(Sept 5) Greg Wolcott “Adam Smith and Catholic Social Thought” 6-7pm Harper 3048

Greg has been a professor and taught business ethics at Saint Mary’s College of California and the Quinlan School of Business at Loyola University Chicago. He has published in the Journal of Business Ethics, Business Ethics Journal Review, Reason Papers, the Journal of Applied Philosophy, and Business Ethics Quarterly. He holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from Loyola University Chicago and a B.A. in philosophy from The Catholic University of America. Greg is currently a Faculty Liaison with IHS.

 (Sept 12)  John Mundell 6pm Harper 3048 “My Work and the Economy of Communion” 

John Mundell, of Mundell & Associates, Indianapolis, 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.  He is an active member and champion of the economy of communion, which focuses on the dignity of people in all aspects of business practices.  His company  provides expertise in environmental crises management related to water supply and contamination, wastewater treatment and human-health risk assessment

(September 26) Lloyd Sandelands (U. Michigan) “The Elementary Forms of Business Life”  630pm, Harper 3048

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 September 26)

 

(October 3)  Jason Stansbury “Sin in Business” 6pm, Harper 3048

Jason Stansbury holds the James and Judith Chambery Chair for the Study of Ethics in Business at Calvin College.  He was President of the Society of Business Ethics 2018-19, and has published and presented on a wide variety of topics including whistle-blowing, religion in organizations, and and moral imagination.

 (Oct 10) Larry Masek “Are Businesses Responsible for the Good and Bad Effects Which Their Decisions Indirectly Cause?” 6pm Harper 3048

Larry Masek is Associate Professor at Ohio Dominican University.    He has published in journals such as Journal of Business Ethics, Ratio Juris, Public Affairs Quarterly, American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, and Business Ethics Quarterly.  His research interests are primarily in ethics, especially action theory and the doctrine of double effect (the doctrine of double effect is often invoked to explain the permissibility of an action that causes a serious harm, such as the death of a human being, as a side effect of promoting some good end).

 

(October 31) Kent Saunders “A Biblical Perspective on the Relationship between Investing and Gambling.” 6pm Harper 3048

Kent Saunders is Professor of Finance and Economics at Anderson College, South Carolina, where he teaches Derivatives and Portfolio Management, Financial Management, and Investment Analysis.   Kent is also the Director of Publications for the Christian Business Faculty Association, and served as editor of the Christian Business Academy Review for 10 years (2006-2015).

Our speakers for the BFCGI Symposium September 13th

Jim Abraham, owner of Abraham Heating and Air Conditioning has an excellent reputation in Omaha and his faith guides and directs his personal and business decisions.  Along with running his company he volunteers to meet with Prisoners and has for many years.

 

Tom Deall, Owner of Chick-fil-A in Bellevue Nebraska is a Deacon in his church and has a passion for others which is displayed every day as he runs his restaurant.  His faith is obvious and his passion is contagious.

 

 

Justin Nabity, Physicians Thrive (Omaha).     Justin is a wealth-management advisor and co-founder of Physicians Thrive, a B-Corp company in Omaha which specifically helps physicians with financial planning and assistance.   As one of a handful of B-corps in Nebraska, Physicians Thrive is a unique organization.  Nabity also helped found Give Sight Global which helps provide medication to reverse blindness in needy countries.

 

John Mundell , Mundell & Associates, Indianapolis, 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.  He is an active member and champion of the economy of communion, which focuses on the dignity of people in all aspects of business practices.  His company  provides expertise in environmental crises management related to water supply and contamination, wastewater treatment and human-health risk assessment

Mark Dahir, director and COO of Heart Ministry Center, has a powerful story of redemption and how God brought him to use his financial talents to help the poor and needy, after a career in banking.  He has an inspirational story to tell.