Title: Business Ethics and Social Responsibility
Subtitle: Essential Works of Fr. Gerald F. Cavanagh S.J.
Subject Classification:  Business and Management, Religion and Faith, Society and Culture  
BIC Classification: KJG, HR, KJR
BISAC Classification: BUS008000, REL010000, BUS024000
Binding: Hardback, Paperback, eBook
Publication date: 20 Apr 2023
ISBN (Hardback): 978-1-80441-137-7
ISBN (eBook): 978-1-80441-138-4
ISBN (Paperback): 978-1-80441-428-6

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Description

Fr. Gerald F. Cavanagh, S.J. has been widely recognized as one of the founders of the field of business ethics, as well as a leader in bringing Catholic Social Teaching to bear on this academic discipline. One of his principal insights has been that business, as the most powerful agency in society, can and should be a force for positive societal change, rather than deferring that responsibility to government. This volume collects his most significant contributions to the discipline, from the mid-1960s to the early 2020s, into a single, convenient reference work. To show the development of his thought on various issues pertaining to the broad subject of business ethics, the chapters are organized into five major themes: diversity, equity, and inclusion; the dignity of work, personal values and spirituality in the workplace; ethical norms and organizational values; corporate social responsibility; and business ethics in the college curriculum.

Biography

Editor(s):  Joseph Eisenhauer is Dean of the College of Business Administration at University of Detroit Mercy, USA. Lawrence Zeff was formerly Professor of Management at University of Detroit Mercy, USAJoseph Eisenhauer is Dean of the College of Business Administration at University of Detroit Mercy, USA. Lawrence Zeff was formerly Professor of Management at University of Detroit Mercy, USA

Reviews

"Jerry Cavanagh, S.J. was truly a pioneer and innovator, providing core aspects of the intellectual basis for the social issues in management and spirituality at work fields with his early and ongoing work. He built on rich philosophical and Jesuit traditions to help define and forward the field of business ethics. At the same time, he approached managerial issues and considerations from a highly practical, realistic, and informed position accessible to managers and students at all levels. He had a tremendous capacity for bringing these diverse traditions and contexts together in morally-informed yet down-to-earth ways. In all of these ways, Cavanagh’s work in this volume is timeless and needs to be read by today’s leaders, managers, and students to help them cope with an increasingly fraught world."
- Professor Sandra Waddock, Galligan Chair of Strategy, Carroll School Scholar of Corporate Responsibility, Faculty Associate, BC Schiller Institute for Integrated Sciences, Carroll School of Management, USA

"Business Ethics and Social Responsibility: Essential Works of Fr. Gerald F. Cavanagh S.J. is a valuable compendium of Cavanagh's writings, and a vivid reminder of his impact on the burgeoning academic field of business ethics. From the beginning of his career in the late 1960s, Cavanagh stood out as a rare academic who could combine both managerial and ethics insights into a coherent theory of responsible and ethical business leadership. His insights on the role of religion and religious thought on the formulation of business values is unique among the pioneers in the academic field of business ethics.The selections in this collection highlight important continuing dimensions of the field of business ethics: ethical leadership, the role of values in shaping management philosophies and organizational cultures, how businesses balance the interests of its multiple stakeholders, how new areas of business activity raise critical questions of social responsibility. As a Jesuit priest, Cavanagh brought a unique and valuable perspective to the secular examination of the social role of the corporation. Anyone interested in the evolution of the field of business ethics, or of the role of religion in business, will find this collection essential reading."
- Kirk O. Hanson, Senior Lecturer Emeritus, Stanford Graduate School of Business, John Courtney Murray S.J. University Professor of Social Ethics, Santa Clara University (retired)