Belief System

• Belief System


  Thousands of beliefs on all facets of life that humans accumulate from external influences
• Belief System


  • Along with personality, genetic set-up, and behaviors, it is one of the greatest forces influencing every decision we make
• Major world religions

  • Christianity
  • Judaism
  • Islam
  • Buddhism
  • Hinduism
• Christianity

  Follows the Hebrew Bible, takes a positive view of physical and human creation, sees God as deeply concerned with the ethical behavior of human creatures towards one another
• Christianity


  Teaches that in the persona of Jesus of Nazareth, Christ entered history to redeem humanity from the self-inflicted wounds of sin and to create a new age in which humanity will come to live God's own life of love, peace, unity and justice
• Christian business practices

  • Focus on how business impacts individuals, especially workers who should be well-paid and find their work meaningful and inspiring
  • A trading Christian does not try to win another's products or services for less than it is worth
  • Christians should be transparent and honest with their dealings, products, and services, and not push people to buy due to a debasing influence
• Judaism


  Believes there is one God who created the world and who every Jew should have an intimate and interpersonal relationship with, and that God works continuously in the world and affects all that people do
• Jewish business ideals

  • Honesty on the market, fair pricing, and fair business relations where employers are obligated to pay workers on schedule
• Islam


  Believes in the Oneness of God, that all things are created by God and He is all-powerful and all-knowing, and that God has no offspring, sex, class, body, and is not affected by human life's characteristics
• Islamic business principles

  • Contracts must be fair to all parties, speculation and interest are prohibited, and compassion is required when a business is in trouble
• Buddhism


  Founded on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, and based on meditation and observance of moral precepts
• Buddhist moral precepts


  • Refraining from taking life, stealing, sexual misconduct, false speech, and intoxicants
• Buddhist business principles


  • Define clear goals, follow the principle of cause and effect, develop empathy and compassion for customers, be flexible, innovative, and mindful of impermanence, and respect the team, yourself, and the consumer
• Hinduism


  Believes in one true, boundless, all-inclusive and eternal God called Brahman, who is not an abstract concept but a real entity that everything in the universe encompasses
• Hindu business principles


  • Have a positive attitude towards business and wealth creation, but wealth is not the ultimate goal, what is more important are ethics, salvation, and fair prices and profits, a fair tax system, and fair wages for workers