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鈥婽wo 国产麻豆AV professors are bridging religion and business ethics in a new publication.

Two years ago, Thomas O鈥橞rien (left) and Scott Paeth (right), both associate professors in the Department of Religious Studies, started the 鈥淛ournal of Religion and Business Ethics,鈥� a project innovative in both content and delivery. Here, they discuss the journal鈥檚 importance, especially in light of contemporary, global business practices.

Paeth: The idea of a journal began in conversations between Tom and me while we were editing the book, 鈥淩eligious Perspectives on Business Ethics.鈥� We realized that very few academic resources address the inter-relationship of religion, as听a听field of study, and business ethics. Thinking about business ethics with a religious sensibility is a point of view that鈥檚 not sufficiently represented in today鈥檚 intellectual marketplace.

翱鈥橞谤颈别苍: Although business ethics is being taught by religious institutions all over the country, instructors are using textbooks with a secular perspective: the religious content is taken out. The books reference ethical systems that are religious in their roots, but the reader would never know.

At the same time, scholars are forced to publish in secular journals, which have鈥攗nderstandably鈥攁 filter. Clearly, these journals can鈥檛 and won鈥檛 accept too many religious papers.

That鈥檚 what we did with 鈥淩eligious Perspectives on Business Ethics,鈥� and that鈥檚 what we鈥檙e doing with the 鈥淛ournal of Religion and Business Ethics.鈥�

Paeth: We like to think of the journal as a clearinghouse for ideas.

The realm of people who teach or write about business ethics is large; those with a religious focus are a subset. But there鈥檚 a burgeoning sense that business needs a moral core, and for many people, a moral core is rooted in some sense of religious obligation.

Our objective is to represent a broad spectrum of perspectives; the journal is open to scholars of all and any religious persuasions. In addition, we include in the mix substantive theoretical arguments (such as the relationship of a specific philosopher to some question in business ethics) and quantitative inquiries and research.

翱鈥橞谤颈别苍: We intend to be the leading journal for talking about religion in business ethics.

We publish eight to 10 peer-reviewed articles per issue, two issues per year. For the launch in 2009, we asked people to submit articles, and we got a few big hitters: Robert Kennedy (University of St. Thomas) on 鈥淭he Practice of Just Compensation鈥� and Michael Naughton (University of St. Thomas) and Jeffrey R. Cornwall (Belmont University) on 鈥淐ulture as the Basis of The Good Entrepreneur.鈥�

Now, we receive unsolicited submissions; in fact, the journal is apparently the publication-of-choice for a few scholars. Our goal over the long term is to have more submissions than we know what to do with. As we develop a reputation in the field, that will happen. And we鈥檙e planning to expand our board of reviewers, which now includes Rev. Patrick Flanagan, St. John鈥檚 University, and Elizabeth Collier, Dominican University.

Paeth: The journal is 100 percent online; in fact, we would not have been able to publish without Via Sapientiae, the library鈥檚 channel for providing open access to scholarly works produced by 国产麻豆AV faculty, staff, and students. The electronic format made publishing a niche journal both possible and practical. In fact, we鈥檙e really on the cutting-edge of academic publishing.

翱鈥橞谤颈别苍: Few journals are open and free, like ours. And being online gives us flexibility not available to print media. For example, in the future we鈥檙e hoping to start dialogical exchanges: a scholar would post a work in progress; others would comment and offer suggestions; the author could take this input and develop his or her bright idea and then publish a completed article down the road. In effect, the journal would become a virtual conference.

Paeth: Right now, we鈥檙e preparing a special issue on the financial crisis. Business is a venue in which social justice gets worked out in a specific way.

鈥淭he Journal of Religion and Business Ethics鈥� is Vincentian to the core: it鈥檚 rooted in our understanding of public and workplace morality鈥攖he idea that a person鈥檚 spirituality enters into his or her everyday life. This perspective is at the heart of who we are as a university.

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A quick look at the journal鈥檚 most 鈥減opular鈥� articles (based on the听number of downloads) reveals the publication鈥檚 breadth, depth, and relevance:

鈥淎 Fourth Use of the Law? The Decalogue in the Workplace鈥� by David W. Gill

鈥淭heology of the 鈥楻eal Economy鈥�: Christian Economic Ethics in an Age of Financialization鈥� by Charles A. McDaniel Jr.

鈥淚mportance of Religious Beliefs to Ethical Attitudes in Business鈥� by Tisha L. N. Emerson and Joseph A. Mckinney

鈥淓thical Methodology: Between Public Theology and Public Policy鈥� by Nimi Wariboko 鈥淜inship and Bystander Effect: The Role of Others in Ethical Decisions鈥� by Susan Fredricks, Michele Ramsey, and Andrea Hornett

鈥淔iduciary Principles: Corporate Responsibilities to Stakeholders鈥� by Susan C. Atherton, Mark S. Blodgett, and Charles A. Atherton

鈥淪pe Salvi: Assessing the Aerodynamic Soundness of Our Civilizational Flying Machine鈥� by Jim Wishloff

鈥淎 Magnetic Pull on the Internal Compass: The Moderating Effect of Response to Culture on the Relationship between Moral Identity and Ethical Sensitivity鈥� by Denise Daniels, Margaret Diddams, and Jeff Van Duzer

鈥淐ulture as the Basis of the Good Entrepreneur鈥� by Michael Naughton and Jeffrey R. Cornwall