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Spirituality Incorporated: Including Convergent Spiritual Values in Business

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Businesses frequently exclude spiritual values, viewing such values as impositions that belong in business as much as a priest belongs at a bachelor party. Yet spirituality should not be viewed as impositions from without, but as inclusions from within. Spiritual values should be included in a company to the extent that these values are shared by the principals of a firm. Excluding spiritual values found in a “convergent consensus” runs contrary to freedom and liberty that Milton Friedman, among others, champions. Furthermore, the exclusion of such values from a business threatens to alienate business persons from their moral integrity. By cultivating what I will call “the spiritual imagination,” businesses can facilitate fidelity between the convergent values of its principals, and the actions, policies, and culture of a company. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015

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  • Matthew Brophy, 2015. "Spirituality Incorporated: Including Convergent Spiritual Values in Business," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 132(4), pages 779-794, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:jbuset:v:132:y:2015:i:4:p:779-794
    DOI: 10.1007/s10551-014-2337-y
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