Browsing by Author "Zadroga, Adam"

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    Bezrobocie jako wyzwanie dla podmiotów życia społeczno-gospodarczego
    (Najwyższa Izba Kontroli, 2006) Derdziuk, Andrzej; Zadroga, Adam
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    Catholic Social Teaching as a Source of Enrichment of the Moral Dimension of Social Enterprise Management
    (Wydawnictwo KUL, 2022) Zadroga, Adam
    Social enterprises perceive social and environmental issues as primary objectives of their hybrid socio-economic activities. They believe that financial stability is a prerequisite, not a goal. This approach is similar to Catholic social teaching (CST). The detailed content of the social encyclicals is a valuable means of deeper exploration and enrichment of the moral dimension of social enterprise management. The following article analyses social entrepreneurship from the point of view of the fundamental principles of CST and theological premises. The reference to the management of a social enterprise of the supreme personalistic standard and principles such as the common good, subsidiarity, and solidarity allows the moral dimension of this process to be understood more deeply. The paper was created based on a method appropriate to research focused on moral theology and CST. First, the content of selected literature on the subject (social entrepreneurship) and carefully selected theological-moral sources (especially papal documents and publications by CST researchers) were analysed. Subsequently, the results of the analysis were subjected to inference and conceptual work in relation to the adopted general research objective and specific research tasks: the phenomenon of social enterprises was described; the specific features and limitations of the social enterprise management process were identified; the fundamental principles of Catholic social teaching as normative criteria for social enterprise management were reviewed; the possibility of applying the aforementioned CST principles to social enterprise practice was discussed and presented, and the final conclusions were formulated.
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    Gospodarka, przedsiębiorczość, praca. Studium z perspektywy katolickiej myśli ekonomiczno-społecznej
    (TN KUL, 2019) Zadroga, Adam
    In the contemporary studies of economic issues, a growing openness to an interdisciplinary approach can be observed. It is manifested, for instance, in a renaissance of economic ethics and, within this discipline, of ethical considerations pertaining to particular religious and moral traditions. A special contribution to this field is made by Catholic thought. A research trend related to the social doctrine of the Catholic Church focused on economic issues—considered in close connection with their social and moral conditions—may be termed “Catholic economic social thought.” In 2018, I published a monograph devoted to the methodological merits of Catholic economic social thought in the context of increasing criticism of the metaphysical and epistemological presuppositions of the mainstream economics.1 In the present book, I discuss the key economic categories, such as: economy, entrepreneurship, and work, as they are conceived of in Catholic economic social thought. I trust that the ideas proposed in this publication will be a significant addition to the above-mentioned methodological monograph, emphasizing even more the potential of the Catholic research perspective on economic problems as well as supplementing and deepening the understanding of economic issues by putting them in a broader and deeper ontological perspective. Such an approach refers to the transcendent dimension of human life and adopts, as the first and foremost criterion of axiological evaluation, the dignity of the economic subject as the human person and, consequently, other principles of Catholic Social Teaching. The book is divided into three parts. In the first chapter, focused mainly on the moral aspects of economy, I address the anthropological aspects of economic reality, the concept of personalist economic morality, the axiological connections of the social economy, and the principles of Catholic Social Teaching, as well as the moral dimension of economy and management (according to Janusz Nagórny). In the second chapter, devoted to entrepreneurship and business, I present the stand of the Catholic Church on entrepreneurship understood as an anthropological and ethical category and on a number of selected problems relevant to this issue. I also address the fundamental moral theological presuppositions that should exert a formative influence on the attitudes of Christians involved in entrepreneurial activity and on the character of their mission in the world. In addition, I describe the attitudes of the Christian business leaders in Poland, basing on the analysis of their statements concerning the religious and moral motives guiding their professional life. In the third chapter, I discuss the theological, personalist, and moral aspects of work and address the questions of the human right to work, the need for adequate education for work provided in the process of family life, and the Biblical perspective on the problem of the proper attitude to wealth (material goods).
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    Implementing the Principle of the Common Good in Classical and Social Enterprises
    (Wydawnictwo KUL, 2023) Marek, Agnieszka; Kostrzewa, Sylwia; Zadroga, Adam
    This publication aims to identify similarities and differences in the ways of implementing the principle of the common good in classical (commercial) and social enterprises. Given the differences between social and classical enterprises in terms of their objectives and modes of action, it has to be stressed that the nature of the contribution they make to the common good differs in terms of subject and object. The research is embedded in Catholic social teaching (CST) because this approach presents one of the theoretically and practically richest theories of the common good, and secondly, it allows to discover modern ways of building the common good while respecting centuries of tradition and referring to philosophical classics. The common good principle in the light of CST lets us focus not only on the material but also the transcendental aims of human work and life which lead to more sustainable management. Commercial enterprises strengthen intellectual capital and expand technological and business knowledge. The profit earned by these companies essentially contributes to the good of society (taxes, investment, charity), including employees (bonuses, training). Social enterprises, on the other hand, have the advantage of investing in social capital and thus building a civil society based on mutual trust and support, especially at a local and institutional level. The profit generated by these organisations is a means to achieve social goals and not an end in itself. The results of our research show that both commercial and social enterprises contribute to common good on their own ways but the best results can be achieved when they cooperate and use all of their strengths for building the better future.
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    Professional Ethics of Social Entrepreneurs: The Perspective of Christian Personalist Ethics
    (Wydawnictwo KUL, 2021) Zadroga, Adam
    The aim of the article is to indicate and describe the normative assumptions of the professional ethics of social entrepreneurs. The innovative nature of the proposed concept consists in taking into consideration the perspective of Christian personalist ethics. It is a theory of morality which includes considerations for the biblical and theological view of man, emphasizing above all their personal dignity. Referring to the principal axioms of this ethical doctrine allows for a presentation of a proposal of ethical principles and moral virtues – adequate to the mission, tasks, and vocation of social entrepreneurs. The article discusses the following issues: the essence of Christian personalist ethics, the mission and tasks of social entrepreneurs, the motivation and vocation of social entrepreneurs, ethical aspects of leadership in social enterprises, as well as the ethical principles and moral virtues of social entrepreneurs. A methodology characteristic of normative philosophical ethics and moral theology was applied. The results of the analysis of the methodically selected literature on the subject were processed by means of conceptual work, which allowed us to describe the professional ethics of social entrepreneurs from the point of view of Christian personalist ethics. Christian personalist ethics makes a valuable and original contribution to the description of the normative determinants of social entrepreneurship. The analysis of the mission and tasks of social entrepreneurs shows that they create social structures and processes that affirm the dignity of marginalized people and restore their capacity to participate in social and economic life.