TOWARDS A SOCIAL ECONOMY IN ASIA
Plurality of Companies – Participation in the Implementation of the Common Good, Human Dignity and Rights of Workers
Keywords:
Theology of Communication, Social Economy in Asia, Human DignityAbstract
Business, labour and civil society organisations have skills and resources that are vital in helping to build a more robust [healthy, vigorous] global community: Kofi Annan. Throughout the history, and particularly in the last hundred years, the Church has never failed to speak ‘the words that are hers’ with regard to questions concerning life in society.3 The social order to which the Catholic social teaching (CST)4 refers, has certainly changed over the years - from the misery of workers during the papacy of Leo XIII, decolonization, and political changes in Eastern Europe to globalization, under-development, financial, economic, moral and anthropological crisis of our day.5 CST always tries to illuminate with an unchanging light the new challenges that are constantly emerging6 and this is precisely what this paper seeks to engage.
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This paper was presented in the International Congress in Rome from 16-18 May, 2011, on the 50th Anniversary of Mater et Magistra, on the theme, “Justice and Globalization: From Mater et Magistra to Caritas in Veritate.”
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