Work and EmploymentWork and WorkersThe Catholic Church teaches that work is: A duty. A way of becoming holy. A way of providing for what is needed to live and a way of Christian service. EmploymentCatholics should be employed in jobs that aim to improve human life and be a part of God's moral order. This means that Catholics should not be employed in jobs aimed at immoral ends or which promote immorality, e.g. Catholics should not work in the pornography industry or in abortion clinics Economic activity, conducted according to its own proper methods, is to be exercised within the limits of tire moral order, in keeping with social justice so as to correspond to God's plan for man.' Catechism 2426. The Duties of EmployersCatholic employers are expected to:
'Those responsible for business enterprises are responsible to society for the economic and ecological effects of their operations. They have an obligation to consider the good of persons and not only the increase of profits. Profits are necessary, however. They make possible the investments that ensure the future of a business and they guarantee employment.' Catechism 2432. UnemploymentThe Church teaches that everyone has the right to work, and that unemployment is a great evil. The state and employers should work together to make sure everyone has a job. 'Unemployment almost always wounds its victim's dignity and threatens the equilibrium of his life.. Besides the harm done to him personally, it entails many risks for his family.' Catechism 2436. |
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