The Interdisciplinary Minor in Ethics, Society, and the Institution of Business

FAIN: AKB-291005-23

College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, MA 01610-2395)
Kendy Hess (Project Director: August 2022 to present)
Karen Teitel (Co Project Director: December 2022 to present)

A two-year project to create a minor in ethics, society, and the institution of business

We seek to develop a broader, more encompassing vision of both business and business ethics that will help our students develop the knowledge, the skills, the vision, and the passion to help business move beyond doing less harm and become restorative. The humanities have an absolutely essential role to play in this project, but they must be brought to bear: for this work, a humanities education without business will be impotent while a business education without the humanities will be blind. Meeting the challenges of the world today will require a familiarity with the practices, values, and structures that define the institution of business; a deep sense of the history and potential of that institution and of the people who are so deeply enmeshed in its workings; and an unapologetic kind of radical hope that both personal and institutional transformation are possible. Our program makes a strong start on this project.