The Bible guides Christian ethics by showing how Jesus and early Christianity transformed the moral conventions of first-century Greco-Roman society by making them more inclusive and compassionate. This is the one side of the coin. The other side, however, is that the Bible also attests to the problem of the existence of evil and suffering in human life. In Paul's theology of cross and resurrection, Christian ethicists confront the ineradicable nature of this problem and the need to identify with those (...) who must suffer. (shrink)

Gender greatly impacts access to opportunities, potential, and success in corporate leadership roles. We begin with a general presentation of why such discussion is necessary for basic considerations of justice and fairness in gender equality and how the issues we raise must impact any ethical perspective on gender in the corporate workplace. We continue with a breakdown of the central categories affecting the success of women in corporate leadership roles. The first of these includes gender-influenced behavioral factors, such as the (...) requirements and expectations of gendered verbal and nonverbal communication styles as well as appearance. We move on to address the impact of family on corporate leadership opportunities and success, discussing the asymmetrical evaluation of an individual’s potential, authority, and competence based on gender stereotypes of familial obligations and expectations. Finally, we address how gender impacts access to networking and sponsorship opportunities and the long-term effects of systematic limitations on women’s inclusion in the upper echelons of corporate leadership. We conclude with a summary of the questions and issues raised by our discussion and direct individuals to consider how different ethical systems and moral requirements might influence their interpretations of gender and leadership in the corporate workplace. (shrink)

El presente trabajo es un estudio sobre los criterios de interpretación de los textos bíblicos propuestos por el documento de la Pontificia Comisión Bíblica, “Biblia y moral. Raíces bíblicas del comportamiento cristiano”. El documento parte del concepto clave de “moral revelada”, entendiendo por tal la iniciativa salvífica de Dios que suscita la respuesta religiosa y ética del ser humano. Queda preservada de este modo la originalidad de la moral bíblica, la cual, sin menoscabo de su continuidad con la moral natural, (...) integra esta última en el contexto dialogal de la Alianza. A partir de este cuadro de referencia, el documento formula criterios de discernimiento moral capaces de orientar al intérprete en la tarea de elaboración, a la luz de los textos bíblicos, de normas concretas de conducta. Ello permite superar la tendencia a buscar en los textos bíblicos indicaciones normativas prescindiendo del contexto literario y de sentido en el que están insertas. (shrink)