Richard Barrett
Richard Barrett is a North Carolina-based consultant who speaks to groups about how bringing spirituality into the workplace can improve business achievement.
Richard Barrett is a North Carolina-based consultant who speaks to groups about how bringing spirituality into the workplace can improve business achievement.
Nancy R. Smith of eastern Massachusetts is the author of Workplace Spirituality: A Complete Guide for Business Leaders (Axial Age Publishing, 2006), which suggests ways to integrate spirituality into the workplace.
Judi Neal heads the Association for Spirit at Work, a professional association for people trying to live out their faith in the workplace.
Douglas A. Hicks is is provost and dean of the faculty of Colgate University, in Hamilton, New York. Hicks is an ordained Presbyterian minister and author of Religion and the Workplace: Pluralism, Spirituality, Leadership (Cambridge University, 2003). He is a leading commentator on issues of faith and work and can speak to the impact of the growing presence of […]
David W. Miller is founding Director of the Princeton University Faith & Work Initiative. He was director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture and an assistant professor of business ethics at Yale Divinity School. He also led the center’s Ethics and Spirituality in the Workplace program. He is an ordained Presbyterian minister with a degree […]
An Aug. 27, 2002, Gallup survey, “Religion for Corporate America”, shows that almost two-thirds of people in the work force think expressions of religion would be either tolerated or encouraged at their place of work. The remaining third (34 percent) say such expressions would be discouraged. Eight in 10 say they personally believe that open […]
This 2008 survey report explores religion and the impact of religious accommodations in the workplace from the perspective of HR professionals.
Read about Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy, who tries to incorporate Christian teachings into the work ethic of his huge and popular business, including closing his fast-food outlets on Sundays. Chick-fil-A was embroiled in controversy in 2012 following a series of comments by Cathy opposing same-sex marriage.
Read a Feb. 1, 2005, Boston Globe story about conflicts over religion in the workplace.