Michael Naughton

In the last 25 years, many Catholic universities have struggled to recognize the core pillars of Catholic higher education articulated in "Ex Corde Ecclesiae"-namely, that 1) all subjects should be studied with an understanding of their relationships and relevance to other disciplines, a study that clarifies both the strengths and limits of each particular field of study (unity of knowledge); and 2) there should be dialogue between faith and reason that is at the heart of authentic human development and the complex nature of truth (complementarity of faith and reason). The language of the two pillars is often supplanted by the general categories of ethics, wellness, service and leadership To limit the mission of the university to teaching around a set of moral and social principles will eventually undermine the principles themselves. expressed in phrases like "committing to social justice," "providing radical hospitality," "educating for civic responsibility," "sustaining the environment" and "celebrating diversity."

[...]cultivation would also address a host of other organizational practices such as hiring, firing, layoffs, marketing and advertising, receivables and payables, board governance, employee training, leadership development, supplier relations and more. While Catholic business schools have made helpful contributions in the areas of business ethics and corporate social responsibility, they have not engaged the Catholic social tradition in relation to business thoroughly enough.