Why Business Matters
Jeff Van Duzer (Van Duzer), author of “Why Business Matters to God,” said there’s another way of doing business other than strictly for profit or shareholder value. Van Duzer describes the purpose of business from a Christian perspective as that, “ business is called first not for profit, but to participating in the work of advancing God’s kingdom by creating meaningful work for people offering goods and services that enable communities to flourish (Van Duzer, 2010).” According to Van Duzer, Christians in business haven’t had any guidance from the church and seminary theological framework for understanding their work. However, there are several companies that either openly operates the business from a Christian framework or it’s engrained in the culture of the business.
The Tyson Foods Company core values say that it, “strives to honor God” and “be a faith-friendly company (Hicken, 2012).” The Founder of Tyson Foods, John Tyson, openly speaks about his Christian beliefs. The company employs 120 chaplains who are there to provide “compassionate pastoral care” to the employees, according to the Tyson website (Hicken, 2012). While companies like Tyson Food, In-N-Out Burger, Forever 21, …show more content…
Although Levi Strauss doesn’t appear to openly voice their Christian values, but their actions appear that they are operating from a Christian business perspective. Although Levi Strauss may not have had any guidance from the church and seminary theological framework for understanding their work their commitment to the employees, workers, customers to do right by them speaks volume towards a business that’s participating in the work of advancing God’s kingdom by creating meaningful work for people offering goods and services that enable communities to flourish (Van Duzer,
Jeff Van Duzer (Van Duzer), author of “Why Business Matters to God,” said there’s another way of doing business other than strictly for profit or shareholder value. Van Duzer describes the purpose of business from a Christian perspective as that, “ business is called first not for profit, but to participating in the work of advancing God’s kingdom by creating meaningful work for people offering goods and services that enable communities to flourish (Van Duzer, 2010).” According to Van Duzer, Christians in business haven’t had any guidance from the church and seminary theological framework for understanding their work. However, there are several companies that either openly operates the business from a Christian framework or it’s engrained in the culture of the business.
The Tyson Foods Company core values say that it, “strives to honor God” and “be a faith-friendly company (Hicken, 2012).” The Founder of Tyson Foods, John Tyson, openly speaks about his Christian beliefs. The company employs 120 chaplains who are there to provide “compassionate pastoral care” to the employees, according to the Tyson website (Hicken, 2012). While companies like Tyson Food, In-N-Out Burger, Forever 21, …show more content…
Although Levi Strauss doesn’t appear to openly voice their Christian values, but their actions appear that they are operating from a Christian business perspective. Although Levi Strauss may not have had any guidance from the church and seminary theological framework for understanding their work their commitment to the employees, workers, customers to do right by them speaks volume towards a business that’s participating in the work of advancing God’s kingdom by creating meaningful work for people offering goods and services that enable communities to flourish (Van Duzer,