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.

A March 12, 2005, Washington Post story about 30 Dell employees who walked off their jobs after being told they couldn’t pray according to Muslim practice.

A March 18, 2005, New York Sun article about the reintroduction in Congress of the Workplace Religious Freedom Act.

An April 13, 2012 case study on Free Speech Debate about two British Christian women who took their fight to wear a crucifix in the workplace to the European Court of Human Rights.

Shelley Ross Saxer is a law professor at Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif. She has written widely on land use issues, including a 1995 Kentucky Law Journal article, “When Religion Becomes a Nuisance: Balancing Land Use and Religious Freedom.”