Class Schedule

29 Jan, 12 & 26 Feb, 12 Mar, 2, 16 & 30 Apr 2027

Day
Fridays
Time
7:15 pm – 10:00 pm
Format
In person + ZoomIn person: 2 & 16 Apr. All other sessions on Zoom.
Location
BGST Nexus, 2 Kallang Avenue #11-02, CT Hub, Singapore 339407
Registration
Opens 01 Nov 2026 · closes 22 Jan 2027

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What does faithful work look like when the ground keeps shifting beneath us?

Technological disruption, economic uncertainty and rapid social change are reshaping how people across Asia work, buy, and live. This module seeks to examine questions facing Christians in the marketplace, like: What makes a business good, not just profitable? How do we resist the pull of consumer culture while working within it? We will explore the purpose of business, sustainability and environmental ethics, corporate governance, consumerism, and people issues such as compensation and diversity, equity and inclusion. Throughout, we will engage global trends from an Asian perspective, so you leave more ready to make discerning, faith-shaped choices in your workplace and community.

Course objectives

  1. Construct a personal ethical framework, grounded in Christian theology, to guide their work and lives.
  2. Analyse the ethical challenges within key systems of the marketplace: capitalism, consumerism, sustainability, corporate governance and human resources.
  3. Evaluate how moral challenges are embedded in systemic issues and injustices, particularly in Asian contexts.

Next intake2029 Jan

3
Academic Units
7
Live Sessions
MDiv
Core course
MATIS
Elective course

Dr Jasmine Foo

Associate Lecturer

Dr Jasmine Foo was a former BGST student, before eventually completing her PhD in Biblical Studies at King’s College London, researching on the concept of Jewish identity during the Second Temple Period depicted in the Dead Sea Scrolls. In London, she attends All Soul’s Church, Langham, famously known as John Stott’s church. Previously a lawyer, polytechnic lecturer, strategic planner at the State Courts, while being a staffworker at the Fellowship of Evangelical Students (FES), Jasmine’s varied experiences has helped developed her passion for learning and teaching the Bible and also equipping all Christians in the practice of their faith in society. She double-hats as the Marketplace Research Editor for the BGST column in Salt&Light and is running a social enterprise in sustainability.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    General

    • Orientation Course & Library Access

    • Introduction to the Thinkific Mobile App

    • Password for all BGST hosted video lectures (if requested):

    • Student AI Policy for the Biblical Graduate School of Theology (BGST)

    • BGST Student AI Policy Acknowledgement Statement
  • 2

    Topic 1: Redeeming the “Christian” from Ethics? - Live on Zoom

    • Redeeming the “Christian” from Ethics?
  • 3

    Topic 2: Power & Why it Corrupts

    • Power and Why it Corrupts

    • How (un)ethical are you?

    • Moral Disengagement in Decision Making

    • Why Power Corrupts- What to do about it?

    • Enron Case Study
  • 4

    Topic 3: What is the Marketplace: Perspectives on Capitalism?

    • What is the Marketplace: Perspectives on Capitalism?

    • Capitalism: History & Christian Perspectives

    • Business Profile Map
  • 5

    Topic 4: Business as Usual or Business Unusual: Corporate Governance vs. Ethical Self-Regulation & the Internal Conscience of the Company

    • Business as Usual or Business Unusual: Corporate Governance vs. Ethical Self-Regulation & the Internal Conscience of the Company

    • What Makes a Good Business (Ethical Leadership) - Lecture 3

    • 1990 Oxford Declaration on Christian Faith and Economics

    • Neither Capitalism nor Socialism: A Biblical Theology of Economics

    • Do Companies Have Social Responsibilities?

    • Cadbury Case Study
  • 6

    Topic 5: Sustainable for the Company and/the Earth: Environmental Ethics (ESG)

    • Sustainability for the Company and/the Earth: Environmental Ethics (ESG)

    • Sustainability
  • 7

    Topic 6: Human Rights & Human Resource: Diversity, Equality & Inclusion, and the role of Artificial Intelligence

    • Human Rights & Human Resource: Diversity, Equality & Inclusion, and the role of Artificial Intelligence

    • Human Rights presentation
  • 8

    Topic 7: Growth at all Costs: The Possibilities and Perils of Economic Growth

    • Growth at all Costs: The Possibilities and Perils of Economic Growth 

    • Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC)’s paper “Faith in Finance” (Chapter 5)

    • Jesus on Lending, Debt, and Interest
  • 9

    Topic 8: Ethical Living in the Marketplace: The Christian as Consumer and Investor

    • Ethical Living in the Marketplace: The Christian as Consumer and Investor

    • Ethical Living in the Marketplace: The Christian as Consumer and Investor 
  • 10

    Topic 9: Ethics of Hope and Common Good

    • Ethics of Hope and Common Good
  • 11

    Course Evaluation

    • Course Evaluation form Policy for the Biblical Graduate School of Theology

    • BGST Student Course Evaluation Policy Acknowledgement Statement

    • Course Evaluation Form
  • 12

    Assignment submission

    • 30%. RF – Weekly Journal Reflections

    • 40%. IP – Integrative Paper

    • How to Upload Assignment

    • Assignment Submission on IMS

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