caa a22 4500 605482942 CHVBK 20210128100428.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10551-014-2077-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10551-014-2077-z Guitián Gregorio School of Theology, University of Navarra, 31009, Pamplona, Spain aut Service as a Bridge between Ethical Principles and Business Practice: A Catholic Social Teaching Perspective [Elektronische Daten] [Gregorio Guitián] This article presents the ethical concept of service as a way of specifying higher ethical principles in business practice. We set out from the work of a number of scholars who have found some shared ethical principles for doing business in a context of cultural diversity. Love, benevolence, consideration, and other related concepts are considered to be important guiding concepts for business but it is not clear how they are to be operationalized. We argue that the ethical concept of service can act as a bridge for bringing those higher principles into business practice. The article explains and refines the ethical concept of service, which has received little attention. In particular, we address the ethical ambiguity implicit in the common meaning of service, explain how service shows love in business, and offer an account of how service provides ethical growth through virtue. Finally, this work presents a variety of examples from business which illustrate how the ethical concept of service can be put into practice. To achieve the aim of this study we draw inspiration from Catholic social teaching. This source provides useful insights into service and can be understood and accepted without requiring that particular faith. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2014 Service nationallicence Catholic social teaching nationallicence Universal business ethics nationallicence Love nationallicence Journal of Business Ethics Springer Netherlands 128/1(2015-04-01), 59-72 0167-4544 128:1<59 2015 128 10551 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-014-2077-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-014-2077-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Guitián Gregorio School of Theology, University of Navarra, 31009, Pamplona, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Business Ethics Springer Netherlands 128/1(2015-04-01), 59-72 0167-4544 128:1<59 2015 128 10551