Proceedings of the International Association for Business and Society

Volume 7, 1996

Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Meeting

Community, relationality, and the love of neighbor
religious constructs that might inform the study of business and society

Because the United States is a religious (however defined) country, referring to well-known theological constructs might be an effective means for academics to communicate business and society ideas and concepts to businesspeople. Further, theologians have given much effort to conceptualizing what a good society looks like and how individuals might achieve it; these issues have not been well developed in the business and society literature. The author considers three concepts-relationality, love of neighbor, and community-that might (1) inform the study of business and society and (2) provide a language and structure for translating academic research to businesspeople in terms familiar to the latter.