BUS 804 Faith@Work: Religious Literacy in Business

In BUS 803, we explored how companies are succeeding and struggling, based on their approach to faith at work. Recognizing that proactively addressing faith at work is good for businesses, how should businesses do it? How do you establish environments of accommodation at work? In BUS 804, we will start by exploring how religious literacy plays a role in successfully addressing faith at work. This will set the stage for our next session, where we will explore principles of accommodation and go through various scenarios.


Learning Outcomes

As a result of the session, students will be able to:

  1. Define religious literacy in the context of business.
  2. Cite and explain religious literacy principles in the workplace.

Contributors

Paul W. Lambert MA

Board Member and Senior Business Fellow, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation
Principal, Paul Lambert Consulting

Dr. Brian J. Grim

President, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation

Benjamin P. Marcus

Religious Literacy Specialist
Religious Freedom Center of the Freedom Forum Institute

Dr. Nathan C. Walker

President, 1791 Delegates
Founder, ReligionAndPublicLife.org

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$56 for a single course
3 hours

College, Graduate, Professional Development

Civic Education for a Common Good

We apply the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business’s 2020 Guiding Principles and Standards for Business Accreditation

We fulfill the AACSB accreditation standards on ethics and integrity, societal impact, mission-driven focus; peer review, continuous improvement, collegiality, agility, global mindset, with special attention to the standard on diversity and inclusion.

We apply the U.S. Department of Education’s Consensus Statements about Constitutional Approaches for Teaching about Religion

▸ Our approach to religion is academic, not devotional;
▸ We strive for student awareness of religions, but do not press for student acceptance of any religion;
▸ We sponsor the study about religion, not the practice of religion;
▸ We expose students to a diversity of religious views, but may not impose any particular view;
▸ We educate about all religions, we do not promote or denigrate any religion;
▸ We inform students about religious beliefs and practices, we do not seek to conform students to any particular belief or practice.

We apply the American Academy of Religion’s “Religious Literacy Guidelines”

▸ “Religious Literacy Guidelines for College Students.” American Academy of Religion, 2019.
▸ “Teaching About Religion: AAR Guidelines for K-12 Public Schools.” American Academy of Religion, April 2010.

We apply the National Council for the Social Studies C3 Frameworks for Religious Studies

College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards, “Religious Studies Companion Document for the C3 Framework.” Silver Spring, MD: National Council for the Social Studies, 2017.