Business As A Calling Or Vocation?

1. Business as a “Calling” or “Vocation”
According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a vocation is defined as “the work that a person does or should be doing”. The first part of the definition (“the work that a person does”) can simply be viewed as the definition of an ordinary job; however, the work that a person should be doing differentiates the term. An individual who chooses his/her vocation feels as though there is a higher purpose and deeper meaning to a particular job. The “should be” implies that there is a moral responsibility to do some sort of good. In today’s society, businesses heavily rely on individuals who seek vocational paths in efforts to expand economic growth within the business while simultaneously maintaining a greater sense of corporate social responsibility. Someone with a vocation will guarantee that their work revolves around societal needs. A prime example of vocational work can be seen in the advanced medical field. …show more content…
Since Rand believed in free enterprise, she could have been an advocate for privatizing the water treatment process. If a business depended on satisfied customers, no business owner/employee would want to make several unethical decisions to lose profit. Rand believes that it is a business’ decision whether or not to make ethical decisions, but recognized that a business would fail if it did not act in some sort of ethical manner. Rand would argue that a government has no obligation and no care when making decisions because governments do not have any drive to increase profits. On the other hand, Novak would argue that it is the organizations responsibility to have a responsibility of doing good for all of its stakeholders. If the government had considered following the advice of Novak or Rand, the crisis may have been completely