The Catholic Vision of the

Good Company
Unit 1 The Church and the Call to Business

Introduction
Why the Church teaches social doctrine
The vocation of the business leader
Social doctrine and human development
Why business matters to God

Social doctrine
What it is NOT
What it is
Thoughts on the nature of teaching

authority

A mode of analysis for business

leaders
Seeing
Judging
Acting

A general approach of the

course
Introduction
The teaching on the family
The nature of work
Business as a community of persons
Private property and free markets
The Churchs teachings on wealth and poverty
The Catechism and business
Virtuous leadership

Resources, goals, questions

Resources
Vatican documents
Blackboard excerpts
Discussion board

Goals for the course

Develop a knowledge of Church teachings on business

and society
Challenge some of our own values, pursuing moral
maturity
Recognize that business values shape culture and people
Questions
Blackboard Unit 1