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Al Gini

Resident Philosopher, Eight Forty-Eight

Al is a professor of philosophy and business ethics at Loyola University, Chicago. He is also the co-founder and associate editor of Business Ethics Quarterly, the journal of the Society for Business Ethics. His books include: My Job My Self: Work and the Creation of the Modern Individual, (Routledge, 2000); The Importance of Being Lazy: In Praise of Play, Leisure and Vacations, (Routledge, 2003); and he has written and produced two plays—Working Ourselves to Death and Letters of a Consumaholic. His most recent book is entitled, Why It's Hard to Be Good(Routledge, 2006).
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