Spirituality in the workplace according to the Waltons and Tysons
In the spotlight for blind-eyed mendacity: Anonymous press release (21-May-07), Tyson Family Foundation endows 'Faith and Spirituality in the Workplace Chair' in Walton College: The John H. Tyson Endowed Chair in Faith and Spirituality in the Workplace will explore the impact of faith, religion and spirituality in business, University Relations, University of Arkansas [Fayetteville, Arkansas], online at dailyheadlines
This press release announces the recently established "Faith and Spirituality in the Workplace Chair" at the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas. The Tyson Family Foundation generously provided funding.
And who could be more qualified to tell us about spirituality in the workplace than the Waltons and Tysons – two companies that excel at offering their employees (or "independent contractors" in Tyson's case) the opportunity to "work through" material deprivation, in the pursuit of spiritual riches.
Wal-Mart's critics are always razing the Waltons for not paying their employees a so-called living wage. Likewise for the beleaguered Tysons, whose industrial-strength chicken production has brought new meaning to "independent contracting" on the Del-Mar peninsula, where Tyson's chicken farmers enjoy the blessed freedom of owning their own business (and exercising their personal choice to invest honest, long hours without the illusory crutch of overtime compensation) – and to choose to do it all under the umbrella of Tyson's uncompromising requirements and standards.
Clearly, these two companies embody much of what spirituality means in the contemporary workplace.
We're talking here about the little things that mean a lot – the things that reflect the simple goodness that's found in an uncomplaining employee's heart. Like:
• A can-do attitude.
• The lickety-split pursuit of getting a job done on time and within budget.
• A cheerful demeanor, despite some silly personal health annoyance (why complain, when you can work your troubles away? that's what God tells us).
• The abundant joy that comes from living as a self-reliant individual (for indeed, it's the individual to whom God grants His eternal salvation, NOT SOME UNION).
Posted by 3Dsound at Monday, May 21, 2007 3:41 AM 
Categories: Arkansas, conservative politics, Christian fundamentalism, satire
Categories: Arkansas, conservative politics, Christian fundamentalism, satire
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