Date of Event
9-7-2021
Location/Venue
via Zoom
Description
De La Salle University Ramon V. del Rosario College of Business Management and Organization Department Invited the academic community to the Professorial Chair Lecture of Benito L. Teehankee, DBA, holder of the Jose E. Cuisia Sr. Professorial Chair in Business Ethics "Commonalities of action research and Catholic Social Teachings in promoting social change for justice and emancipation: The case of the Covenant for Shared Prosperity
Sponsors
Ramon V. del Rosario College of Business Management and Organization Department
Event Type
Lectures and lecturing
Information Source
Help Desk Announcement : August 9, 2021
Keywords
Christian sociology—Catholic Church; Benito L. Teehankee
Recommended Citation
Teehankee, B. L. (2021). Jose E. Cuisia professorial chair in business ethics lecture of Dr. Benito L. Teehankee. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/events_diary/215
Comments
ABSTRACT I explore the powerful complementarity of action research and Catholic Social Teachings (CST). Action research is committed to both investigating social concerns and acting on such concerns with other people of goodwill in order to produce social change for the upliftment of the human condition. Kurt Lewin, the father of action research, said that “Research that produces nothing but books will not suffice.” He advocated for action research as comparative research on the conditions and effects of various forms of social action, and research leading to social action for emancipation. In a similar vein, CST advocates the application of the See-Judge-Act approach to dealing with the social problems of the world such as poverty, inequality, the plight of workers and the community impacts of environmental degradation. In the Philippines, a predominantly Catholic country with one of the most persistent poverty problems in the region, action research has tremendous potential for promoting human dignity and the common good in business organizations. I will share my ongoing action research which focuses on promoting shared prosperity in the country among the leadership of top business corporations through the Covenant for Shared Prosperity. This research is informed by institutional entrepreneurship theory and critical realist philosophy of science.