“O’’Brien, Collier, and Flanagan’’s Good Business strikingly illustrates how Catholic social teaching challenges the overemphasis on individualism and profit for a few in contemporary American capitalism. In eight chapters the book develops and applies a different theme of Catholic social teaching to the structure of economic life.  .  .  .  The authors admirably bring together theory and practice by relating in each chapter a different approach to economic enterprises illustrating the incorporation of the theme developed in that chapter.”

“In an era when so much of business ethics treats only issues within the firm, O’’Brien, Collier, and Flanagan’’s Good Business: Catholic Social Teaching at Work in the Marketplace employs Scripture, tradition, and contemporary Catholic social thought to provide a lively and more expansive vision of what businesses are called to be. An excellent resource for the classroom.”

“The abstract reflections of theologians and philosophers have often had little impact on the work of practicing business managers. Good Business seeks to bridge that gap and is a welcome addition to the project of applying the principles of the Catholic social teaching to the challenges of business. The authors provide a useful summary of basic concepts .  .  .  and survey some of the issues that surround them. But beyond that they do a rare thing, which is to make a serious and determined attempt to explain how these basic concepts might play out in the practical management of business enterprises  .  .  .  illustrated by a set of case studies that helps to ground theory in application. The result is a thought-provoking volume for anyone interested in bringing the Catholic social tradition to the world of business.”