{"product_id":"business-for-the-common-good-a-christian-vision-for-the-marketplace-paperback","title":"Business for the Common Good: A Christian Vision for the Marketplace - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKenman L. Wong\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eScott B. Rae\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs business just a way to make money? Or can the marketplace a venue for service to others?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScott B. Rae and Kenman L. Wong seek to explore this and other critical business issues from a uniquely Christian perspective, offering up a vision for work and service that is theologically grounded and practically oriented. Among the specific questions they address along the way are these: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat implications does the Christian story have for the vision, mission or sense of purpose that shapes business engagement?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat parts of business can be affirmed and practiced \"as is\" and what parts need to be rejected or transformed? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat challenges exist as attempts are made to live out Christian ideals in a broken world characterized by tight margins, fierce competition and short-term investor pressures? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow do Christian values inform specific functional areas of business such as the management of people, marketing and environmental sustainability? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eBusiness can be even more than an environment through which individual Christians grow in Christlikeness. In this book you'll discover how it can also be a means toward serving the common good.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Christian Worldview Integration Series, edited by J. P. Moreland and Francis J. Beckwith, seeks to promote a robust personal and conceptual integration of Christian faith and learning, with textbooks focused on disciplines such as education, psychology, literature, politics, science, communications, biology, philosophy, and history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKenman L. Wong\u003c\/b\u003e (Ph.D., University of Southern California) is professor of business ethics at Seattle Pacific University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eMedicine and the Marketplace: The Moral Dimensions of Managed Care.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eScott B. Rae\u003c\/b\u003e (Ph.D., University of Southern California) is professor of Christian ethics at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, in La Mirada, California. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eMoral Choices: An Introduction to Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e and (with J. P. Moreland) \u003ci\u003eBody and Soul: Human Nature and the Crisis in Ethics.\u003c\/i\u003e Together Rae and Wong have edited \u003ci\u003eBeyond Integrity: A Judeo-Christian Approach to Business Ethics.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51777196491040,"sku":"9780830828166","price":36.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/90585e9b0454d9fc6888dff6ab2c96bb.webp?v=1780494098","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/business-for-the-common-good-a-christian-vision-for-the-marketplace-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}