Information Business Studies and Economics Business Education revolves around the study of how the world in general conducts business activities and yet this study must not simply concern itself with the mechanics of a market. In dealing with the human concerns of the business world, the maps drawn of economic theory are seen to be interwoven with many personal, moral and ethical issues. Within a Christian context, these issues are to be considered seriously in order to assess the importance of the spiritual dimension within a world that is often simply described in terms of the intellect and the material.
Businesses create wealth through the efforts of man.
Perhaps this is the one point upon which Adam Smith and Karl Marx would agree. Similarly, although one purpose of man's existence is to work, work is not only rewarded in monetary terms. Work well done also brings great personal satisfaction and such satisfaction can be derived not only from the inherent pleasure an activity gives, but also from the knowledge that God's purpose for that individual is being fulfilled. However, the materialistic world in which we live too often worships at the feet of the assumed trinity linking work, money and satisfaction as wholly interdependent. In order to avert this level of thinking, students need to be aware of the way in which standard economic and business theory can often find itself intergrated with practical applications that may be seen as being either morally strong or morally compromised.