{"product_id":"rethinking-purpose-of-business-s-a-cortright-9780268040116","title":"Rethinking Purpose of Business: Interdisciplinary Essays from the Catholic Social Tradition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRethinking the Purpose of Business\u003c\/em\u003e challenges reigning shareholder and stakeholder management theories using philosophical and theological dimensions of the Catholic social tradition. In this useful book, the contributors, including management theorists, moral theologians, economists, ethicists, and attorneys, debate complicated issues such as the ethics of profit seeking, equity and efficiency in the firm, the shareholder value principle, social ethics of corporate management, the principle of subsidiarity, and modern contract theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile the contributors to this thought-provoking volume share a respect for the power of markets, they also assign value to community, common goods, and personal virtue. Essays combine organizational and management theory with philosophical and theological accounts of human purpose. A central argument of this collection is that the tradition of Catholic social thought provides principles that enable fruitful conversations across disciplines regarding the purpose of business and economic activity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors Michael J. Naughton, Jean-Yves Calvez, Helen J. Alford, O.P., Charles Clark, S. A. Cortright, and Ernest Pierucci discuss the human implications of current shareholder and stakeholder theories. Robert Kennedy, James Gordley, and Dennis McCann assess the communitarian and personal principles of traditional Catholic social teaching as they relate to organizational and managerial theories. Peter Koslowski, Dom?nec Mel?, Lee Tavis, and Timothy Fort consider how Catholic social principles ought to reshape our understanding of the firm. Jeff Gates, James Murphy, and David Pyke consider how concrete practices in ownership and job design should be affected.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e S. A. Cortright\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0268040117\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780268040116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Notre Dame Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/30\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.52h x 6.74w x 0.90d","brand":"S. A. Cortright","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46292883439871,"sku":"9780268040116","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1717964c-62b2-4c28-badf-16fdb3870e45.jpg?v=1730210452","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rethinking-purpose-of-business-s-a-cortright-9780268040116","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}