Business Ethics

Make no mistake about ESG: it is one of the most dangerous threats to American society from both an economic and ideological perspective.

The Benedictine synthesis of prayer and work is a hallmark of the order’s particular brand of religious life.

There is an abundance of professionals available who can provide sound and strategic ethical investment advice.

As mentioned in the article “The 6 moral obligations of business executives,” published in the April edition of Legatus magazine, Pope Leo XIII wrote an encyclical called Rerum Novarum in 1891 on the rights and duties of capital and labor.

The banking crisis of this past spring raised the specter of another large-scale financial meltdown.

In my previous column on business and virtue, I employed the metaphor of a garden and its need for productive care, likening it to enterprise.

Pope Leo XIII wrote an encyclical called Rerum Novarum in 1891 on the "Rights and Duties of Capital and Labor."

Does your business have a continuous improvement plan?

In many people’s minds the phrase “business virtue” is an oxymoron, as though virtue is the antithesis of commerce. Commerce is all about profits, they say, and virtue is not. Really?

Some of the many offenses against the Seventh Commandment include...

In 2011, with the global economy still recovering from the nadir of the post-financial-crisis economic funk, the pop song “We Are Young” won a Grammy award.

Responsible and morally attuned parents recognize the critical importance of forming their children to do what is right not only when or because they are being observed, but because...

The U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade moves the matter of abortion back to the states.

Man is made to work according to the gifts, talents, and inclinations the Lord has given to him.

Americans stand on firm ground whether they appeal to their religion or conscience.

Our grandchildren are one of our greatest joys. If we knew how fun grandparenting would be, we would have skipped over parenting altogether.

On December 1, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the most important case of this generation: Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

What if we are in the midst of an epic spiritual battle, a battle for truth. “What is truth?” (“Quid est veritas?”) (Jn 18:38).

In the United States, nearly half of all abortions are now chemical abortions – abortions that occur through “medication abortion pills.”

I take it as self-evident that the desire to do sexual things with children is wicked and perverse. That includes self-display, enticement, and talk – and where the talk takes place does not matter, except that if it is public, in a school, or on television, or on posters at your local fast-food joint, the harm done is incomparably greater, because it reaches more children, and it acquires all the force of public approval.