religious propaganda
Jeffrey
48 Posts
Recently an ee has expressed that someone stop placing gospel tracts in the restroom. A gospel tract is a postcard bi-fold sized explanation of God's love and forgiveness usually containing the instructions on how to become a christian. This tract is setting in the stall at arms reach free for anyone to read. In order to read it one would have to pick it up and open it to read it. There is no company policy stated about religious propaganda. I'm looking for some replies/suggestions. Thanks for taking the time.
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Nicely done.
My $0.02 worth!
DJ The Balloonman
Yes, you are.
We are open and we would allow those things such as the Koran or some pro-abortion literature. I believe that the truth is going to defeat the lies of the world anyway. So we allow almost any type of propaganda and know that ultimately the truth will win. We have an ee right now that is involved in a cult. He seems a little unstable but we let him bring his literature in as well. Everyone that has read it has rejected it for the most part. They have not rejected him personally, but his beliefs and he is OK with that. We have had muslims, buddhist, catholics, atheist, cultist (if that is even a word), christians, and jews and we still get along great as fellow ees. Our company was hit hard since 9/11/01, but we maintained our unity. We made some much needed changes, we never filed bankruptcy, and are now running at a profit once again. Things are going good. We believe that freedoms in the work place are very important and we are very much aware that there is always going to be someone offended about something somewhere. We hope to speak the truth with compassion, and lead by example.
Out of curiosity, why did you group catholics in a separate class outside of christians in general?
Gene
>that question, but I suspect I already do.
Precisely Beag....My sentiments. I wonder if perhaps I would fall under a separate, and perhaps more radical subgroup since I am Roman Catholic
Sorry about that. I apologize for the termonology misuse.I meant protestant/evangelical.
Since you may not know who the person is placing the "information" perhaps a business wide email reminding everyone that no forms of propaganda should be placed in the bathrooms or otherwise. You may be glad as the presidential election nears that you took such steps now.
If that is so, I strongly recommend that they be removed immediately. If you are not the one, I still strongly recommend that you remove them.
There is a time and place for everything, and the work environment is not the place for anyone's religious sentiment.
The key is how one applies those convictions to the workplace. That being said, I believe one should not be proselytizing at work. And based on Jeffrey's post below, the girly pictures should be removed, too.
I think the trick is to embrace your convictions and beliefs. Just make sure they don't interfere with your ability to do your job in a fair, impartial manner.
If I do not stand for my beliefs and convictions that I am a fraud. We can show love and compassion for our fellow ees and still hold to our convictions if you do it in the proper way. At the office, at home, at church, at school, on the construction site, on the airplane, at the company dinner, even on a business trip be the same and be real. If your the same in all these ares of youe life then people around you will see that you are real, honest, and the same. We shouldn't wear other faces. Most of us in management would like to be known as men and women of integrity. At least I hope so. I you lead like that then ees around you will respond. After all, management is a leadership position.
No, I am not the one placing the tracts to read. Personally I do not agree with removing them. There used to be pornography in the breakroom. There still is girly calendars hanging in the shop. But over the years there is less and less of it in our company. As management we share the truth with our ees and we are seeing results. We allow certain freedoms in the workplace and as a result we are seeing changes for the better.
That's mighty nice of you. You are supposed to be running a business and, I assume for profit. With such inane comments I wonder what kind of a company you work for and what your position (job) is.
Looks as if you just take a jab at us and then turn and run. What makes Jeffrey scamper?
Lead with your left.