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The Busch School proudly co-hosted the fourth annual Religious Freedom & Business Foundation’s Faith Work conference in late May. Representatives from major corporations like American Airlines, Dell, PayPal, Accenture, Ford, American Express, and more gathered at Catholic University. Dean Abela delivered a powerful keynote on the role of virtue in business, diving into the 'human operating system' inspired by St. Thomas Aquinas’ Treatise on the Virtues!📚 Watch the full video through the link below! #WhyCatholicU #ThisIsCatholicU #BusinessEthics #VirtueInBusiness

Charting the path forward by honoring the past: Be the guide you once needed.

The February issue of our monthly newsletter, the New Church Know-It-All, is out! Only our subscribers get to know first about events like Leadership Academy and investment opportunities from Disciples Church Extension Fund, so make sure to read and subscribe at: https://ow.ly/sRQk50QHa5f. #ccdoc

Happy Presidents' Day! Today, we commemorate the remarkable leaders who have guided our nation through its journey of progress and transformation. From the architects of democracy to the guardians of freedoms, each president has left an indelible mark on the tapestry of American history. As we honor their legacies, let us also recommit ourselves to the ideals of liberty, equality, and justice for all. #Happy_Presidents_Day!"

Here is another clarion call to our policy makers, community leaders, business professionals, civil society organizations, ivory tower leaderships, religious heads, educationists etc. to help the schools. May our society survive. Read full note here: https://lnkd.in/dukSwvav

Presidents leave a lasting legacy. They shape our history and influence our future. As we celebrate President's Day, let's remember the words and actions that have helped define who we are as a nation. #PresidentsDay #HappyPresidentsDay #USPresidents #PresidentialHistory #AmericanPresidents #CommanderInChief #WhiteHouseMoments #PresidentsDayWeekend #PresidentsDayCelebration

What are the qualities of a good leader?

Veteran Housing Corp reminds you that #HOMELESSNESS IS THE RESULT OF DECADES OF THE FAILURE TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR ALL. THE HISTORY AND PRESENT STATE OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IN AMERICA CAN BE SUMMED UP IN ONE WORD: BROKEN DON'T BE FOOLED BY SLICK PROMOTIONAL POSTS THAT MAKE IT SEEM LIKE YOUR LOCAL, STATE OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS ARE SOLVING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS. WHEN IT COMES TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THE PUBLIC AND TAXPAYERS MUST ASK: AT WHAT COST TO THE TAXPAYERS AND HOW LONG IS THE AFFORDABILITY PERIOD? EVERY TAXPAYER SHOULD BE ASKING THEIR ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: 1. How much local, state, and federal funding, tax credits, density bonus increase, waivers of impact fees, or other government benefit or incentive did the project receive? 2. What is the affordability period for each project and, if the affordability period is not in perpetuity or permanent, WHY NOT? 3. What guarantees exist that tenants in the affordable housing units will not be displaced after an "affordability period expires? Any LOCAL, STATE or FEDERAL official that does not MANDATE "permanent" affordability periods or affordability "IN PERPETUITY" for any project receiving some government benefit is commiting MALFEASANCE and should quit, be removed from office or be terminated. IN MOST CASES WHEN IT COMES TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, the public and taxpayer are being fooled into thinking their elected and appointed officials are solving problems, when in fact, all hey have done is "KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD" to burden a future generation with the same problem or crisis!

Knowledge is power…

Happy Founder's Day to all who celebrate! While I am no longer working for and with the Brothers of the Christian Schools and their partners, I am the professional I am today because of their careful guidance of my development. As an HR professional, St. John Baptist de La Salle was most certainly someone that I can look to for people management inspiration: his writings (Conduct of Schools, the Letters to the Brothers, Civility and Decorum) could be considered to be his version of employee handbooks. He spent time visiting the various schools and agencies that he sent the Brothers to, and he found himself adjudicating A LOT of employee relations issues between the Brothers. 😬 John Baptist de La Salle's engagement with the early Brothers, the families, and those who he rented space from is a good example of how nimble HR folks need to be with stakeholders. Today isn't just Founder's Day; it is also the day that Pope Leo XIII promulgated the encyclical, "Rarem Novarem," which informs our understanding of the rights of workers. At the time, it was a revolutionary document and it remains prophetic today. He said, "Hence, by degrees it has come to pass that working men have been surrendered, isolated and helpless, to the hardheartedness of employers and the greed of unchecked competition. The mischief has been increased by rapacious usury, which, although more than once condemned by the Church, is nevertheless, under a different guise, but with like injustice, still practiced by covetous and grasping men. To this must be added that the hiring of labor and the conduct of trade are concentrated in the hands of comparatively few; so that a small number of very rich men have been able to lay upon the teeming masses of the laboring poor a yoke little better than that of slavery itself." These two contributions for me as an HR professional inform how I work with employees entrusted to my care and, how I try to interact with those I partner with.