modules

Module Summaries:

1 BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP AS A VOCATION
Michael Jebaraj - Director, Faith Ventures

Your vocation is a calling from God to transform the world around you. As the 'Salt of the earth
and light of the world.' The people of God have in them,' the light of the knowledge of the glory of
God' (2Cori4:6). It is this knowledge that re-defines our beliefs, values and shows us Biblical
perspectives that equips the child of God to play his role in the plan of God for our times. This
module is for the individual serious about his/ her faith in the Lord and wanting to partner with
Him to prepare the world for the coming eternal Kingdom by each individual currently fulfilling
his/ her calling as a Vocation in the business world.

2 BUSINESS ETHICS & DOMESTIC FAMILY MANAGEMENT
Simon Rodrigues, CEO, Simon Rodrigues & Associates

Ethics does not seem to find a suitable place in the corporate world. Many people work long
hours to be faithful to the business but end up being unfaithful to the family. This module will
help you to stay safe from the luring of the corporate culture and will help you manage both
your business and your family.

You will learn what it takes to draw the line in the line of fire.

3 MARKETING & BUSINESS PROCESS INTELLIGENCE
Kevin Joseph - Vice President - Business Development - Dasaka Software

Market intelligence relates to understanding your company first and then understanding where
your services or products stand as a bench mark with your competitors. This calls for capturing
of information relevant to a company's markets, gathered and analyzed specifically for the
purpose of accurate and confident decision-making in determining market opportunity, market
penetration strategy, and market development metrics. Business Process Intelligence refers to
skills, processes, technologies, applications and practices used to support decision making.
Business Intelligence often aims to support better business decision-making and as such can be
defined as a decision support system.

This module will equip the participant regardless of the nature of your function, be it HR,
Marketing, BPO, etc.

4 OPERATIONAL WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT
Martin Rebeiro, Director - Real Estate & Facilities, Oracle

In a day and age where individuals are not at peace with themselves, how can we ever be in
peace with others? This module will help you to deal with your colleagues who can be
challenging. You will learn how to do things in a way that God will be glorified.

Your lifestyle of integrity and love will project Jesus at the workplace. This module focuses on
how your work operations can be optimized through biblical standards.

5 RUNNING AN ETHICAL BUSINESS IN A CORRUPTED SOCIETY
Cherian Rampuram, Director, Orange County Resorts

Standing by our ethics is standing by our core values. Without our values, we cease to be us.
Being a decision maker in my organization, ethics can become a guiding principle for critical
decision making. In a corrupt society, time taken to secure approvals is perceived as directly
proportionate to the corrupt practices that one indulges in. While there are some short term
gains in this method, it is standing by our values such as Honesty, Truthfulness,
Trustworthiness, Professional Integrity etc., that enable us to build on the rock, leading to slow
but consistent growth and success. Hence we shall not subordinate these values for short term
gains.

In the module, you will be presented with case studies of confronting and combating corruption
head on, and being vindicated by God when you stand up for what is right.

6 PEACE & SOCIAL JUSTICE AT THE WORK PLACE
Rev. Fr. Arokianathan (Fmr. Vatican Radio broadcaster) Secretary - Ecumenism
Commission, Archdiocese of Bangalore

Peace is the need of the moment!
People of all sectors today are have almost lost peace that they look for. Scriptures widely speak
about the need for peace Mt.11:28.. People are fed up with any type of life today at any level of
this society Youth and adults working at various sectors including IT sector seek for peace
despite of the presence of handful of monies.

The modern society is afflicted with mental sickness that is void of Peace is lot as justice is lost.
Justice delayed justice denied and hence peace is denied.
Christian ethics demands justice in the work place but this justice is refused by the same
Christian society in different levels of our corporate world. Hence Jn 20:22 is to be explained
vividly to the modern elite society because the modern elite society is living in fear of losing
their modern life... Thus Jesus says, Peace be to you... be not be afraid, be courageous, be
believing and not doubting... Church broadly endorses the use of the church documents for the
support of regaining social justice and peace. The Pontifical Congregation for Peace and Justice
in the Holy See recommend for the modern the urgency of peace and justice. The people at the
lower strata are denied of justice at every level of today's society and thus peace is a thing of the
past, opines the church document "RERUM NOVARUM"

The presentation of the module on Peace and Justice will delve deep in the light of the above
said insights

7 ADMINISTRATION AS A MISSION
Dr. Savio Pereira - Medical Superintendent, St. Johns Medical College

Many people get frustrated with administration and find this job as mundane and therefore are
accused of dereliction of duties and many times are convicted of the same in both corporate and
in government sectors. Every one has a need to be an administrator in order to be organized in
the function that you perform at work.

In this module, you will understand the work of an administrator, the gifts of an administrator
and the character of an administrator.

8 HONESTY IN BUSINESS OPERATIONS
Ralph Coutinho - Head - Supply Chain Management - Essilor

In business operations there are transactions that take place. Many times, in dealing corporate
and retail procurements, one is tempted to bribe and the clear bills dishonestly. Also those
in-charge of such duties accept gifts in the form of brides to pass invoices.

This module will deal with such issues with case studies and will also deal with micro level tasks
of challenges that approach every individual regardless of profession or title.

9 SELF RESPECT & DIGNITY OF WOMEN AT THE WORKPLACE
MaryAnn Joseph -HR- Head- Talent Management, Deloitte

THE DIGNITY AND THE VOCATION OF WOMEN - a subject of constant human and
Christian reflection - have gained exceptional prominence in recent years. This can be seen, for
example, in the statements of the Church's Magisterium present in various documents of the
Second Vatican Council, which declares in its Closing Message: "The hour is coming, in fact has
come, when the vocation of women is being acknowledged in its fullness, the hour in which
women acquire in the world an influence, an effect and a power never hitherto achieved. That is
why, at his moment when the human race is undergoing so deep a transformation, women
imbued with a spirit of the Gospel can do so much to aid humanity in not falling". This Message
sums up what had already been expressed in the Council's teaching, specifically in the Pastoral
Constitution Gaudium et Spes and in the Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity Apostolicam
Actuositatem.

In today's world, there seems to be confusion in understanding the dignity of womanhood by
men. Women on the other hand have also been confused as to how to dress in and behave in a
"modern" and "globalized" work environment. This module will attempt to educate society on
such matters.

10 FAITH & FINANCE IN BUSINESS
Alex Anthony - CEO, Rods & Creels

Most working professionals are lavish in their spending and end up as creditors. This is not
being faith-full to the Gospel. This is greed which resulted in the depression of the US economy
and it has spread around the world. On the other hand, how do we trust God to live with our
means of earnings? If we are running our own businesses, how do we trust God when our bills
have to be paid and our clients have not made their payments to us?

This will help every individual to look at finances differently in the face of faith.

11 EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE & META-ETHICS AT THE WORK PLACE
Dr. Dominic F. Dixon (Psychologist) - Provost, ETHOS

From the onset of the Christian Church, the mission was to heal the broken hearted. Healing of
our fall from grace where man chose to wound him self and scorn himself. Seduced by the devil,
man chose to be like God but without God. [CCC # 388, 389, 398] Having fallen and hurt, man in
turn hurts all of mankind.

We have become emotionally unintelligent. We see that emotional imbalance right at the book
of Genesis where Cain killed Abel. In the present state of the Church, we see the sociological
injustice of Cain & Abel. We have introduced our children to a society that is intolerant, a
community that is unaccountable and world that is insolent. Because of all of this, we find
ourselves compromising on our ethics. This module will challenge the way we respond to issues,
emotionally and will confront the stand or our ethics.

12 PAPER REVIEW ON "AN ETHICAL FRAMEWORK FOR MULTINATIONALS
DOING BUSINESS IN INDIA AND A PROPOSAL FOR A GLOBALIZATION
ETHIC."
Presentation on behalf of Payson Johnston, University of San Francisco