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Book Review 9 March 2026 By Richard Langlois

‘Company Men’ by Sean Thomas Delehanty

Richard Langlois reviews an intellectual history of the shareholder-value idea, which, though well written, throws more shade than light on the debate between shareholder and stakeholder-value understandings of companies.

Blog 18 February 2026 By Francisco Mota S.J.

The (Pro)Vocation of the Business Leader

Fr. Francisco Mota S.J. on why business leadership is a true vocation—and why good goods, good work, and good wealth demand more than advocacy alone.

Blog 11 February 2026 By Neil Jordan

Markets Both Serve and Reflect Societies

An interesting example of market transformation can be seen in the growth of worldwide spending on beauty products, which reached $440bn in 2024. There are various trends (or pressures) at work, with men now feeling freer to spend on beauty products and demand growing among (...)

Book Review 9 February 2026 By Richard Godden

‘Corporations and Persons’ by David Silver

Richard Godden's review offers a rigorous critique of David Silver's argument that corporations are moral persons with responsibilities and rights in democratic society.

Book Review 26 January 2026 By Matthew Lynn

‘Goodbye Globalization’ by Elisabeth Braw

Matthew Lynn reviews a sharp, accessible and well-researched volume that argues that the globalization project that dominated from the fall of the Berlin Wall until roughly the mid-2010s is already dead and must be replaced with an alternative.

Book Review 1 December 2025 By Neil Jordan

‘Work as a Calling’ by Garrett W. Potts

In Work as a Calling, Garret Potts argues for a return to the moral vision of work as a calling, whereby ‘meaningful work’ is ‘good work’ that pursues the common and individual good together.

Publication 20 November 2025 By John Kroencke

Markets and the Environment

Markets and the Environment shows how economics and 20th century policy history can inform our understanding of and response to contemporary environmental challenges.

Blog 20 November 2025 By Philip Krinks

Ethics, Economics and the Environment

Environmental sustainability is a central challenge for humanity. In areas of the United Kingdom water has been rationed in two of the last four years, partly because we have not managed to build a major reservoir for over 30 years. Not only greenfield, but also (...)

Book Review 17 November 2025 By John Kroencke

‘The Corporation and the Twentieth Century’ by Richard Langlois

Ambitious in scope and rigorous in analysis, The Corporation and the Twentieth Century is a magisterial account of the rise of the managerial corporation that deserves to be read widely.

Event 13 November 2025 · 3:00 PM

Ethical Challenges in the Age of AI

The Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics was pleased to hold an event on 13 November 2025 Ethical Challenges in the Age of AI The event was chaired by Andrei Rogobete. Our guest speakers were: Revd Dr Simon Cross Bishop (...)

Book Review 3 November 2025 By Vincent Geloso

‘A Brief History of Equality’ by Thomas Piketty

A Brief History of Equality seeks to argue for policies that the author contends reduced inequality during the 20th century, but the book offers more in the way of manifesto than convincing analysis.

Book Review 13 October 2025 By Billy Christmas

‘For Profit’ by William Magnuson

In For Profit, William Magnuson offers a detailed and entertaining narrative of the key episodes in corporate history that document the ways in which the corporation has been deployed by society’s problem-solvers.

Blog 22 September 2025

Jennifer Tosti-Kharas and Christopher Wong Michaelson: Work as a Calling: Religious and Secular Approaches

How We Found Our Callings While all definitions of calling share in common the notion that work becomes meaningful within a person’s life, they differ on whether the source of the calling is internal, based on one’s own values, needs, and preferences, or external, based on either (...)

Book Review 1 September 2025 By Gordan Bannerman

‘Creditworthy’ by Josh Lauer

Recounting the historical evolution of systematic credit surveillance in the United States, this informative, immaculately researched, well-written book highlights the enduring presence of trust and integrity, despite the revolutionary effects of advanced technological capability.

Book Review 21 July 2025 By Andrew Baughen

‘Make Your Own Job’ by Erik Baker

In Make Your Own Job, Erik Baker examines the ways in which an entrepreneurial work ethic became so embedded in America that it was adopted as assumed wisdom for all, rather than the choice of a few.

Blog 16 July 2025

Neil Jordan – The AI Job Interview

It has been reported that Ribbon AI, a Canadian company, is offering employers a new form of screening interview conducted by artificial intelligence. With a view to helping organisations hire staff more quickly and job-seekers find work sooner by cutting out ‘dead time’ in the (...)

Event 12 December 2024 · 12:00 PM

Is the non-executive director worth saving?

The Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics (CEME) was pleased to host a roundtable event on the topic of non-executive directors. The full report is available to download here. The role of the non-executive director is essential to the proper functioning of corporate governance. The expectations (...)

Book Review 31 March 2025 By Richard Godden

‘Good Company’ by Lenore Palladino

Good Company seeks to propose policies for reorienting corporations away from shareholder primacy and toward innovation, but the book does little to connect shareholder primacy with a lack of innovation or provide evidence of the efficacy of the author’s proposed policies.

Book Review 17 February 2025

Neil Jordan: ‘The Meaning and Purpose of Work’ by Christopher W. Michaelson and Jennifer Tosti-Kharas

The Meaning and Purpose of Work examines the different levels at which work takes place, its various intrinsic and extrinsic rewards and societal value as determinants of its meaningfulness, always with an eye on the question of why it is that we work.

Book Review 20 January 2025

Andrea Soberg: ‘Make Work Matter: Your Guide to Meaningful Work in a Changing World’ by Michaela O’Donnell

Make Work Matter is a book that can assist the reader in acknowledging and using the gifts and talents God has given us for the work we do, but the reader needs to understand what they will get out of this book before reading it.

Publication 11 November 2024 By Richard Turnbull

Is the Non-Executive Director Worth Saving?

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? Richard Turnbull PDF Web-Reader: Summary Is the non-executive director (NED) an endangered species? Does it matter? (...)

Book Review 7 October 2024 By Andrei Rogobete

‘The Second Machine Age’ by Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee

The Second Machine Age explores the profound implications of rapid technological advances, particularly in digital technologies, for society, the economy, and the labour market, considering the risks of technological unemployment but striking an optimistic note overall about the capacity of technology to drive progress and (...)

Book Review 16 September 2024 By Gordon Bannerman

‘Pax Economica’ by Marc-William Palen

Charting the continuous movements for free trade from the 1840s to the present day, Pax Economica examines the history of the liberals, radicals, socialists, feminists, and Christians who advocated for free trade as the necessary accompaniment to anti-imperialism and peace.

Research 9 September 2024 By Andrei Rogobete

AI, Productivity and the Search for Meaningful Work

This paper is part of a series of essays that seek to explore the current and prospective impact of AI on business. A PDF version can be accessed here. The previous paper in this series looked at the impact of AI on work through (...)

Research 30 May 2024 By Andrei Rogobete

Artificial Intelligence & Management Theory

This paper is part of a series of essays that seek to explore the current and prospective impact of AI on business. A PDF version can be accessed here. The advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI) upon the business world raises a myriad of challenges and (...)

Event 23 May 2024 · 3:00 PM

Artificial Intelligence – Challenges & Opportunities

On Thursday, 23rd May 2024 the Centre for Enterprise, Markets & Ethics (CEME) hosted an online event on the topic of Artificial Intelligence: Challenges and Opportunities. The event was chaired by Revd Dr Richard Turnbull and our speakers were: Dr Richard Zhang – AI Research (...)

Research 18 March 2024 By Andrei Rogobete

AI and the Future of Work

This paper is part of a series of essays that seek to explore the current and prospective impact of AI on business. A PDF copy of this paper can be accessed here. The advent of Generative AI is challenging and redefining the world of (...)

Book Review 11 March 2024 By Richard Turnbull

‘Deeply Responsible Business’ by Geoffrey Jones

In Deeply Responsible Business Geoffrey Jones offers us a fascinating and informative historical review of “deeply responsible” business, using the term to characterize the set of values of those who have seen in business a way of addressing some of the world’s problems. With studies (...)

Event 30 November 2023 · 3:00 PM

CEME & Las Casas Event: “Finance for the Common Good”

We were delighted to host a joint event on the 30th November 2023 between the Centre for Enterprise, Markets & Ethics (CEME) and the Las Casas Institute for Social Justice (Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford), on the theme of “Finance for the Common Good”. Our (...)

Book Review 9 May 2022 By Richard Godden

‘Winners and Losers’ by Diana C. Mutz

Winners and Losers: The psychology of foreign trade (published 2021) seeks to understand what determines public attitudes to free trade (which tend to be far more negative than those of economists). Mutz summarises her own research and considers the evidence gathered by others, draws conclusions (...)

Book Review 4 October 2021 By Richard Godden

‘Management as a Calling’ by Andrew J. Hoffman

Management as a Calling (published 2021) is not written overtly from a religious perspective although the author speaks with evangelistic fervour, challenging business students and those involved in business to embrace fundamental values and thus address the challenges of modern business, including especially climate change. (...)

Publication 28 October 2019 By Steven Morris

Lessons From Family Business

The Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics (CEME) is pleased to announce the publication of Lessons from Family Business: Perspectives from Faith by Steven Morris. A PDF copy can be found here. Alternatively, a hardcopy can be purchased by contacting CEME’s offices via email at: office@theceme.org (...)

Book Review 27 September 2019 By Brian Griffiths

‘Prosperity’ by Colin Mayer

In Prosperity, Colin Mayer presents an ambitious case for redefining the corporation to focus on social purpose, yet his proposals risk undermining the property rights and market discipline essential to long-term economic success.

Publication 9 January 2019 By Steven Morris

Enterprise and Entrepreneurship

The Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics (CEME) is pleased to announce the publication of Enterprise and Entrepreneurship: Doing Good Through The Local Church by Steven Morris. The publication can be downloaded here. Alternatively, a paperback copy can be ordered by contacting CEME’s offices via email (...)

Research 16 June 2017 By Brian Griffiths

Mais Lecture: Restoring Trust in the Banking System

Cass Business SchoolMay 24th, 2017 It is a great honour to be invited to deliver the Mais Lecture this year, the 38th occasion on which it has been given. It is also a particular personal pleasure. I was appointed to the Chair in Banking (...)

Research 26 May 2017 By Brian Griffiths

Mais Lecture: Restoring Trust in the Banking System

This is an excerpt from the The Mais Lecture: Restoring Trust in the Banking System at Cass Business School, May 24th 2017. For the full text, please click here. It is a great honour to be invited to deliver the Mais Lecture this year, (...)

Book Review 4 January 2017 By Andrei Rogobete

‘The Shareholder Value Myth’ by Lynn Stout

They often say ‘never to judge a book by its cover’, that initial external appearances can distort or even deceive the audience from the content that lies within. Well, the principle doesn’t apply here. Lynn Stout’s The Shareholder Value Myth attempts to achieve exactly what (...)

Publication 21 October 2016 By Andrei Rogobete

Ethics in Global Business

The Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics (CEME) is pleased to announce the publication of Ethics in Global Business: Building Moral Capitalism by Andrei Rogobete. The publication can be downloaded here. Alternatively, hardcopies can be ordered by contacting CEME’s offices via email at: office@theceme.org (...)

Book Review 27 September 2016 By Richard Godden

‘Firm Commitment’ by Colin Mayer

Richard Godden reviews Colin Mayer's Firm Commitment, examining his case that corporations are failing stakeholders and his proposal for "trust firms" as a remedy.

Publication 22 June 2016 By Edward Carter

God and Enterprise

The Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics (CEME) is pleased to announce the publication of God and Enterprise: Towards a Theology of the Entrepreneur by Edward Carter. The publication can be downloaded here. Alternatively, hardcopies can be ordered by contacting CEME’s offices via email at: office@theceme.org (...)

‘Company Men’ by Sean Thomas Delehanty

The (Pro)Vocation of the Business Leader

Markets Both Serve and Reflect Societies

‘Corporations and Persons’ by David Silver

‘Goodbye Globalization’ by Elisabeth Braw

‘Work as a Calling’ by Garrett W. Potts

Markets and the Environment

Ethics, Economics and the Environment

‘The Corporation and the Twentieth Century’ by Richard Langlois

Ethical Challenges in the Age of AI

‘A Brief History of Equality’ by Thomas Piketty

‘For Profit’ by William Magnuson

Jennifer Tosti-Kharas and Christopher Wong Michaelson: Work as a Calling: Religious and Secular Approaches

‘Creditworthy’ by Josh Lauer

‘Make Your Own Job’ by Erik Baker

Neil Jordan – The AI Job Interview

Is the non-executive director worth saving?

‘Good Company’ by Lenore Palladino

Neil Jordan: ‘The Meaning and Purpose of Work’ by Christopher W. Michaelson and Jennifer Tosti-Kharas

Andrea Soberg: ‘Make Work Matter: Your Guide to Meaningful Work in a Changing World’ by Michaela O’Donnell

Is the Non-Executive Director Worth Saving?

‘The Second Machine Age’ by Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee

‘Pax Economica’ by Marc-William Palen

AI, Productivity and the Search for Meaningful Work

Artificial Intelligence & Management Theory

Artificial Intelligence – Challenges & Opportunities

AI and the Future of Work

‘Deeply Responsible Business’ by Geoffrey Jones

CEME & Las Casas Event: “Finance for the Common Good”

‘Winners and Losers’ by Diana C. Mutz

‘Management as a Calling’ by Andrew J. Hoffman

Lessons From Family Business

‘Prosperity’ by Colin Mayer

Enterprise and Entrepreneurship

Mais Lecture: Restoring Trust in the Banking System

Mais Lecture: Restoring Trust in the Banking System

‘The Shareholder Value Myth’ by Lynn Stout

Ethics in Global Business

‘Firm Commitment’ by Colin Mayer

God and Enterprise

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