Quakers And Ethics _ Quakers Beliefs

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Quakers do share many theological and ethical emphases with churches that are descended from Anabaptist movements, but both Quakers’ origins and their subsequent history give them a

Quakers, Creation Care, and Sustainability

This chapter reviews this paradox and seeks to explain the nature of the Quaker conscience, Quaker spiritual, political, philanthropic and business beliefs and practices, and

Quaker businesspeople nurtured a network of co-religionists in England and Colonial America and practiced high standards of ethical behavior. By using peer pressure,

They include the ethical resources and authorities that Quakers draw on; the processes by which ethical (and other) decisions are reached, individually and corporately; and

In this paper we explore the Quaker tradition in business and business ethics.

Small groups of tightly connected co-religionists have sometimes succeeded in business. The Quakers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were a good example. Initially persecuted

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The Quaker Peace Testimony, Economics and the Common Good

Moral identity and moral dissonance in business ethics have explored tensions relating to moral self-identity and the pressures for identity compartmentalization in the

The Quaker Peace Testimony, Economics and the Common Good

The Quakers, the Protestant Ethic, and the Quaker Mormons Stephen J. Fleming Abstract That the Quakers achieved disproportional economic success throughout their history is beyond

Eco Quakers Ireland and the Ireland Yearly Meeting (IYM) Investment Committee has produced a booklet to promote an ethical investment policy for Quaker Meetings in Ireland and for IYM Funds. The Quakers and

Using a wide range of both Quaker and non-Quaker sources, including sermons and merchant advice literature, this paper constitutes the first in-depth study of Quaker and non-Quaker

Quaker businesspeople nurtured a network of co-religionists in England and Colonial America and practiced high standards of ethical behavior. By using peer pressure,

Quakers have been involved in business since the start of the movement in 17th century England. Most early Quakers were involved in small-scale local trade, as farmers, craftspeople and

A Brief Overview of Quaker History. The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) has its origins in the Protestant Reformation, arising in England in the middle of the 17 th century. Many

This paper argues that Quaker business ethics can be understood as a MacIntyrean tradition. To do so, it draws on three key MacIntyrean concepts: community,

Anti-Slavery: Raising the Moral Issue

Thus Quakers raised a moral voice, alongside prominent African-American abolitionists, most of whom were ex-slaves able to speak and write powerfully from experience. At a national level,

In this article, we explore how the principles of Quaker culture, particularly their emphasis on integrity, simplicity, and ethical business practices, can inspire modern

Simplicity. Quakers are concerned about excess and waste in our society. We want to make sure our use of natural resources is sustainable. We try to live simply and to find space for the things that really matter: the people around us,

The Quakers and Business Group was set up by British Friends in 2002, as a charity. Its purpose is ‘to promote Quaker principles in business and the workplace’. The group works on a wide

In this paper, we examine the Quaker tradition to explore how Quakers’ interpret moral identity and negotiate the moral dissonance associated with a divided self in work organizations.

The Quakers, the Protestant Ethic, and the Quaker Mormons Stephen J. Fleming Abstract That the Quakers achieved disproportional economic success throughout their history is beyond

The Quakers and Their Influence on Nantucket History - YouTube

A major theme in this chapter is whether the pursuit of science is justifiable on ethical grounds; while Quakers have generally been enthusiastic about science, including the theory of

An investigation of early modern Quakers’ business ethics

As Quakers and non-Quakers asserted the moral and economic superiority of free labor in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, black activists asserted their right to life, liberty, and

By Rachel Muers. SCM Press, 2015. 192 pages. $56/paperback or eBook. Buy on FJ Amazon Store. Testimony is an exploration of the source, character, and implications of

The literature on Quaker business ethics and its limitations ..52 The literature on the Society of Friends’ formal enforcement of debts, and its limitations ..57 The literature on Quaker

culture and ethics to the emergence of the ‘triple bottom line’ of ‘People, Planet and Proﬁt’. In conclusion the signiﬁcance of personal motivation as a determinate of action is accorded a

I thought “Quakers are peaceful, and they are conscientious objectors,” and that was initially what drew me to the Quaker Faith. But there is so much more to it. The Quaker

For example, in a publication for the Centre for Enterprise, Markets & Ethics, Turnbull (2014) describes how Quaker culture and identity, more so than religiosity, lies at the heart of the

The Ethics of Human Solidarity . If the ethics of human solidarity and the economics of the common good are our moral assignment, can we pose a straightforward and helpful guide to

In this paper, we examine the Quaker tradition to explore how Quakers’ interpret moral identity and negotiate the moral dissonance associated with a divided self in work

variations of Quaker ethics resemble virtue ethics. This is not to say that Quakerism and the tradition of virtue ethics share a common origin, as they do not. Rather, the tendencies

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