Getting Out of Balance
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Getting Out of Balance

One way the forces who oppose God can neutralize us as Christian business owners is by getting us off-balance.[1] For example, you become overly focused on following God’s laws at the expense of loving others, or you become too cavalier in following his laws and nearly all...
July 5, 2024Posted inExecutive InsightsTags:
A Primer on Risk
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A Primer on Risk

The definition of risk varies from source to source. Steinberg (2011:75) defines risk as “uncertainty surrounding a potential event. It is the possibility that something will happen—that is, an event will occur—with a negative outcome.” Lupton (2013:3) describes risk as “deviation from the norm, misfortune, and frightening...
December 2, 2023Posted inExecutive Insights, Governance, Risk, Compliance, Theology and BusinessTags: , ,
Christian Business Reference Architecture Explained
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Christian Business Reference Architecture Explained

A reference architecture is a document or set of documents an interested party can refer to as a blueprint for developing a new entity based on the architecture (Muller, 2020:4). An ‘architecture’ is “…the fundamental organisation of a system embodied in its components, their relationships to each...
November 15, 2023Posted inExecutive InsightsTags: ,
The Center of a Biblical Worldview of Christian Business Ownership
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The Center of a Biblical Worldview of Christian Business Ownership

What is the center of a biblical worldview of business ownership? How should a Chrisitian business owner view the owner's role as a steward before God? This is how I define this center, in one sentence: Christian business owners live with an eternal perspective derived from their...
November 1, 2023Posted inChristian Stewardship, Ethics, Executive Insights, Theology and BusinessTags: ,
Common Types of Ethical Decisions Christian Business Owners Face
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Common Types of Ethical Decisions Christian Business Owners Face

This post is part of the Bible and Business series on Christian ethics for Christian Business Owners. Schwartz (2017:234-235) suggests there are different ethical situations that a business owner may face: Moral temptation: the owner can benefit or avoid loss. Moral temptations require moral willpower. Stand up...
October 30, 2023Posted inChristian Stewardship, Ethics, Executive InsightsTags: , 7 Comments
Taking Too Much Compensation as the Owner of a Business
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Taking Too Much Compensation as the Owner of a Business

This post is part of the Bible and Business series on Christian ethics for Christian Business Owners.  Description of the Problem: Most business owners take cash out of the business as compensation without any link to the business’s success (Mikaloniené, 2020:919). Cash is often taken because the...
October 19, 2023Posted inChristian Stewardship, Ethics, Executive InsightsTags: ,
Business Formation and Christian Theology: Partnerships
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Business Formation and Christian Theology: Partnerships

A three-part Bible and Business series on what the Bible says about the legal formation of a business. This post on partnerships will be abnormally long when compared to Sole Proprietors or Corporation. The reason for this is simple: many partnerships do not work well and seem...
October 17, 2023Posted inChristian Stewardship, Executive Insights, Theology and BusinessTags:
Business Formation and Christian Theology: Sole Proprietor
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Business Formation and Christian Theology: Sole Proprietor

A three-part Bible and Business series on what the Bible says about the legal formation of a business. A sole proprietor is an individual who is engaged in business activities. A sole proprietor does not register a business entity with government authorities. A sole proprietorship is the...
October 10, 2023Posted inChristian Stewardship, Executive Insights, Theology and Business
Hearing the Voice of God in Ethical Decision Making
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Hearing the Voice of God in Ethical Decision Making

This post is part of the Bible and Business series on Christian ethics for Christian Business Owners.  Ethical decision-making is not merely an intellectual exercise for the Christian business owner. It is also a dynamic spiritual activity. Coupled with filtering the situation’s details through the two great...
October 7, 2023Posted inChristian Stewardship, Ethics, Executive InsightsTags: , ,
Overworking Your Staff to Save on Payroll Expenses
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Overworking Your Staff to Save on Payroll Expenses

This post is part of the Bible and Business series on Christian ethics for Christian Business Owners.  In this scenario, an owner expects the employees to work sixty, seventy, or even eighty hours each week without additional compensation, such as bonuses or stock options, for working longer...
October 7, 2023Posted inChristian Stewardship, Ethics, Executive InsightsTags: , , , , , 1 Comment
Right-sizing a company to save it from bankruptcy
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Right-sizing a company to save it from bankruptcy

This post is part of the Bible and Business series on Christian ethics for Christian Business Owners. Nearly every company will need to be right-sized[1] at some point in its lifecycle. No business ever has sustained growth. There are always downturns which owners face. Description of the...
October 6, 2023Posted inChristian Stewardship, Ethics, Executive InsightsTags: , ,
Manipulating Accounting Entries to Save on Taxes
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Manipulating Accounting Entries to Save on Taxes

This post is part of the Bible and Business series on Christian ethics for Christian Business Owners.  This ethical situation is created when the owner commingles business and personal expenses. As a result, expenses that would normally be personal expenses, such as leasing an automobile, become business...
October 3, 2023Posted inChristian Stewardship, Ethics, Executive InsightsTags: , ,
Tolerating Boorish Behavior Because of the Benefits an Employee Brings to the Company.
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Tolerating Boorish Behavior Because of the Benefits an Employee Brings to the Company.

This post is part of the Bible and Business series on Christian ethics for Christian Business Owners.  Description of the problem: Some organisations, including Christian ministries, make conscious tradeoff decisions to accept a level of egocentricity, arrogance, callousness, or insensitivity in key employees because of the talents,...
October 2, 2023Posted inChristian Stewardship, Ethics, Executive InsightsTags: , ,
Generating fake online reviews for the owner’s products or service
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Generating fake online reviews for the owner’s products or service

This post is part of the Bible and Business series on Christian ethics for Christian Business Owners. Word-of-mouth advertising has always been considered the best kind of advertising because it costs nothing and is one of the most trusted forms of marketing (Tan, 2015:Online). Description of the...
October 1, 2023Posted inChristian Stewardship, Ethics, Executive InsightsTags: , , ,
The Starting Point for Christian Ethics
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The Starting Point for Christian Ethics

This post is part of the Bible and Business series on Christian ethics for Christian Business Owners. Ethics in Business Making correct ethical decisions matters for two reasons. First, when one allows small compromises to encroach into one’s ethics, those compromises will become larger and larger until...
September 29, 2023Posted inChristian Stewardship, Ethics, Executive Insights, Theology and BusinessTags: 1 Comment
New Book: Working for a Difficult Boss: Lessons from the Life of Daniel
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New Book: Working for a Difficult Boss: Lessons from the Life of Daniel

In the United States, roughly 158 million people go to work daily. Well over half (70%) report working for a bad boss. At some point, 50% will quit their jobs because of a boss who lacks the skills and ability to manage people well. In addition, according...
May 6, 2023Posted inChristian Stewardship, Executive Insights, Leadership, Theology and BusinessTags: