By Architect Marianne Cusato ’97

I like my work to matter.

I want to make a difference in the world. I do this for a few reasons—because I care about making the world a better place, I am in a position to be heard, and selfishly, because it makes me feel good. My time at Notre…

By Christian Smith, William R. Kenan Professor of Sociology and director of the University’s Center for the Study of Religion and Society

A wealth of human experience tells us that achieving the common good requires both well-functioning social institutions and the ongoing exercise…

By Rev. Oliver F. Williams, C.S.C., Director of the Center for Ethics and Religious Values in Business in the Mendoza College of Business

Within the last year, my travels have taken me to Rwanda, Tanzania, Madagascar, Zambia, South Africa, and South Korea. As a professor of business…

By Peter Kilpatrick, McCloskey Dean of Engineering and Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Caritas in Veritate, the recently released encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI, raises important questions about the role of technology and its contributions…

By Carolyn Y. Woo, Martin J. Gillen Dean of the Mendoza College of Business

Business, despite the scrutiny in the press and the caricatures in films and on television, is not a necessary evil. Business is a necessary good.

When business does the right thing, society benefits.…

Terrence R. Keeley, Senior Managing Principal, Sovereign Trends, LLC

After the ills that have befallen the U.S. and global economies, it might appear the height of cynicism to ask a financier to reflect upon his contributions to the “common good,” but consider…

By Daniela Papi, Director and Founder of PEPY, a hybrid social venture serving the people of Cambodia

When you work in the social sector, some are quick to think you are a martyr, sacrificing for others. People sometimes talk about a concern for the “Common…

By Pat Murphy, Professor of Marketing in the Mendoza College of Business

On Sept. 8, the Fall Career Expo was held in the Joyce Center’s north dome. Nearly 140 companies and nonprofit organizations participated. It was estimated that around 2,000 undergraduate and MBA…

By Douglass Cassel, Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at the Notre Dame Law School

Can transnational corporations or their executives be held criminally or civilly liable for aiding and abetting human rights violations committed by governments or…

By Bill Evans, Keough-Hesburgh Professor of Economics in the Dept. of Economics at the Univ. of Notre Dame

I read Pope Benedict XVI’s encyclical Caritas in Veritate from the perspective of an economist who is also Catholic. As an economics professor, I am struck by the many…

Some thoughts on Caritas in Veritate by Bill Purcell, Associate Director for Catholic Social Tradition and Practice, Center for Social Concerns

In the Catholic social tradition, Christian charity (agape) is a more comprehensive term that is at the heart of the gospel message…