The Business, Faith and Common Good Speaker Series brings to campus outstanding engaging thinkers who can speak to the intersection of business, faith, and the common good.  Coming from fields like philosophy, management, economics, theology, and finance, they bring various perspectives on faith and business, faith and the common good, or business and the common good.  Fall 2017 we will have another excellent speaker series lineup, with talks open to the Creighton Community and public.  Among our speakers this year will be:

  Bonnie Wilson (St. Louis University)

“Economics:  A Theology of Scarcity or Something More?”  (Sept. 7, 6pm Harper 4053)

Bonnie Wilson combines a strong concern for Jesuit mission with her interests in Public Choice theory, Macroeconomics, International Economics, and Financial Economics. She will kick off this year’s speaker series speaking to us about Jesuit Values, Economics, and Free Choice.  Vita

 

 Mary Hirschfeld (Villanova)  “Rethinking Economic Inequality” (September 21, 6pm Harper 3027)

After getting her Ph.D. in economics from Harvard, Professor Hirschfield taught economics for 15 years, but eventually was drawn to Catholicisim, quit her tenured position, and got a Ph.D in theology from Notre Dame. eventually getting a position at Villanova in Economics and Theology.   She has worked on  developing an approach to economics that is grounded in the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas. The results have applications to questions about consumption economics, economic justice, the common good, the nature of practical reason, and economic methodology.

  Gary Chartier (La Sierra University)

“Achieving Social Justice through Liberty”  (September 28, 6pm Harper 3023)

Gary Charier is Distinguished Professor of Law and Business Ethics and Associate dean at the business school at La Sierra University in Riverside, California, a 7th Day Adventist intstitution.  As a legal scholar and philosopher he identifies as a “left-wing market anarchist”, he is pro-free-market although critical of much of capitalism as it stands today.  As a Christian and a libertarian, he holds positions which make him a unique thinker.  Always gracious but also intense, he will provide a lively talk for our series this year.  Gary on Wikipedia

 Charles Clark (St. John’s University, NY)

“Good Wealth”  (Thursday October 5, 3pm Harper Ballroom)

Our Keynote Speaker for the 2017 Business, Faith and Common Good Symposium on October 6th will be Charles Clark.  Dr. Clark is Senior Fellow at the Vincentian Center for Church and Society and Professor of Economics at St. John’s University in New York.   He writes frequently on the intersection of Catholic Social thought and economics, and has interests especially in the History of Economic Thought, Poverty and Income Inequality.

 

  Graham McAleer (Loyola, Baltimore)

“Why does Harry’s pal Hermione keep much of her money in Panama?”: The Ethics of Wealth Management” (Thursday October 12, 6pm Harper Auditorium)

Born and raised in the north of England, Graham McAleer is a full professor at Loyola University Maryland, and is known for his teaching excellence and rapport with students.  He teaches for the philosophy department and the Sellinger School of Business.  Educated at universities in England, Canada, Belgium, and the United States, he is the author of three monographs: Ecstatic Morality and Sexual Politics(Fordham, 2005); To Kill Another (Transaction, 2010); and Tolkien and Lord of the Rings: A Philosophy of War (Amazon, 2014).  McAleer was Loyola’s Distinguished Teacher of the Year 2014  His most recent work is on the Ethics of Fashion.

 Richard P. Nielsen Boston College

(Oct 26, 6pm Harper 3029)  “The Quakers: Friends of Business”

Professor Nielsen comes to us from the Organization Studies Department, Carroll School of Management, Boston College, and is past president of the Society of Business Ethics. He is a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). He works in the areas of ethics engagement, communication, and leadership methods, having published more than 75 articles in journals such as Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Executive, Business Ethics Quarterly, Business and Society,  and the Journal of Business Ethics. He was born in New York City and is married with two children.

  Lloyd Sandelands (U. Michigan)

“On the Inhumanity of Profit-Seeking”  (November 2, 6pm, Harper 3027)

Lloyd Sandelands has taught organizational behavior and management at the Ross School of Management for nearly three decades.  Widely published, in his recent book, Being at Work, he unites the metaphysics of Aristotle and Aquinas and the social teachings of the Catholic Church to describe how business leaders can help people in their organizations become more truly and fully human, and his previous book God and Mammon developed a comprehensive management ethic with a concern for how humans should be the focus of business when we bring God into our business practices.  (Talk on November 2, 2017, 6pm)

THE BFCGI Speaker series is supported by the following generous organizations and individuals, and we are grateful for their support:

          

           

Jim and Cindy Anderson

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