Guiding Principles

For this Center, Economic Justice is rooted in analysis, which focuses on gender, race/ethnicity, and other differences. It is from this perspective that the Center operates and will advance the following principles of Economic Justice:


• Dignity of all persons
• Participation of all in decisions which affect their lives
• Rights of all to share the goods of the earth
• Interdependence of people in community/in natural world
• Solidarity of the human family across our differences
• Co-responsibility for the common good
• Universal purpose of material things in relation to needs
• Social and individual rights and responsibilities
• Dignity of all work inherent in the dignity of the worker
• Special concern for the powerless in society

For this Center, Public Policy involves systemic change. This change manifests in the form of social transformation towards a more just, humane, sustainable world for all. It is from this perspective that the Center advances the following principles of Public Policy:


• Active citizenship
• Focus on end-results, on systemic change, on connections between institutions
• Reflection on actions and their implications on societal contexts
• Involvement of all societal institutions, not only governments
• Holding legislators accountable
• Critical perspectives on decisions made and those not made
• Methodology of SEE, JUDGE, and ACT as modus operandi