Virtues, vices and the responsibilities of business: an application of catholic social teaching to the problems of corruption and lobbying

André Azevedo Alves; Philip Booth

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Virtues, vices and the responsibilities of business: an application of catholic social teaching to the problems of corruption and lobbying

André Azevedo Alves^*, Philip Booth

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This paper examines the development of Catholic social thought and teaching on the responsibilities of business. It begins with a natural law and Thomistic framework and shows how the general principles are applied to practical situations, firstly in the work of the late scholastics and, secondly, through the social encyclical tradition. Changes in emphasis are noted in the post-war period. The paper also explores how the challenges of corruption and lobbying have been viewed in the tradition. Despite mention of these topics by Pope Francis, we conclude that they are under-explored areas. As such, we set out a framework for consideration of these topics using the approach presented in the earlier part of the paper.

Original language	English
Article number	1070
Number of pages	20
Journal	Religions
Volume	13
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13111070
Publication status	Published - 7 Nov 2022

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Business ethics
Catholic social teaching
Corruption
Late scholastics
Lobbying
St. Thomas Aquinas

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