Title: Managing as if faith mattered : Christian social principles in the modern organization /
Authors: Alford, Helen J., 1964-; Naughton, Michael, 1960-
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press,
Year: 2001
Subjects: Business ethics.; Management Religious aspects Catholic Church; Christian sociology Catholic Church.
Abstract: "Undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty in management, business, theology, and ethics will find Managing As If Faith Mattered an instructive text, Managers will benefit from the practical wisdom it contains."--Jacket.
Contents: Making us whole : avoiding split personalities -- The purpose of business : working together for the common good -- The virtues : human development in the corporate community -- Job design : prudence and subsidiarity in operations -- Just wages : justice and the subjective dimension of work in human resources -- Corporate ownership : temperance and common use in finance -- Marketing communication and product development : courage and solidarity in marketing -- Faith, hope and charity : authentic habits of a Christian spirituality of work -- Liturgy : the source and summit of our work.