Pope Francis to Confindustria business people:
‘Justice excludes every favoritism’
(Vatican Radio) Pope
Francis on Saturday met with members of the Italian association of
manufacturing companies, Confindustria, calling them to reflect together on the
ethics of doing business.
In remarks prepared for the
occasion, Pope Francis spoke with the more than 7,000 businessmen and women
from Italy’s largest manufacturing association about their slogan 'Work
Together'.
Calling them to make that
slogan into a true business program, the Holy Father meditated with the members
of Confindustria on its deeper meaning of a way to contribute to a more just
society.
“Your proposal,” the pope
said, “is to reflect together on the ethics of doing business; together you
have decided to focus your attention on values, values which are the ‘backbone’
of any formation project, of the appreciation of your country, and of promoting
social relations, and which allow for a concrete alternative to the
consumeristic model of profit at all costs.”
He went on to list how a
program based on the slogan 'Work Together' would take into account the
various groups in society most in need and most often forgotten.
These include the family, “in
which the work experience, the sacrifice which sustains it, and the fruits
which it produces find meaning and import”. It also takes into account those
weaker and more marginalized categories of people, like the elderly and young
people whose potential for work should not be imprisoned in uncertainty and
unemployment.
“All these strengths
combined,” Pope Francis said, “can make a difference for a business which
places at its center the person, the quality of their relations, and the truth
of his or her work to build a more just world, a world truly for all.”
The Pope continued, saying
“This attention to the concrete person carries with it a series of important
choices: It means giving to each his own, relieving of mothers and
fathers of families the worry of not being able to give a future, or even a
present, to their children. It means knowing how to direct, but also
knowing how to share projects and ideas with humility and trust. It means
acting in such a way that one task creates another, one responsibility creates
other responsibilities, hope generates other hopes, especially for the younger
generations, which today are more than ever are in need.”
Pope Francis concluded his
remarks by calling the business people to altruism in favor of the dignity of every
person.
“May justice always be your
teacher,” he said, “justice which refuses the ‘easy-way-out’ of recommendations
and favoritisms, and the dangerous deviations of dishonesty and easy
compromises. […] For there is no freedom without justice, and there is no
justice without respect for the dignity of every person.”
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