Mission Statement

THE MICAH SENIOR EXECUTIVE PROJECT MISSION STATEMENT:
THE RELEVANCE OF RELIGIOUS FAITH TO BUSINESS PRACTICE

You have been told what is good, and what the Lord requires of you:
Only to do justice, to love goodness,
and to walk humbly with your God.
(Micah 6:8)

The Micah Senior Executive Project brings together business leaders in an atmosphere of confidentiality to explore the use of the Examen of St. Ignatius Loyola to:

integrate their religious faith with their business practice
discern the unique gifts of a Christian leader
develop an understanding of organizational cultures, structures and processes that enable all organizational members to live out their vocation authentically in the work place
engage the organizational values and justice principles of Catholic Social Thought with business practice.

Both leaders presently holding senior positions and promising young executives in the formation of their vision and values are welcome as participants.

The Program is anchored in lectures, seminars and retreats facilitated by senior executives, academic leaders and religious thinkers of national repute. During the programs vision and values are awakened, identified, and chosen through an adaptation of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius focused on the specific challenges of contemporary business and organizational life.

Among contemporary social institutions, business exercises one of the most powerful influences on the formation of attitudes, values, and behavioral patterns in the world today -- often equal to that of family, formal schooling, religious affiliation, government, non-governmental or civic associations, and other social institutions.

Moreover, it is principally the U.S. pattern of capitalist commerce and culture that is being "globalized" throughout the world. Its influence is profound on both persons and structures, on individuals and societies, materially and spiritually.

It is critical to bring this extraordinarily valuable and yet potentially destructive social process to reflective self-consciousness, to self-identification, and to on-going, open-minded evaluation so that choices can be made and goals pursued which are for the greatest possible benefit of the full human community that it serves.