We aim to bridge the interface of theology, economics and business in promoting an enterprise economy built on solid ethical foundations.
CEME’s distinctive contribution comes from the promotion of the market economy that draws upon a Christian perspective within a framework of calling, integrity and ethical behaviour. Our approach combines academic work in business, economics, and theology with a direct engagement with the business community.
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Inflation Is About More Than Money by our Founding Chairman and Senior Research Fellow Brian Griffiths has been named as a Best Book of Summer 2025 by the Financial Times in the economics category compiled by Martin Wolf. The full list is available here. Full details about the book are available here.
We have compiled some news, comment pieces and announcements that we hope our readers find interesting. In this instalment, there are stories relating to artificial intelligence, utilities, defence spending, public finances and the cost of borrowing, virtue and commercial success, pensions and the environment: Artificial Intelligence Artificial intelligence shows great potential for transforming businesses […]
We have compiled some news, comment pieces and announcements that we hope our readers find interesting. In this instalment, there are stories relating to artificial intelligence, utilities, defence spending, public finances and the cost of borrowing, virtue and commercial success, pensions and the environment: Artificial Intelligence Artificial intelligence shows great potential for transforming businesses […]
A fascinating advance currently underway in the field of artificial intelligence is the development of models to assist with peace negotiations. In collaboration with the White House, a think tank in Washington has been developing a simulator that generates potential peace-agreements to end the war in Ukraine, and also scores the likelihood of each deal being […]
Selected as a Financial Times Best Summer Book of 2025: Economics The Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics is delighted to announce the official release today of our latest publication, a book by Brian (Lord) Griffiths which addresses the problem of inflation – Inflation Is About More Than Money: Economics, Politics and the Social Fabric. […]
The Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics (CEME) is pleased to announce the publication of a report on the topic of non-executive directors. Is the Non-executive Director worth saving? by Richard Turnbull is available to download in PDF format here.
Everyone’s Business presents a well-structured but complex analysis of the responsibilities that businesses have towards the democratic societies in which they exist, and applies principles of democratic business ethics to practices by which democracy is potentially undermined.
Our Least Important Asset argues that a decline in the quality of management on the part of large firms is attributable to the mechanics and importance attributed to financial accounting, but while the book makes some useful recommendations for reform, the analysis suffers from significant flaws.