Tyson Launches Faith-friendly Campaign
12/6/05 9:04:28 AM
By Arkansas Business staff, Arkansasbusiness.com Daily Report
Tyson Foods Inc. is offering free downloadable prayer booklets on its Web site, part of an overall strategy to appear faith-friendly to its workers and customers.
The booklets are available here and include mealtime prayers for a variety of faiths, including Christianity and Muslim.
According to a story Tuesday at AdAge.com, the Springdale-based meat processor has also put 128 part-time chaplains in 78 plants across the country.
"There is a broader trend among bigger businesses to be faith-friendly employers, acknowledging that employees don't want to leave their soul in the parking lot," David Miller, director of the Yale Divinity School's Center for Faith and Culture and a professor of business ethics, tells the trade magazine.
The move is seen as an extention of the company's core values, which includes "striving to be a faith-friendly company…and to honor God…," and as a reflection of CEO John Tyson's Christian faith.
John Tyson, who has battled drug and alcohol addiction in the past, has talked publicly about how his faith helped turn his life around.
AdAge subscribers can view the full story here:
http://www.adage.com/news.cms?newsId=47034
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12/6/05 9:04:28 AM
By Arkansas Business staff, Arkansasbusiness.com Daily Report
Tyson Foods Inc. is offering free downloadable prayer booklets on its Web site, part of an overall strategy to appear faith-friendly to its workers and customers.
The booklets are available here and include mealtime prayers for a variety of faiths, including Christianity and Muslim.
According to a story Tuesday at AdAge.com, the Springdale-based meat processor has also put 128 part-time chaplains in 78 plants across the country.
"There is a broader trend among bigger businesses to be faith-friendly employers, acknowledging that employees don't want to leave their soul in the parking lot," David Miller, director of the Yale Divinity School's Center for Faith and Culture and a professor of business ethics, tells the trade magazine.
The move is seen as an extention of the company's core values, which includes "striving to be a faith-friendly company…and to honor God…," and as a reflection of CEO John Tyson's Christian faith.
John Tyson, who has battled drug and alcohol addiction in the past, has talked publicly about how his faith helped turn his life around.
AdAge subscribers can view the full story here:
http://www.adage.com/news.cms?newsId=47034
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