CURRENT RESEARCH
THEME ARCHIVES
A Right Relationship with Money May 2012
Published: Apr 19, 2012
The Church of Scotland set up the Commission on the Purposes of Economic Activity, and spent two years exploring the fundamental ethical and moral questions underlying economic activity, many of which have been highlighted for society by the “credit crunch”.
Economics Working Group Report May 2010
Published: Mar 02, 2011
The Church set up a Commission on the Purposes of Economic Activity in 2010. Three conferences took place to raise questions for this Commission: ‘What Is The International Economy For?’;‘What Is The Market Economy For?’;‘What is the Social Economy for?’.
Economics Conferences
Published: May 17, 2010
The Church has been involved in the ethics of economics since 1995 primarily as part of the its work with the European Ecumenical Commission for Church and Society (EECCS) In 2009-10 The SRT launched a series of conferences to examine the ethical dimensions of economics.