Faith and business: a new deal for the modern workplace

While once believers kept faith and work relatively separate, now they are increasingly intertwining. With the growth of mass migration the UK’s population has become more diverse, and its labour market, in consequence, multifaith rather than, as once was the case, predominantly Christian. In London alone, there are 42 nationalities with communities of more than 10,000. It is now common for people to work in environments with at least one person from another religion or ethnic background.This makes the workplace an inadvertent forum for interfaith encounters…

…Alongside the higher profile of a diversity of faiths in the workplace, believers increasingly show signs of wanting to integrate faith and work. Ken Costa, the committed Christian who is one of the City’s best-known investment bankers, has argued that:

“if the Christian faith is not relevant in the workplace, it is not relevant at all”.

…Faith and business do not necessarily have to be reluctant partners, they can reinforce each other. Recent research by the management consultant firm McKinsey Australia shows that companies which embrace “spiritual techniques” benefit from improved productivity and turnover. In any case, as current trends develop, faith looks set to become an issue for the boardroom.

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