THE LOGIC OF GIFT AND
THE MEANING OF BUSINESS

An Experiential, Scholarly and Pedagogical Examination of Business
in light of Caritas in Veritate

Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
Piazza San Calisto, 16
Rome (Trastevere)
 February 24-26, 2011

Working Papers Presented

Opening Session

Msgr. Anthony Frontiero, Homily at Opening Mass

Bishop Mario Toso, S.D.B., Welcoming Remarks 

 Tarcisio Cardinal Bertone, Apostolic Blessing

Michael Naughton, What we need to do together

Stefano Zamagni, What does Caritas in Veritate have to say to business?

 

 

Session 1

How do businesspeople experience the logic of gift in the firm?

 

Andreas Widmer, The Profit Obsession

 

Pierre Lecocq, The Encyclical-Letter Caritas in Veritate: Ethical Challenges for Business

 

Respondent:  Dean Maines

 

Session 2

How do business ethicists explicate the tradition’s notion of gift in relation to business theory and practice?

 

Ken Goodpaster, Goods that are Truly Good and Services that Truly Serve: Reflections on Caritas in Veritate

 

Rev. Domènec Melé, The Christian Αγα´πη (agápē) and the “Logic of Gift” in Business Ethics

 

Respondent:  Gilbert Lenssen

 

Session 3

How do theologians and philosophers explicate the tradition’s notion of gift in relation to business theory and practice?

 

Jean Staune and Christopher Wasserman, The Notion of Gift and Justice in Economics and Business  

 

Wolfgang Grassl, Hybrid Forms of Business: The Logic of Gift in the Commercial World

       

        Respondent:  Ernest Pierucci

 

Session 4

How do business scholars/economists explicate the tradition’s notion of gift in relation to business theory and practice?

 

Philippe de Woot, Toward a New Understanding of Business:  Proposals for a New Humanistic Synthesis

 

Sr. Cécile Renouard, Relational Capitalism: Justice and Gift in Corporate Activities according to Caritas in Veritate

 

Luigino Bruni, Reciprocity and Gratuitousness in the Market: A Challenge for the Economic Theory

       

 Respondent:  Sr. Laura Baritz, O.P.

 

Session 5

What should we do? The Practice of Education, Business and Politics

 

Robert Kennedy, André Habisch, and Michael Naughton, Catholic Social Principles for Business Professionals and Business Educators

 

Jérôme Vignon, Caritas in Veritate, Work Still in Progress?

 

Respondent: Carolyn Woo

 

Session 6

What should Closing Session: Conclusion and Where to go from here?

 

Sr. Helen Alford, O.P., Summary and Conclusions

 

Peter Cardinal Turkson, The Future of Caritas in Veritate and the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

 

Papers Accepted but not Presented:

Joseph E. Capizzi, From Individuals to Neighbors to Brothers: An Augustinian Analysis of Caritas in Veritate