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On Moral Business : Classical and Contemporary Resources for Ethics in Economic Life

by: Stackhouse, Max L.

On Moral Business : Classical and Contemporary Resources for Ethics in Economic Life

by: Stackhouse, Max L.

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9780802806260
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0802806260
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Copyright: 08/01/1995
Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

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Using sources as diverse as the Bible, the great philosophers, and today's ethically committed business leaders, On Moral business is designed to help the leadership of tomorrow understand the most important resources for putting the economic life of the future on a sure moral foundation.

A Word to the Reader	p. 1
Introduction: Foundations and Purposes	p. 10
Biblical Principles for Economic Theory and Practice	p. 38
Genesis 1:1-4:1; 4:17-26	p. 47
Scarcity, Faith, and Wisdom	p. 49
Exodus 6:2-10; 15:19-21	p. 55
The Birth of the Covenant	p. 56
The Ten Commandments: Economic Implications	p. 59
Deuteronomy 15:1-23	p. 64
Sirach 26:29-27:4; 29:8-17; 31:1-11; 38:24-34	p. 65
Property and Riches in the Old Testament and Judaism	p. 67
The Use of the New Testament in Social Ethics	p. 70
Matthew 5-7	p. 76
Ethical Implications of the Sermon on the Mount	p. 79
Matthew 25:1-46	p. 83
Work as Stewardship	p. 84
Wealth and Poverty in the New Testament World	p. 88
From the Jesus Movement to the Urban Christians	p. 95
Christian Mission, Patriarchal Order and the Household	p. 101
What Then Shall We Do? On Using Scripture in Economic Ethics	p. 109
On the Myth of the Ring and the Economics of the City	p. 117
On the Management of the Household and the Perils of Trade	p. 126
On Justice, Law, and Nature	p. 133
On True Happiness	p. 138
Who Is the Rich Man That Shall Be Saved?	p. 143
On Works and Alms	p. 148
On Good and Evil	p. 152
The Rule of Saint Benedict	p. 156
Of Justice, and Of Cheating	p. 159
Trade and Usury	p. 174
The Moral Law and the Christian Life	p. 181
The True Community of the Saints	p. 188
The True Leveller's Standard Advanced	p. 190
The Use of Money	p. 194
Of Property	p. 203
Of the Causes of Improvement	p. 209
Private Property and Its Critics	p. 216
The Principles of the External Mine and Thine	p. 226
Two Principles of Justice	p. 228
Introduction to the Philosophy of History	p. 232
The Manifesto of the Communist Party	p. 238
Asceticism and the Spirit of Capitalism	p. 248
Of Time: Work, Prayer, and Monks	p. 253
Theological Sources of the Western Legal Tradition	p. 260
On the Taking of Interest	p. 265
Puritanism, Pietism, and Science	p. 273
Christianity and Society	p. 277
Marxism and Christianity	p. 285
The Administration of Wealth	p. 292
The Church and the Workingman	p. 298
Marx, Barth, and Israel's Prophets	p. 302
Human Freedom, Social Justice, and Marxism: A Biblical Response	p. 306
Slavery, Capitalism, and Religion	p. 313
Women and Capitalism: Oppression or Emancipation?	p. 324
Liberation and Development	p. 332
Religion and Economic Culture	p. 340
Social Ethics in a Post-Socialist World	p. 348
Surahs from the Qur'an	p. 358
Dealings	p. 360
Islam and the Spirit of Capitalism	p. 363
Islamic Banking: Faith and Creativity	p. 367
Artha Shastra	p. 371
Tirukkural	p. 372
Indian Socialism	p. 373
The Hindu Ethic and Development: Western Views	p. 375
Teachings from the Suttas	p. 384
Buddhist Attitudes toward Poverty and Wealth	p. 386
Zen and the Economic Animal	p. 389
Buddhist Economics	p. 395
Sayings of Confucius	p. 401
Neo-Confucian Teachings of Ch'eng Hao	p. 403
The Dialectical Outlook	p. 404
Is Confucianism Part of the Capitalist Ethic?	p. 409
Wisdom from African Traditions	p. 413
On the Division between Rich and Poor	p. 415
A Surprising Silent Majority in South Africa	p. 418
Economic Justice: Stewardship of Creation in Human Community	p. 430
Economic Justice for All: Catholic Social Teaching and the U.S. Economy	p. 436
Christian Faith and Economic Life	p. 454
The Villars Statement on Relief and Development	p. 470
The Oxford Declaration on Christian Faith and Economics	p. 472
Centesimus annus	p. 484
Spirituality and the Corporation	p. 501
Management as a Social Practice: Rethinking Business Ethics after MacIntyre	p. 508
The Potential for Building Covenants in Business Corporations	p. 514
Three Images of Corporate Leadership and Their Implications for Social Justice	p. 521
Ethics and Management in the Corporate Arena	p. 533
Creating Ethical Corporate Structures	p. 546
Corporate Accountability: The Board of Directors	p. 554
Is Mondragon the Way?	p. 558
Evangelical Christians and Economic Democracy	p. 561
Theory Fastball	p. 572
Corporate Democracy and the Legacy of the South African Divestment Movement	p. 577
Business Ethics: On Getting to the Heart of the Matter	p. 587
Challenging a Commodity Culture	p. 593
Capitalism and Commutative Justice	p. 599
Ethics, Price Fixing, and the Management of Price Strategy	p. 608
Have Ethics Disappeared from Wall Street?	p. 617
The Church and Wall Street	p. 621
Theology and Money	p. 629
Accounting and Accountability: Double Entry, Double Nature, Double Identity	p. 635
Accounting and Sentiment	p. 642
Meeting the Financial Reporting Needs of the Future: A Public Commitment from the Public Accounting Profession	p. 644
Shaping Our Economic Future: Dignity in the Work Place	p. 650
Learning to Manage a Multicultural Workforce	p. 654
Occupational Stress Is a Moral Issue: Lessons in Front of a VDT	p. 659
Christian Faith and Business: A Story	p. 667
The Christian Vocation of a Business Leader	p. 672
Women in the Workplace	p. 678
The Protestant Work Ethic: Attitude and Application Give It Meaning	p. 682
Affections and Business	p. 687
The Virtues of the Business Leader	p. 692
Minerva's Owl: Building a Corporate Value System	p. 701
How Religious Commitments Shape Corporate Decisions	p. 705
Values Don't Work in Business	p. 713
Christian Ethics and the Business Ethos	p. 719
When a Boss Asks for Something Unethical	p. 723
Does Big Business Have a Big Heart?	p. 726
The Path to Social Responsibility	p. 735
The Gross National Product and the Gods: The Idea of Economic Culture	p. 743
The Asian Systems	p. 754
Korean Economy: A Model Case of a Miraculous Growth?	p. 757
Guiding Principles	p. 761
The New Poland: Major Problems for Ethical Business	p. 765
Reconstituting Civic Societies: An Afro-American View	p. 770
Toward a Theology of the Corporation	p. 775
Developmental Responsibility	p. 786
Global Ethics: Wrestling with the Corporate Conscience	p. 792
The People of God and the Development of Peoples	p. 800
A Biblical Perspective on Stewardship	p. 802
The Political Task of the Christian Church	p. 814
The Churches and Third World Poverty	p. 817
Two Economies	p. 827
Unoriginal Sin: The Judeo-Christian Roots of Ecotheology	p. 837
Ecological Integrity and Christian Political Responsibility	p. 842
How Green Is Our Gospel?	p. 853
The Righteous and the Powerful: Differing Paths to Social Goals	p. 863
The Ethical Premise for Social Activism	p. 867
The Blue-Collar Worker and the Church	p. 869
The New Agenda of the Black Church: Economic Development for Black America	p. 877
Connecting Ministry with the Corporate World	p. 882
The Moral Muteness of Managers	p. 888
Ethics and Accountability: The Rising Power of Stakeholder Capitalism	p. 898
The Lay Task of Co-Creation	p. 903
Business Goals and Processes	p. 911
The Great Refusal and My Discontent	p. 917
Christians and Economic Development	p. 924
The Four Problems of Economic Life	p. 934
Ethics, Economics, and Free Trade	p. 940
Liberating Thoughts about the Ethics of Exchange and Trade	p. 945
A Postcommunist Manifesto: Public Theology after the Collapse of Socialism	p. 949
Where Do We Go from Here? Some Thoughts on Geoeconomics	p. 955
Acknowledgments	p. 962
Index of Names	p. 969
Index of Subjects	p. 974
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On Moral Business : Classical and Contemporary Resources for Ethics in Economic Life

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