Download the standards for teaching Business Education in Adventist high schools in North America.
Accounting
Introduction to Business
Personal Finance
Read how La Sierra University students make a practical commitment to community. The Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) team developed a project in which they applied the free enterprise model to a social need. This project, the Cow Bank, was successful...
How can Adventist colleges and universities revise their business curricula in the New Millennium? Adventist business programs should identify core values, enrich the curriculum, and meet market needs. New curricula should be developed that places incre...
Alois Kinder answers questions regarding his life and business. Would you see yourself as a self-made person? In the difficult world of business, is it possible to practice Christian principles? Would you encourage Adventists to enter the business world?
This paper suggests ways for the business practitioner to participate in Christian
apologetics. Apologetics is defined and its purpose and tasks described. The author makes a case for the
importance of Christian apologetics and introduces several tactic...
Adventist teachers' handbooks for integrating faith and values: these are practical guides with a variety of approaches to teaching key values, illustrations and examples. Separate booklets are available for each subject, including: Art, Business, Comp...
"This short article discusses the attempts taken to improve ethical behavior and presents several views about the outlook for business ethics in the 21st century." In the business world, "failures and scandals in recent years have produced a deepening sen...
"Business ethics has not always been understood in business circles. Indeed, it is sometimes perceived as being contrary to the spirit of business." This paper "attempts to define business ethics and show its importance in the business setting, specifical...
This peer-reviewed text explores the biblical resources for moral guidance and ethical consideration. Twelve key themes in the narrative of Scripture are explored: cosmic conflict, creation, holiness, covenant relationships, shalom, sabbath, justice, righ...
This article describes how the La Sierra University Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) group reached out to the community through 122 business projects.
An essential curriculum development tool for Christian secondary schools, this downloadable framework outlines the Adventist philosophy, values and principles, and shows how valuing, thinking and other learning skills can be taught from a Christian viewpo...
"Is capitalism Christian? Is there a Christian perspective on business? How should a Christian use power in the workplace?" The authors affirm that God can be the center of one's life in the secular marketplace. This book stresses the connection between ...
"All settings where productive and
legitimate service can be provided are
valued in the Bible so long as each
endeavor is pursued in a manner that
honors God."
"This paper presents spiritual implications that will help students develop Christian values in office management and draw them to find interest in the greatest model of Christian values—the Word of God." Values presented include "loyalty, obedience, acco...
How should Christians answer Jesus’ call as they engage the world of commerce, a God-ordained system where righteous discipline must compete against fleshly interests? The collection of essays offers valuable insights from leading thinkers on the theme of...
This article, written by a Seventh-day Adventist business scholar, explores how vulnerability in the marketplace and the Biblical idea of holiness intersect.
"It seems that though marketing
graduates may be confident with their marketing theory foundations,
they are not as confident about marketing practice imperatives. Such a
gap obviously presents challenges for both marketing academics and
practitioners...
This paper, written by a Seventh-day Adventist business scholar, explores a fundamental, universally experienced leadership tension of caring for the needs of the individual and caring for the needs of the organization. The paper draws a distinction betwe...
"This study examines the productivity of a recently begun Master of Business Administration program. The findings provide support for a positive productivity index that shows that the program is economically attractive to its graduates."
"In many parts of the world, facilitating payments are
expected before legitimate official services will be supplied in a timely manner. To avoid an obstacle course of dubious regulations and prevent troublesome delays, most individuals and organizations...
"This study is an attempt to develop a conceptual model to
gauge the impact of moral emotions in a cause-related marketing
(CRM) setting. It specifically considers the factors that can trigger
empathy in a CRM campaign."
How did graduate business education get its start within the Adventist education system? What is its story? In this article from a JAE special issue on higher education, the authors present the history of and need for business graduate education and the c...
"How can one be a Christian in the world of business, not just on the weekend? How can one be honorable in business? Through the integration of the Christian worldview and business ethics, this book provides Christians with a mental framework with which t...
Ashton focuses on how the Seventh-day Adventist commitment to the observance of the Sabbath as an eternal memorial of God’s creative and redemptive activity should affect the way Adventists operate their industries and institutions.
This issue "is a compilation of six articles that try to make a significant contribution to the theme of connectedness in business, education, and public health." Authored in different countries, it "presents a thorough look at the theme of connected from...
The articles in this issue focus on themes of international concern, mostly related to business. In addition, "one examines leadership effectiveness in educational institutions. To round out the group of studies, the Dissertation Research feature for this...
In addition to drawing insights from newer models, “this conceptual paper applies Lewin’s (1951) forcefield approach of change management to emphasize the importance of a key
driver to change in the literature regarding Industry-University Collaborations...
This article presents strategies for the development of a biblical rationale for the integration of employability skills in the business curriculum. To discover a biblical rationale, a focus on and application of Scripture is needed. Biblical rationales...
This Journal of Adventist Education column features current news, reports, and updates of interest to educators. In this issue: New Computer Program Enhances Bible Study; More Students Interested in Advanced Degrees; Minority Group Share of Population Inc...
"Knowledge is a vital resource in any organization that ultimately affects performance and effectiveness. Thus, the importance of knowledge creation and sharing practices is magnified nowadays, and is seen as an important aspect in community development t...
"Today’s customers demand high-quality products, and companies need to enhance their performance and be more innovative in order to meet customers’ needs. This study analyzed whether several management orientations combined could enhance organizational pe...
This text explores management issues through a faith-based perspective. By presenting the biblical record on major management issues and contemporary management scholarship findings, it encourages the integration of a perspective founded on the values and...
This guide will assist elementary and secondary teachers who teach computer applications and business subjects. It provides Adventist teachers in North America with the philosophy, rationale, goals, scope and sequence, strands and essential learnings orga...
"Today’s successful manager must stay abreast with important global trends and should possess the needed managerial competence in information technology, cross-functional abilities, leadership, emotional intelligence, finance, quantitative techniques, com...
This peer-reviewed article, written by a Seventh-day Adventist business scholar, explores how the Biblical concept of Redemption is applicable to business practice.
"It is the thesis of this paper that, in general, the points of emphasis by the UN Commission on Sustainable Development are in close, but not perfect, alignment with the concept of Sabbath-shalom in Scripture. Some differences also exist. Sabbath begins ...
The purpose of this paper is to show how the basic ideas of Agency Theory can be taught directly from the Bible through the use of biblical sheep-shepherd-hireling imagery and in so doing, naturally open an opportunity to lead business...
"Jesus is preparing your heart for heaven, and that preparation includes correct financial planning. The Lord invites you today to put Him first in managing the resources He puts in your hands. Will you test Him today?"
This article, written by a Seventh-day Adventist business scholar, explores the Biblical concept of Shalom and its implications for the Ten Commandments and business.
"The Journal of Biblical Integration in Business (JBIB) serves as a refereed forum for discussing faith-learning-life links in business." The journal is "committed to the proposition that 'All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking...
This article, written by a Seventh-day Adventist business scholar, presents the deeper purpose of business as seen through the Biblical concept of the Image of God.
"This study
is anchored on John Elkington’s pillars of the triple bottom line of
sustainability (environment, social, and economic performance). It
aimed to explore the experiences of the 10 managers/owners of wellness
and spa in Cebu for the year 201...
Higgs explores the current business environment, discusses literature on the need for the teaching of ethics, reviews teaching of business ethics in secular universities, and gives a conceptual model for business ethics in Christian institutions. This pap...
This paper, written by a Seventh-day Adventist business scholar, examines operational efficiency from a biblical theology perspective. The paper describes operational efficiency in contemporary terms and considers six categories of constraints on efficien...
Intended for Christian business faculty but also applicable to other disciplines, this paper "examines twenty-one methods of biblical faith-learning integration with the goal of providing faculty members with ways to mentor and disciple their students in ...
This article explores an alternative to traditional evangelism in the workplace. It presents an approach based on using the language of business alone in conversations with co-workers.