Business practices rooted in Christian ethics prioritize stakeholder over shareholder value, encompassing employee welfare and environmental stewardship. John Bosco’s 19th-century apprenticeship models exemplify this by prioritizing the marginalized. Biblical teachings affirm just employer-employee relations, paralleled today in research underscoring the multifaceted benefits, including financial, of apprenticeships.
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Biblical Support for Personal Finance
The Bible encourages prudent financial planning to provide for oneself and family, emphasizing the importance of planning, saving, and investing. Various passages underscore the necessity of calculating costs, understanding objectives, diversifying investments, and saving wealth for future use. Moreover, it promotes saving for economic downturns and paying taxes to support communal needs, highlighting the importance of reserves for unexpected events. Financial prudence, as advocated in the Bible, aligns with wise wealth management and societal support structures.