Posts Tagged ‘Corporate Responsibility’
Corporate Political Contributions
With the Supreme Court Case Citizen’s United Corporations were given the freedom to flex their political muscle by eroding the regulation of their political contributions on the basis that it infringed on their freedom of speech. In this Supreme Court Case Justice Anthony Kennedy stated that this freedom ought to be further exercised by the ... Read more
A Socially Responsible Investor: promoting Corporate Political Accountability
The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism – ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. Among us today ... Read more
Corporate Social Responsibility: Building bridges between faith and business.
(The following article is adapted from reflections by Laura Berry, Executive Director of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), and our own Fr. Michael Hoolahan, CP from their experience of the recent ICCR fundraising event.) The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility held their 24th annual special event in New York City on October 7th. ... Read more
The Christian consumer: The case of Uzbek Cotton
Through the Passionist JPIC office we promote the social values of our faith through education and advocacy. In the next few months a couple Catholic and ecumenical groups will promote Catholic social issues through legislative advocacy. However, this week, the Passionist and various communities of faith have taken part of the Interfaith Center on Corporate ... Read more
Corporate Responsibility and the Passionist
(The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) is begining to celebrate its 40th anniversary. ICCR has been the organizational giant that has led religious communities here in the United States in developing the ministry of corporate responsibility. The Passionist have played a role in this social ministry by addressing issues that are of particular concern to us, ... Read more
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International Day of Non-Violence
Lectionary Reflections,Passion for Justice - September 28, 2011
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Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: “The Wisdom to know the Difference”
Lectionary Reflections - July 21, 2011
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Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: The Good and Evil Wolf
Lectionary Reflections - July 14, 2011
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Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Comprehending the Incomprehensible
Lectionary Reflections - July 7, 2011
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July 4th Reflection on Religious Liberty
Passion for Justice - July 1, 2011
