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Excellence, Success, And The Protective Function Of Common Grace In Accounting, Jason Stansbury, Marilyn Stansbury, Debra Snyder
Excellence, Success, And The Protective Function Of Common Grace In Accounting, Jason Stansbury, Marilyn Stansbury, Debra Snyder
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The sustainability of the accounting profession depends on both internal goods (excellences) and external goods (successes) supported by the practices and institutions of accounting. While both types of goods matter, a virtuous organization must hold them in tension. Failure to do so risks violating the public trust and damaging accountants integrity. The accounting professions management of this MacIntyrean tension exemplifies the protective function of common grace. Accounting helps to protect business from the effects of sin (e.g., negligence, opportunism, and malfeasance), as well as to enable business to meet human needs through both meaningful employment and goods and services that …
People As Wochristian Leaders And Managers, In Light Of And In Response To Gods Common Grace, Are Capable Of Building Organizational Practices That Foster Employee Engagement And Promote Human Flourishing. In This Article, We Examine What It Means For Humans To Be Created In The Image Of God And Therefore To Be Made To Work And To Use Their Unique Gifts And Strengths In Such Efforts. We Will Argue That It Is Precisely This Constructive Function Of Gods Common Grace That Is The Key Not Only To Individual-Level Flourishing But Also To Organizational-Level And Societal-Level Flourishing As Well.Rkers In The Image Of God, Brian Cawley, Peter J. Snyder
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Christian leaders and managers, in light of and in response to Gods common grace, are capable of building organizational practices that foster employee engagement and promote human flourishing. In this article, we examine what it means for humans to be created in the image of God and therefore to be made to work and to use their unique gifts and strengths in such efforts. We will argue that it is precisely this constructive function of Gods common grace that is the key not only to individual-level flourishing but also to organizational-level and societal-level flourishing as well.