Conducting business in a Christian way paves the way for an individual to incorporate God’s values in everything that he/she is doing. These values include wisdom, passion, integrity, justice, strength and love and these are essential and an integral part of the recipe for success. Wisdom is needed to make tough decisions while strength is for taking risks and accepting defeats and pain in order to provide room for improvements. Passion and love are to be channeled in every endeavors because success will never come if a person do not appreciate what he/she is doing. Lastly, integrity and justice are beneficial in maintaining respect to your business and an as well as to your patrons (Miley, 2012). By the same token, there are four principles …show more content…
It can be described as acknowledging that God is the center of everything and that He bestowed every individual with a unique set of skills and creativity. These skills and knowledge are tools in order for us humans to complete every task that we partake. Moreover, this is in line with accepting that all our goods and belongings are owned by God. Lastly, this precept states that in utilizing God’s gift to us, it must never be in a way that may hurt or degrade other entities for it will not survive the eyes of God. In a simpler explanation, one must be honest and truthful in accomplishing his/her endeavors especially in dealing with business. The second principle is the wholeness of human life. It suggests that all our labors and struggles are subjected to the Lord Almighty and that He governs all aspects of the mortal life. This includes the political, economical and social state of a country. He is the master of everything that exists in this world, may it be tangible or not. In addition, this affirmation encourages humans to create their own choices and decisions on order to move forward and to take risks even though there is no assurance of winning. In business, risks are important because only the brave and …show more content…
The researchers found out that businessmen prayed more frequently than any other groups of people. They pray several times a week and two- thirds of them undoubtedly believe that God do exists. In a parallel study authored by a Baylor University assistant professor named Steve Bradley, it resulted to the findings that businessmen located in Africa and Indonesia who were inclined to God were associated with higher revenues and have more employees. Furthermore, a study that was done in the year 2004 that involved 44 Brooklyn entrepreneurs provided results that said that being religious is linked to personal innovation and ambition (Neubert, 2013). By the same token, the study titled “Called to Commitment: An Examination of Relationships Between Spiritual Calling, Job Satisfaction, and Organizational Commitment” that was published in the Journal of Business Ethics, yielded similar results in the positive impact of faith in business. The proponents had found out that people who believe that they have “spiritual calling”in their work are more satisfied and derive a sense of fulfillment with what they are doing and thus are more motivated for future endeavors (Neubert & Halbesleben, 2014; Carlson,
In this life it is essential to base your work around your beliefs and to feel passionate about what you do. Then spreading your passion for your work onto others is how you grow as an individual and as a company. Which is what I felt after reading the #1 core value.
Grudem’s book Business for the Glory of God explores the business world, and how the characteristics of God can be found throughout business (2003). The book reveals the many aspects of business and ways God can be glorified through these activities: “ownership, productivity, employment, commercial transactions, profit, money, inequality of possessions, competition, borrowing and lending, attitudes of the heart, and the effect on world poverty” (Grudem, 2003, p. 12-13). Grudem attempts to prove that business is fundamentally good instead of the general thinking that business is characteristically found to have misconduct. The purpose of the book is to demonstrate that the various aspects of business activities can produce morally good things, but also how business could be altered and become sinful. This paper incorporates a summary of the book, plus an analysis on a couple of ideas that was presented.
Title VII of Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits intentional discrimination on the basis of religion and requires an employer to make reasonable efforts to accommodate religious practices of employees unless doing so would cause undue hardship to employer. Overall the number of EEOC cases with regard to religious discrimination has nearly doubled from 1997 where the reported cases were 1709 annually to 3721 cases in 2012 (US EEOC, 2012). The rise of cases in the US is primarily due to further diversity in the workplace and the employees embracing expressions of faith. Examples of religious discrimination in the workplace are varied from the basis of one’s dress or clothing, refrain from working Sabbath or religious holidays or antagonism between cultural or religious groups leading to harassment. Management strategies need to be identified and discussed with employees in the same manner as other components of employer’s diversity policy. The following is an example of a request for time off work to observe the Sabbath. In EEOC v. Thompson Contracting, Grading, Paving, and Utilities, Inc., No. 11-1897, the EEOC sued the company for failing to accommodate a request to not work Saturdays made by an employee who alleged he followed the Hebrew Israelite faith (Jones and Erickson, 2013). After Mr. Yisrael refused to work three different Saturdays, Thompson terminated his employment. Mr. Yisrael then filed a complaint with the EEOC. The job as a dump truck driver was infrequently called to work Saturdays but did so due to recent weather conditions. The employer would have had to hire substitute drivers for the time frame in order to cover his shift. In so doing, the employer would be incurring additional costs beyond normal ...
In the end this entire book was very informative and was quite enjoyable to read. What it really comes down to in the end is that any aspect of business can be used to glorify God, but that we must be careful not to fall into the temptations that come along with it. If we stay steadfast in our faith to God and surround ourselves with Godly examples it will help us to maintain our eyes on God and realize he is the reason we are in business in the first place. If we keep that in mind then God will bless our business and it will be profitable and successful
Effective communicators use six principles to get what they want and to influence and shape the behaviour of others, according to Robert B Cialdini, author of Influence: Science and Practice. Each of these principles is governed by a psychological principle that directs human behaviour and gives the users their power. The six principles are reciprocation, consistency and commitment, social proof, liking, authority and scarcity.
The second principle involves the leader’s vision for the organization. This vision must be exciting, ennobling, and s...
Cultural intelligence is quickly becoming the focus for companies looking to diversify into the global market. When focusing on a business strategy, maintaining the conceptual mindset of business as a mission (BAM) is crucial, not only for increasing the company’s success, but individual leaders within the business (Tunehag, 2008). One of the strategies to focus on while improving an approach of BAM is the concept of cultural intelligence. Furthermore, individuals capable of self-study and improvement will begin to see an increase for their company, as well as, God’s kingdom when their focus is in alignment with the teaching of the Holy Bible.
principle (being healthy, staying safe, enjoying and achieving, achieving economic well-being and making a positive a positive contribution.
The first value, integrity, refers to a strong commitment to ethics, having respect for diversity, and speaking positively of coworkers even when they are not around. Accountability puts an end to people diverting blame. If people are accountable for their actions, results become the primary focus. Passion is one of the values, and is practiced by employees having pride in their brand, as well as a passion to continually improve and innovate. Humility is a very important value in that it stresses the importance of admitting to mistakes, realizing that there is constant room for learning, and being willing to be taught....
"The purpose of developing a Christian view of the world is not merely to evaluate and judge the world, but to change it," (Boa, 2004). Having a Christian worldview is hard enough in American but add in the entire world and it can be a little trickier. Thinking Christianly has a major impact on how someone would do business overseas, in a global economy. When it comes to a Christian worldview in a global economy there are numerous issues that can come up. Different countries and cultures have different things that they deem acceptable; however, when you are looking at it from a Christian standpoint you may have to handle things in a different manner. Just because something is acceptable or legal in the world does not make it acceptable to someone with a Christian worldview. John 17:17 says that, "The word is truth," so when one is looking for direction and guidance in any aspect of business he will always know that the word of God is truth that he can turn to. Although the field of business has many negative connotations with Christianity there are also positive ones. There are two main issues that this paper will address. The first issue, pollution, can be view negatively. The second issue, job opportunities, can be view positively.
Book Title: “Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life” Authors:Robert N. Bellah, Richard Madsen, William M. Sullivan, Ann Swidler, and Steven M. Tipton This is the first paper in our series that will cover landmark researches conducted on employees’ calling towards a specific line of work. Why bring up the subject of people’s passionate attitude towards their work (i.e. calling)? Because it has been proved to have a profound impact not only on their productivity but also on their wellbeing.
In leadership, the words and actions of leaders are in the spotlight of followers, moral failures often precede the loss of integrity; however, integrity can also be lost by failing to do the simple things such as following through on a promise or dodging a commitment (Stewart, 2003). Jesus requires integrity in leadership even in small matters; thus, when it comes to integrity, small matters can also be huge ones in Christian leadership (Stewart, 2003). Outside the confines of Christian leadership, one challenge to secular leadership is the ego of the leader; hence, the ego of a business executive can be a very destructive force and can prevent a good company from becoming a great company (Kleinman, 2004). Businesses that are termed successful have leaders with ambition but no ego; therefore, those leaders with ambition but no ego, ultimately place the business or institution above themselves (Kleinman, 2004). Ego comes at a great cost to leadership because of pride, in the end, pride leads to blindness in decision making and unavoidable future regret. My own view on the biggest challenge to leadership is developing management effectiveness. Management is frequently defined in terms of being a systematic process that controls people and resources; thus, with an overlap between leadership and management, many leaders greatly need
Ethics and values are important in a business as they help the business function and create a standard for employees and help the environment and the community which in turn allows them to do support businesses.
Risk-taking is one of the chief dimensions of entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurs are found to be more risk takers than the managers and salaried employees, such that, they are willing to put their homes on mortgage, jobless and can work for years without any earning (Burns, 2011; Masters & Meier, 1988). According to (Moore & Gergen, 1985), entrepreneurs always take calculate risk and always analyse the situation. Cognitive Psychology supports that the risk taking ability is just limited to their area of expertise (Sjöberg, 1978, Heath & Tversky, 1991). According to (Heath & Tversky, 1991), entrepreneurs take more risk in the area of their interest and expertise and not in those area, they have little knowledge about. But even then also, they take more risk than general population.