880; 0-9802094-0-4; 1-4237-3406-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (446 p.)
• Collana: Conflicts and trends in business ethics
• Altri autori (Persone): CapaldiNicholas
• Soggetti: Business ethics - Religious aspects; Business - Religious aspects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Can Commerce Inspire? -- The Virtues of a Commercial Republic -- Ships Passing in the Night: The Conceptual Disconnects Between American Christianity and Capitalism -- Disconnected at the Roots": How Gaps in the Catholic Social Doctrine Impede Dialog and Action on Economic Justice -- The Market's Benevolent Tendencies -- The Jews and Capitalism: A Love-Hate Relationship -- Doing "Secular Theology": Business Ethics in Economic and Environmental Religion -- Why Is There a Conflict Between Business and Religion? A Historical Perspective -- The Metaphysical Foundations of the Ethics of Commerce -- The Deuteronomic Double Standard: Human Nature and the Nature of Markets -- What Does America Owe to Florence? -- Property in Roman Religion and Early Christian Fathers -- Perestroika in Christendom: The Scholastics Develop a Commerce-Friendly Moral Code -- The Concern of the Church and the Unconcern of the Free Market -- The "Conflict" Between Business and Religion: Where Does It Come From? -- Capitalism Beyond the "End of History -- An Explanation for Jewish Business Success -- The Virtue of Commerce in the Catholic Tradition -- Islam, Commerce, and Business Ethics -- Can ; Theology Help Us in Applied Ethics? -- The Sources and Spiritual Basis of Catholic Business Ethics -- Calling, Character, Community: Spirituality for Business People -- Mankind Was My Business:" An Examination of a Christian Business Ethic and Its Application to Various Ethical Challenges -- Corporate Corruption: How the Theories of Reinhold Niebuhr and the Ethical Practices of Joseph Badaracco May Help Understand and Limit Corporate Corruption -- Corporate Social Responsibility: A Traditional Catholic Perspective -- Natural Law and the Fiduciary Duties of Business Managers.; The Common Good of the Firm as the Fiduciary Duty of the Manager -- Subsidiarity as a Business Model -- The Hindu Executive and His Dharma -- Spirituality and Entrepreneurship -- Business, Religious Spirituality and the East European Experience -- American Free Enterprise as an Enterprise in Freedom Abroad -- Islam and Capitalism: A Non- Rodinsonian Approach -- The Role of Hinduism in Global India and Her Business Ethics -- The African Traditional Religion's Business Ethics: A Paradigm for Spirituality in the Global Business Ethical Standard -- Faith-Correlated Responses to Rural Assistance in a Globalizing Brazil -- The Worldly Failures of Liberation Theology -- Globalization: Insights from Catholic Social Teaching -- The Archbishop of Canterbury: On the Facts and Values of Religion and Globalization -- Contributors -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Since the late 1960s, American culture has been involved in a struggle to articulate an effective business ethics. The scandals of Enron and WorldCom constitute egregious examples of the absence or deficiency of ethical decision-making in matters of commerce. The purpose of this volume is to inaugurate a dialogue on the common elements of all three Abrahamic traditions - Christianity, Islam, and Judaism - that touch on ethical issues in business. With more than 40 scholars, religious and business leaders joining the debate, this anthology is the beginning of a reconstruction of the understanding of the relationship between religion and commerce.