Law, Business and Society 11th Edition by Tony McAdams

Exercise 59

Many businesses directly practice Christian principles in the workplace. Hobby Lobby, for example, closes its 525 stores on Sunday, donates Christian counseling services, and buys holiday ads promoting the Christian faith. The top boss of the family-owned business, David Green, says, "We're Christians and we run our business on Christian principles." 37 Responding to employees' personal and spiritual needs and sometimes fulfilling the religious convictions of the owners, many U.S. companies provide on-the-job chaplains.
We should note, however, that the growing spirituality movement in business often does not involve religion at all. Rather, managers may see spirituality as an expression of the whole person and a part of the broader search for meaning in life. Business, they think, must acknowledge the soul to maximize performance.
Do you think corporate America must now make room for spirituality and the soul in the workplace to maximize success Explain.
Sources: Cathy Lynn Grossman, "Survey: Number of Religious 'Nones' Hits Nearly 20 Percent," Des Moines Register, July 23, 2012, p. 6A; Bill Keller, "The Conscience of a Corporation," The New York Times, February 10, 2013 [http://www.nytimes.com]; Adam Liptak, "Supreme Court Rejects Contraceptives Mandate for Some Corporations," The New York Times, July 1,2014 [http://www.nytimes.com].