Pushed primarily by evangelical Christians, faith is finding a growing presence in corporations that for years have been resistant to religious expression, including such giants as AOL Inc., Intel Corp., American Express Co., American Airlines Inc. and Ford Motor Co.
Here's the article:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/latimests/faithfularecarvingnicheintheworkplace
Let me be forward: not good. not good.
I think its just as important for us to know which corporations are supporting evangelicalism as it is the ones who are directly supporting the GOP.
The movement of evangelicalism into the workplace is the next step in a confident regime that has garnered enough support on the lower levels [private churches, etc] that it feels safe to go strait into corporations.
It will be interesting to see what happens. Part of me wants to say that the issue of moving something like evangelicalism into a corporation could prove difficult b/c having all of those conflicts on top of already difficult businesses [take making cars for example] could hurt the bottom line..Conflicts too numerous to mention..but let's be honest with ourselves.
American corporations are fading in terms of being competitive. Alot of the reason they are fading is b/c of the political leadership which is buoyed by the rise of evangelicalism. There's anti-intellectualism spreading across the country. That this particular phenomena would be going strait into corporations right now seems almost fitting.
I wonder what Michael Dell, huge supporter of bush, would think of spreading evangelicalsim at his large firm, Dell. Mr. Dell is Jewish. We could point to alot of these examples.
I have worries. Will promotions be based on how many times you go to bible study? Writers on kos tell me that in many parts of the country, you really need to be "With the church" to succeed in certain business circles. I'd like to know more about that.
Religions--AND NOT "FAITH"--as the press likes to frank luntz-ize it--is spreading into your cubicle..fast. What will happen?
as i said before: this can't be good.