Helen Alford
Biographic Data
| ID | 714433 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Helen Alford |
| GIVEN NAMES | Helen |
| FAMILY NAME | Alford |
| SIGNATURE | ALFORD H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Twitter (United States) |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4398-6044 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Advancing the Common Good Through Purpose-led Business
In 2012, a group of UK business leaders approached the Catholic Archbishop of Westminster about what they perceived as a breakdown of trust between business—especially big business—and society. This led to an initiative called A Blueprint for Better Business, which became an independent UK-based charitable trust in 2014—separate from the Church, and also independent of business, funded by charitable foundations and individuals and latterly by cor…
Fraternity in Fratelli tutti
The connection between the use of fraternity, love, and justice in Fratelli tutti and Gaudium et spes is explored
The Throwaway Culture in the Economy of Exclusion
An essential part of Pope Francis's critique of the "economy of exclusion" is the concept of the "throwaway culture," which is an attitude and a reality that goes beyond mere exclusion. Francis is building on critiques of consumerism (what John Paul II called "economism") that noted both the environmental impacts of unnecessary waste and the social and human impact of reducing humans to mere consumers-the idea that happiness is shopping. Francis …
Prudence as part of a worldview
This chapter aims to provide a better understanding of how the idea of prudence has changed through time, emphasizing the radical shift in the understanding of practical reasoning that took place in modern thought. In order to do that, this chapter first attempts to outline classical thought represented by Aristotle and Aquinas and characterized by the unity of knowledge and action. It then sketches major currents in relation to prudence after th…
Politics and Religion
The Common Good and the Purpose of the Firm
This paper is an insighful critique of the shareholder and stakeholder models of organizational purpose. The authors emphasize that both these models fail to serve as an adequate basis for explaining the purpose of an organization and are unable to capture a fuller meaning of living in an organizational community. The paper thus endeavours to introduce into the mainstream of discussion a third model, based on the idea of the common good which dra…
Cellular manufacturing
This article charts the development of the idea of cellular manufacturing (CM) from its beginnings to its present status as a general organizational principle. Using survey data and a case study, an assessment is made of the application of CM and its trends for the future, especially from the human resources perspective
Cellular manufacturing
This article charts the development of the idea of cellular manufacturing (CM) from its beginnings to its present status as a general organizational principle. Using survey data and a case study, an assessment is made of the application of CM and its trends for the future, especially from the human resources perspective
The Throwaway Culture in the Economy of Exclusion
An essential part of Pope Francis's critique of the "economy of exclusion" is the concept of the "throwaway culture," which is an attitude and a reality that goes beyond mere exclusion. Francis is building on critiques of consumerism (what John Paul II called "economism") that noted both the environmental impacts of unnecessary waste and the social and human impact of reducing humans to mere consumers-the idea that happiness is shopping. Francis …
The Common Good and the Purpose of the Firm
This paper is an insighful critique of the shareholder and stakeholder models of organizational purpose. The authors emphasize that both these models fail to serve as an adequate basis for explaining the purpose of an organization and are unable to capture a fuller meaning of living in an organizational community. The paper thus endeavours to introduce into the mainstream of discussion a third model, based on the idea of the common good which dra…
Cellular manufacturing
This article charts the development of the idea of cellular manufacturing (CM) from its beginnings to its present status as a general organizational principle. Using survey data and a case study, an assessment is made of the application of CM and its trends for the future, especially from the human resources perspective
The Common Good and the Purpose of the Firm
This paper is an insighful critique of the shareholder and stakeholder models of organizational purpose. The authors emphasize that both these models fail to serve as an adequate basis for explaining the purpose of an organization and are unable to capture a fuller meaning of living in an organizational community. The paper thus endeavours to introduce into the mainstream of discussion a third model, based on the idea of the common good which dra…
Politics and Religion
Prudence as part of a worldview
This chapter aims to provide a better understanding of how the idea of prudence has changed through time, emphasizing the radical shift in the understanding of practical reasoning that took place in modern thought. In order to do that, this chapter first attempts to outline classical thought represented by Aristotle and Aquinas and characterized by the unity of knowledge and action. It then sketches major currents in relation to prudence after th…
The Throwaway Culture in the Economy of Exclusion
An essential part of Pope Francis's critique of the "economy of exclusion" is the concept of the "throwaway culture," which is an attitude and a reality that goes beyond mere exclusion. Francis is building on critiques of consumerism (what John Paul II called "economism") that noted both the environmental impacts of unnecessary waste and the social and human impact of reducing humans to mere consumers-the idea that happiness is shopping. Francis …
Fraternity in Fratelli tutti
The connection between the use of fraternity, love, and justice in Fratelli tutti and Gaudium et spes is explored
Advancing the Common Good Through Purpose-led Business
In 2012, a group of UK business leaders approached the Catholic Archbishop of Westminster about what they perceived as a breakdown of trust between business—especially big business—and society. This led to an initiative called A Blueprint for Better Business, which became an independent UK-based charitable trust in 2014—separate from the Church, and also independent of business, funded by charitable foundations and individuals and latterly by cor…
Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Blueprint (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Management (2 works)