Religion at the Workplace

spiritualityincbookThat’s what theĀ  new book, “Spirituality, Inc.” by Lake Lambert III explores. In a Wall Street Journal Review :

… Lake Lambert III explains in “Spirituality, Inc.,” religious faith is on display in American business as perhaps never before, from Tyson Foods’ “workplace chaplains [who] roam the corporate halls and processing floors” to the never-open-on-Sunday Chick-fil-A’s policy of dedicating each new restaurant to God’s glory. The rise of companies with an explicitly religious underpinning has been accompanied by an increase of general spiritual awareness in the workplace, Mr. Lambert says. “Corporations like Ford and Xerox sponsor spiritual retreats to spark creativity.” Even companies with no overt religious or spiritual interests may be the site of spiritual expression, whether that means a Bible study in a conference room or a weekly meeting hosted by the Spiritual Unfoldment Society at the World Bank.Workplace spirituality, then, can take many forms, but its overall theme, Mr. Lambert says, is an attempt to transform business “from an egotistic survival of the fittest built around greed to a new vision of commerce grounded in compassion and enlightened self-interest that is, at its heart, a spiritual phenomenon.”

{ Jan 21, 2010 - 04:01:09 } Religion at the Workplace | JewPI.com

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