Catholic University gets $3 million ... to teach "principled" entrepreneurship

[trotsky]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2015/01/23/catholic-university-gets-3-million-from-a-koch-foundation-and-others-to-teach-principled-entrepreneurship/

Guess who the money came from?

A $3 million gift to the Catholic University of America’s Business and Economics program will allow the school to hire four faculty members with an interest in integrating business practices and Catholic social doctrine, the school announced Thursday.

More than half of the gift came from the Charles Koch Foundation, which has given millions to U.S. colleges, and whose family has been generous to conservative political groups, sometimes stirring debate.

[LiberalAndProud]

1. I guess Charles doesn't practice religious discrimination.

http://www.charleskochfoundation.org/academic-giving-principles/

http://www.kochfamilyfoundations.org/pdfs/ckfuniversityprograms.pdf

[Neon Gods]

2. Very funny

The real principle of capitalism (the correct name of entrepreneurship) is greed. Maximizing the bottom line. Capitalism is amoral, there is no room in capitalism for morality or "Catholic social doctrine."

I remember all those small local businesses in my home town growing up. They paid their employees as well as possible, they built work schedules around employee's personal lives whenever possible, and kept them on the payroll as long as possible in recessions even if it squeezed the earnings of the owner. Ever notice that those small businesses who cared about their employees are now gone? Put out of business by the real capitalists, WalMart, Target, etc.

[trotsky]

3. Yes, the notion of being a "corporate citizen" is long gone.

An employment agreement was considered a two-way loyalty street. You devote years to the company, they reward you with a pension in retirement. Corporations quickly came up with reasons to discard their end of the bargain, but still insist that we carry out ours.

[onager]

4. CUA has a unique list of "Notable Alumni."

Because I'm curious - and an asshole - I took a look at their list of "Notable Alumni."

So just for fun, here are some categories of Notable Alumni and their numbers:

Arts & Entertainment - a whopping 29 Notables, including Susan Sarandon and Jon Voight

Business - 15 Notables

Media - 18 Notables

Politics & Public Service, and Religious Life - a tie with 12 Notables each.

Science & Engineering - 4 (Four)

But I'm sure there's no correlation between the numbers of alumni who are basically working in the fields of politics, propaganda and religion, and the small number of notable scientists/engineer grads.

And what makes their alumni list unique? Its final category of Notable Alumni:

Alumni on the Road to Sainthood

http://www.cuatoday.com/s/817/internal.aspx?pgid=393&gid=1

[Neon Gods]

5. Good point!

N/T

[trotsky]

10. Comedy gold?

The whole notion of sainthood is marketing brilliance! Helps you expand into new markets and keeps your customers loyal.

[AlbertCat]

6. Since corporations are people...

..... can they sign up for the courses?

Lesson One: Corporations are not people....

[onager]

7. As somebody smarter than me once said...

I'll believe corporations are people when the State starts throwing them in jail.

[AlbertCat]

9. As somebody smarter than me once said...

My favorite version of this (when Rick Perry was championing the corporations = people malarkey)

I'll believe corporations are people when the State of Texas executes one.