ABSTRACT
A founder or a dynamic chief executive officer (CEO) may seek to implement his or her religious faith and values, as a core ideology, in an entity. Every change-oriented CEO needs to back up a firm's new rhetoric with his or her deep commitment. A CEO must create the conditions and incentives for the new ways of thinking, deciding, working, and acting within the corporation. In twenty-first-century America, individuals bring diverse religious traditions and experiences to the office and the factory. The influx of immigrants into the United States and subsequently into the workplace has raised awareness of a vast array of the world's religions, far beyond the Judeo-Christian tradition. Adherents of certain religious beliefs, especially fundamentalist, text-oriented, scriptural literalists, in particular, may object. In striving to formulate a philosophy and a vision, top executives ought to consider a number of questions as they contemplate reframing of an entity's philosophy and its values and leaving an organizational legacy.
