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A Prayer for Those Whose Jobs Are Disappearing
Fountain of Mercy, the human touch is increasingly being replaced by machines. Deliver us from the worship of speed and efficiency and help us to see that the self-checkout trend is ending jobs and …
A Prayer for the Fish of the World in Peril
Giver of All, we are saddened by the news that the world's fish are in danger from overfishing by large commercial fleets. We know that when fish die off, all of marine life is threatened.
Fact:…
A Prayer for Victims and Families of the Turkish Mine Disaster
An explosion and fire at a coal mine in Soma, in western Turkey, on May 13, 2014, has become the country's worst industrial disaster. The death toll now stands at 301 after the last two bodies of mi…
You've Got a Rented Friend
In Practice Random Acts of Kindness, Rabbi Harold S. Kushner observed:
"Being in a totally dark room can be frightening until we discover how little light we need to banish a roomful of darkness.…
Repurposing Fiction in Business School
In 1990, we read and reviewed The Call of Stories: Teaching and the Moral Imagination by Robert Coles, a professor of psychiatry and medical humanities at Harvard, who had pioneered a new class at H…
Socials for Community Connection
FLDWRK, located in Orange County, California, is an organization that focuses on ways that entrepreneurs, artists, and social activists can cooperate and become “culture creators.” The members s…
Rethinking Self-Checkout
The automated teller machine was invented in 1967 and the self-service till appeared in 1984. By 2013, there were over 200,000 in stores throughout the world and by 2021, there could be well over 32…
Practicing Democracy with Zion Real Estate
I first came across Zion Real Estate when I was living in the Seattle area and was looking for reputable agents who would have the community’s best interests in mind. When I met the founder, Derek…
Micropreneurs Reframing Work
In the last five years, according to authors Daniele Logue and Markus Hollerer writing on the conversation.com, the sharing economy or "micropreneurs" have been redefining work in a variety of ways.…
In Life and Business: Learning to Be Ethical
In the NYTimes.com, Alina Tugend writes about a new website www.EthicalSystems.org which will bring together research and resources on business ethics, a subject that is receiving more attention the…
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