Principle vs Profit - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

We talk a lot about business on this show, and what it takes to be
successful in business. On this edition of Out to Lunch Stephanie
focuses on an aspect of business that doesn t typically get so much
attention ethics. Aaron Beam is a former executive who travels
around the country lecturing on ethics in business. It s a topic he
knows well. In the late 1990s, Aaron participated in a 2 billion
securities fraud scandal at Health South, the extremely successful
Fortune 500 company he d co founded in the 1980s and helped lead as
CFO. When the fraud was discovered, Aaron had opportunity in prison
to reflect on what he had done. In the years since, he has taken
those lessons learned and now tries to help others avoid making the
same mistake. Tom Ryan is Professor of Theology and Ministry at
Loyola University in New Orleans, and Director of the school s
Institute for Ministry, which has an extension program here in
Baton Rouge. Tom is an expert on the Catholic Church and its
teaching and has been nationally recognized for his research on the
history of biblical interpretation, the history of spirituality and
faith, and popular culture. He also speaks regularly on Pope
Francis, who recently published a document on the Call to Holiness
in Today s World. In that document, the pope makes a special point
about the call to holiness in business and the marketplace.
Stephanie takes an unorthodox but fascinating pause for reflection
in this lunchtime conversation at Mansurs on the Boulevard. Photos
by Karry Hosford.

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