Ekonomia komunii w praktyce zarządzania przedsiębiorstwem jako systemowo zorganizowana pomoc w celu eliminacji biedy i nierówności społecznych

Communion is a new form of business management that organizes help for people living in poverty, with the aim to reduce poverty and social inequality. The idea proposed in 1991 by Chiara Lubich among members of the worldwide Focolare Movement gained many supporters, and is implemented in 800 companies in several countries. Key questions are whether and how to help; identifying common causes of poverty – especially lack of appropriate interpersonal relationships – are ways out of poverty and social exclusion. Communion requires the involvement of not only entrepreneurs, but also business stakeholders, and creates new elements of organizational culture. Via a comparative analysis of the economy of communion with the social economy and corporate social responsibility, I examine the convergence of economy of communion with the Church’s social teaching.