The Purpose of Business: A Jesuit Educational Challenge to Shareholder Primacy

Author
Stephen Porth and John McCall
Region
North America
Topic
Ethics & Social Justice
Length
21 pages
Keywords
contemporary business education
shareholders
business
Jesuit
social thought
Student Price
$3.50
Target Audience
Faculty/Researchers
Graduate Students
Undergraduate Students

Critics of contemporary business education are growing in number and their calls for reform are getting louder and more urgent. Jesuit business schools are uniquely positioned to lead the reform by challenging the standard assumptions of business education and living up to the principles and values espoused in their mission statements.