Prophets, Profits, and Peace: The Positive Role of Business in Promoting Religious Tolerance

By Timothy L. Fort

This groundbreaking book investigates the religious issues that businesses confront as they expand their global activity and proposes that corporations can become instruments of peace. Timothy Fort discusses the newly emerging idea of "peace through commerce," and he argues powerfully that today's businesses have the capacity to foster both peace and religious harmony.

Fort asks and answers important questions: How might businesses integrate spirituality into corporate affairs? How can spirituality contribute to the production of high-quality goods and services? What can be done to promote a spiritual connection between employees and their work? Can this be done without provoking religious animosities? What business practices might encourage an atmosphere in which constructive dialogue among spiritual traditions could proceed? The author concludes that by implementing the peaceful practices advocated by religions at their best, businesses can both nurture religious harmony and strengthen their communities.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300114672
• ISBN13: 9780300114676
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Enjoyable reading for academics and spiritual enthusiasts alike

A brilliant analysis of the relationship between religion and business. A must read for anyone engrained in corporate culture who is seeking some meaning, guidance, or an ethical approach to business interactions. This book addresses a number of current events which puts the ethical framework in context. It then proposes some universals in religious principles across denominations in an effort to persuade the reader of the engrained connection between business and religion. This is a CUTTING EDGE work which is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for the spiritual, business person and academic alike.