Social cohesion and sustainability, the role of business
Monsignor Delpini: in the face of challenges, alliances serve to encourage the path
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Designing the future by building the common good: this was discussed yesterday in Milan, at the Catholic University, during the conference 'Social Dialogue, Business, Participation', promoted by the Office for Social and Labour Pastoral Care of the Ambrosian Diocese, with the intervention, among others, of the Archbishop of Milan, Monsignor Mario Delpini.
'In a context of rapid global changes and growing social challenges,' explained the director of the diocesan office, Fr Nazario Costante, introducing the morning, 'it is crucial to rethink the role of businesses and organisations in building an economic model that not only responds to emergencies, but also promotes integral human development, social cohesion and sustainability. The economy must be at the service of the person and the common good, favouring the dignity of work and workers, through processes of social and environmental sustainability, job security, harmony between work and family life, protection of the rights of women and young people, and a spirit of subsidiarity'.
Only through constructive social dialogue, the following speakers confirmed, is it possible to remove the barriers that hinder the common good, because it is together, by uniting different perspectives, that broad visions and lasting solutions can be created.
This was the common thread running through the two papers given by Professor Antonella Occhino, Dean of the Faculty of Economics at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, who illustrated how the regulatory framework can foster cooperation between businesses and communities, and Professor Giovanni Marseguerra, Director of the Teaching and Learning Lab (TeLe Lab) at the same Catholic University, who analysed the economic aspects of social dialogue.
Different perspectives and points of view gathered at the same table in the following multi-voice dialogue on experiences and perspectives of participation: the regional representatives of Confindustria Lombardia, Cna, Cisl, Confcommercio and Confcooperative Federsolidarietà spoke about it.
