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| Professor Brian Engelland |
In recent years, business leaders have been roundly
criticized for their greed, shady dealing and corruption. As a result, students
have tended to avoid business and choose majors in traditional subjects in the
liberal arts because conventional wisdom implies that these fields can help
overcome injustice and make the world a better place. However, business
leadership skills really are necessary in order to effect lasting and beneficial
change.
A new document released in March by the Pontifical Council on
Justice and Peace bears this out. The thirty-page reflection is called The Vocation of the Business Leader, and it suggests “When businesses and market
economies function properly and focus on serving the common good, they
contribute greatly to the material and even the spiritual well-being of
society.” In effect, the document acknowledges that business doesn’t just fill
bellies or make money; properly practiced, it also cultivates virtue.
The document goes on to say that the vocation of the business
leader is a genuine human and Christian calling. Business people have a special
role to play in the unfolding of creation – they not only provide goods and
services and constantly improve them, but they also help shape organizations and
society, and improve human flourishing.
As The Vocation of the Business Leader gains wider
readership, get ready for an influx of new graduate business students. Business
is a noble calling which assists in the unfolding of creation. Even our
spiritual well-being is at stake!
Doctor Brian Engelland
Professor of Marketing
engelland@cua.edu
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