Business as a Force for Good A Classical-Experience-Based Curriculum Development

ROCHA HECTOR; CHARLES WOOKEY

LUDOVIKA, BUDAPEST

Congreso; Business as a Force for Good. Freedom, Subsidiarity, and the Spirit of Gift conference; 2022

The idea that the purpose of business define a benevolent and pluralistic approach to its stakeholders beyond its focus on shareholders has grown dramatically in recent years. But this is still far from mainstream teaching. This paper advances the idea that the purpose of business is an important trigger for promoting subsidiarity and freedom and presents a classical-experience-based curriculum to develop the necessary attitudes and talents for realising subsidiarity and freedom within organizations. It is a course that creates a reflective and transformative space for executives to explore what is necessary for businesses to become more purpose-led centred in human flourishing, and how it is always both a personal and organisational challenge. This paper summarises the intellectual and practical roots of the initiative, the teaching approach, the embeddedness of subsidiarity into the class dynamics, the testimonials from the participants, and the way forward.