John Tyson's Lack Of Religious Freedom Of Communication

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After researching how many companies allow religious freedom of speech in a work place I was surprised to find how many companies allow it.
John Tyson is the founder of Tyson foods; he has allowed his employees to be open with their spirituality and also follows the Christian faith. I found it very interesting that they have hired 120 office chaplains - “The Chaplaincy Program has been in place since October 2000 and "provides compassionate pastoral care to Team Members and their families." (Rohrlich, 2010) John Tyson stated they have employees that practice different religions within their organization; such as, Muslim faith, Jewish faith, and many different types of Baptist. Tyson doing this has greatly health the moral for the employees,

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