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Markkula Center for Applied Ethics

Religious Perspectives on Business Ethics

Maria Gabriella Dellan and Andrea D. Cruz.
Roman Catholic Church Anglican Church
Lutheran Church Methodist Church
The Church of Christ Evangelical Churches
Buddhist Jewish
Islamic Hindu
Zoroastrian Confucianism
Islamic, Jewish and Christian

 

This list will be updated periodically. Please send proposed additions to: acruz@scu.edu. Updated 3/2011.


1. Roman Catholic Church:

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Sources Not On Line:

  • S. A. Cortright and Michael J. Naughton, editors, Rethinking the Purpose Of Business, Interdisciplinary Essays from the Catholic Social Tradition (Catholic Social Tradition) (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2002).
  • Stephen L. Martin, Healing and Creativity in Economic Ethics: The Contribution of Bernard Lonergan's Economic Thought to Catholic Social Teaching (Lanham: University Press of America, 2007).

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2. Anglican Church:

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3. Lutheran Church:

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4. Methodist Church:

On Line Sources:

  • "A Message to the People of The United Methodist Church," President of the Council of Bishops, Chair of the Table of General Secretaries, and the Chair of the Connectional Table, last modified 2011, http://www.nsumc.com/Message.html
  • John Wesley, "The Use Of Money," The Sermons of John Wesley, ed. Thomas Jackson. (1872), http://gbgm-umc.org/umw/Wesley/serm-050.stm

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5. The Church of Christ:

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Sources Not On Line:

  • Alexander Hill, Just Business: Christian Ethics for the Marketplace (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1997.
  • Tom Blackburn, Christian business ethics: Doing good while doing well‬, (Notre Dame: Fides/Claretian, 1981).

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6. Evangelical Churches:

On Line Sources:

  • K. Hawtrey, "The Oxford Declaration on Christian Faith and Economics," Transformation: An International Journal of Holistic Mission Studies (April-June 1990): 1-8, accessed May 19, 2011, http://trn.sagepub.com/content/7/2/1.extract

Sources Not On Line:

  • Lewis Solomon, Evangelical Christian Executives: A New Model for Business Corporations (New Jersey: Transaction Publishers, 2004).

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7. Buddhist:

On Line Sources:

Sources Not On Line:

  • Laszlo Zsolnai, Buddhist Economics for Business, (Springer, 2009).

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8. Jewish:

On Line Sources:

Sources Not On Line:

  • Meir Tamari, With All Your Possessions: Jewish Ethics and Economic Life, (New York: Free Press, a Division of Macmillan, Inc., 1987)

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9. Islamic:

On Line Sources:

  • "An Islamic Approach to Business Ethics," Dr. Sabahuddin Azmi, accessed May 23, 2011, http://www.renaissance.com.pk/Mayviewpoint2y5.htm

Sources Not On Line:

  • Ingmar Wienen, Impact of religion on business ethics in Europe and the Muslim world: Islamic versus Christian tradition (New York: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., 1997)
  • Rafik Issa Beekun, Islamic Business Ethics (Herndon: International Institute of Islamic Thought, 1996).
  • Riham Ragab Rizk, Back to basics: an Islamic perspective on business and work ethics (Bingley: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2008).

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10. Hindu:

On Line Sources:

Sources Not On Line:

  • Max L. Stackhouse, On Moral Business. Classical and contemporary resources for Ethics in Economic Life, (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdams Publishing Company, 1995), 375 -382
  • A. C. Fernando, Business Ethics An Indian Perspective, (New Jersey: Pearson Education. 2009).

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11. Zoroastrian:

On Line Sources:

Sources Not On Line:

  • Dr Jose Luis Abreu, Seven Fires and Three Pillars of Ethical Management : The Zoroastrian Model for Good Business (Seattle: CreateSpace, 2009).

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12. Confucianism:

On Line Sources:

  • Po Keung Ip, "Is Confucianism Good for Business Ethics in China?," Journal of Business Ethics (2009): 463-476, accessed May 23, 2011, doi: 10.1007/s10551-009-0120-2 http://www.springerlink.com/content/pkn1r0n
    244170523/fulltext.pdf
  • Gary Kok Yew Chan, "The Relevance and Value of Confucianism in Contemporary Business Ethics," Journal of Business Ethics (2007): 347-360, accessed May 23, 2011, doi: 10.1007/s10551-007-9354-z, http://www.springerlink.com/content/w2403185549xg255/fulltext.pdf
  • Kit-Chun Joanna Lam, "Confucian Business Ethics and the Economy," Journal of Business Ethics (2004): 153-162, accessed May 23, 2011, doi: 10.1023/A:1022935820655, http://www.springerlink.com/content/u81418406
    q134k21/fulltext.pdf
  • Edward J. Romar, "Virtue Is Good Business: Confucianism as a Practical Business Ethics," Journal of Business Ethics (2004): 119-131, accessed May 23, 2011, doi: 10.1023/A:1015760710802, http://www.springerlink.com/content/tverlwjp3h43b1f9/about/

Sources Not On Line:

  • Thomas W. Dunfee, Business Ethics: Japan and the Global Economy (Norwell: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1993).

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13. Islamic, Jewish and Christian:

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Compiled by Maria Gabriella Dellan and Andrea D. Cruz.

Mar 1, 2011
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