University of St. Thomas

 

The Business of Practical Wisdom

 

An Exploration of Virtue and Business within the

Catholic Social Tradition 

 

Papers Presented

 

 

            Opening Remarks-Andre Habisch

 

·      Fr. Dermot Tredget, OSB, UK

Practical Wisdom and Discernment in the Rule of Benedict

·      Steve Cortright, St. Mary’s College of California and Ernest Pierucci,  Attorney at Law, San Francisco, California

Practical Knowledge and the Arts of Enterprise

Respondent: Simona Beretta, Universita del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy

 

 

·      Bob Kennedy, Univ. of St. Thomas, Minnesota

On Being Truly Practical: Why Virtue Matters in Business

·      Fr. Domènec Melé, IESE Business School, Barcelona

Practical Wisdom in the Managerial Decision-making Process

Respondent: Fr. Peter Klasvogt, Cath. Academy Kommende, Dortmund

 

 

·      Wolfgang Grassl, St. Norbert’s College, De Pere, Wisconsin

Business as the Exercise of Practical Reason in the Catholic Tradition

Respondent: Laurent Mortreuil, Société Générale, Paris

 

·      Gilbert Lenssen, Univ. of Leyden, President European Academy Business in Society, Brussels

Practical Wisdom and Exegesis: Beyond Historical and Canonical Concerns  

·     Mario Molteni, Cath. Univ. Milan and Prof. Dr. Helen Alford OP, Pont. Univ. St. Tomaso (Angelicum), Rome

Socio-Competitive Strategy: A Tool to Support Practical Wisdom in the Boardroom

Respondent:  Br. Ray Fitz, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio

 

·      Charles Clark, St. John’s Univ., New York

Practical Wisdom and Understanding the Economy: The Financial Crisis as a Case Study

·      Theodore Malloch, Chairman, The Roosevelt Group, Florida

Doing Virtuous Business

Respondents: William Brinkmann, Ascension Health, St. Louis,  Missouri

 

·      Alejo Jose G. Sison, Univ. of Navarra

What could we learn from MacIntyre?

·    Fr. Gianni Manzone,

Entrepreneurial Prudence and the Catholic Thought Tradition

Respondent: Dan O’Brien, Ascension Health, St. Louis, Missouri