2018 Business Faith and Common Good Symposium

“An Economy of Communion”

Friday, October 5, 2018, Skutt Student Center Room 105

The 2018 Business Faith and Common Good Symposium brings a lineup of outstanding speakers who will speak to how faith can and should inform our business theory and practice.  They will provide short talks on various topics oriented around “An Economy of Communion”.  This year we will be hosting the Economy of Communion-NA annual meeting, and entrepreneurs from across the country will be here for the event. We hope the general public, students and faculty will be in attendance as well! All are welcome.  Attendance is free. Please direct any questions to Andy Gustafson (andrewgustafson@creighton.edu)

 

Schedule

8-845 Coffee/Pastries Networking

8:45 Nick Sanna, CEO RiskLens, President of Fair Institute.   “Welcome/Intro to EOC”

930 Amy Uelmen (Georgetown) “Pope Francis on The Economy of Communion”

1030 Greg Beabout (St. Louis U) “The Economy of Communion and Catholic Social Teaching”

1130 Angus Sibley (Paris) “Why Too Much Competition is Bad for Humanity”

1230  Scott Henson, CEO of TEAM Ministries (lunch talk) “Protestant and Evangelical Approaches to Business and Faith”

130 David Cloutier (Catholic U) “Practicing the Economy of Communion in a Consumer Society: Challenges and Opportunities.”

230   John McNerney (Ireland) “How Business Does and Sometimes Does Not Make us More Human”

330 John Gallagher (Maryville) and Jean Buckeye (U St. Thomas) “Why Economy of Communion Exemplifies Subsidiarity”

530 Reception at the Omaha Press Club

The symposium is generously sponsored by Dundee Bank and Anderson Convenience Market:

 

The Economy of Communion North America group will be continuing events on Saturday in Harper 3027 as well and all are welcome.  The schedule is as follows

9:00  Reflection/Experiences from EoC Members – John Mundell, CEO Mundell & Associates

10:15 – 11:45  What makes leaders of EoC businesses different from others and what does it require? – Jim Funk, Leadership Transformation at Consulus

12:00 – 01:00  Networking Lunch

01:00 – 01:45  The EoC in North America: challenges and opportunities

02:00 – 03:30  Impact Hackaton Exercise

03:45 – 05:00  Debrief and Open Discussion

06:30 – 08:30  Get together/supper/drinks at Gustafson’s house at 3126 Chicago

 We are very excited about this year’s lineup of speakers.  Each talk will last about 30 minutes, with 15 minutes of Q&A.  We expect interesting and spirited discussions about the ways business can be integrated with faith, and visa versa.

Parking: Visitors may park in the visitors lot at 24th and Cass Street (just west of the law School and the Lied Center) Find a map of Creighton’s campus here.

Books Written By the Presenters:

              

    

On the Presenters:

 Nick Sanna Nick is the COO of RiskLens and is responsible for the definition and the execution of the company strategic positioning, messaging, and go-to-market strategies. A serial entrepreneur, Nick’s passion is to help the industry close the gap that separates IT from the business. Prior to RiskLens, Nick contributed to closing that gap as CEO of Netuitive, a leading IT Operations Analytics (ITOA) software company and as CEO of e-Security, the pioneering Security Information and Event Monitoring (SIEM) company that was ultimately sold to Novell.

Amy Uelmen   Uelman was the founding director of Fordham University’s Institute on Religion, Law & Lawyer’s Work from 2001 to 2011 and  is a visiting lecturer at Georgetown Law and a research fellow at Georgetown’s Berkley Center. Her scholarship focuses on how Catholic social thought might shed light on tort law, legal ethics and legal education, and how principles of dialogue might inform debates about religion in the public square. Books authored include: Education’s Highest Aim: Teaching and Learning through a Spirituality of Communion (2010) and Focolare: Living a Spirituality of Unity in the United States (2011),

Greg Beabout is professor of philosophy at St. Louis University and has a thorough knowledge of Catholic Social Thought.  His books include The Character of the Manager: From Office Executive to Wise Steward. (2013), Celebration of the Thought of Pope John Paul II: On the Occasion of the Papal Visit to St. Louis. (1998), and  Applied Professional Ethics (1994)

Angus Sibley: Angus Sibley is a retired actuary and former member of the London Stock Exchange, and fellow at the “Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, London”. He has written extensively on finance, economics, Catholic theology, and other topics. In 2015 he published  Catholic Economics: Alternatives to the Jungle in 2015. and in 2011, The Poisoned Spring of Economic Libertarianism.  Angus runs Equilibrium Economicum

Scott Henson International Director, TEAM.  Scott holds a Ph.D. in international relations and law from Vanderbilt University, an MBA from Duke University, an MFA from Queens University of Charlotte, and a bachelor’s in religious and Biblical studies from Gardner-Webb University. He serves on the faculty at Maryville College, where he teaches political science and international studies and is passionate about mentoring young global leaders.

David Cloutier teaches moral theology at Catholic University, and is author of the award-winning The Vice of Luxury: Economic Excess in a Consumer Age, and Walking God’s Earth: The Environment and Catholic Faith, as well as Reading, Praying, Living Pope Francis’s Laudato Si’

John McNerney is a researcher in and lecturer in business ethics and philosophy.He has been Head Chaplain/Student Adviser at University College in Dublin, Ireland.He recently published a book, Wealth of Persons: Economics with a Human Face

John Gallagher, professor of management at Maryville College Jean Buckeye associate professor of ethics and business law are co-authors of the book Structures of Grace, about EOC companies in the U.S.

John Mundell is an environmental engineer/geologist and President and founder of Mundell & Associates, an environmental consulting company that provides services to government agencies, municipalities, and industries all over the world.  His company is a part of the Economy of Communion network of businesses begun by Focolare Movement founder Chiara Lubich that operate for the good of society. John is active in EcoOne and is passionate about bringing together diverse viewpoints to bring about a more balanced approach to environmental sustainability.

Jim Funk is the President and Owner of JL Funk & Associates. He is a consultant who helps leaders, teams and organizations discover and develop their full potential. He is passionate in believing that strong leadership competence combined with the leader’s personal characteristics, values and virtues are key to achieving goals and driving business results.  Jim has served on various boards and commissions, is currently a member of the Economy of Communion in North America Commission, and is the author of a blog on ‘Holistic Leadership’.