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Outside the RAF base at Brize Norton
I'm signing my will on the bonnet of a car, trying to stop the rain dripping onto it. It's witnessed by the driver and a colleague. A bit late in the day for this - the plane is supposed to take off in an hour or so - but it would be pretty stupid to go to Iraq without an up-to-date will. Updating wills is what you keep putting off - like reading Proust. But going to Iraq concentrates the mind wonderfully. It's nearly 40 years since I started going to dangerous places for the BBC and 20 years since I stopped. What the hell am I doing here? I must be mad. I'm one of those stroppy presenters who won't even go to Chipping Sodbury to do an outside broadcast for Saturday mornings. The presenter's place is in the studio. It's reporters who should go places and we who should ask 'em questions. But my editor, Ceri Thomas, kept nagging me and said he'd come as well, so I gave in.
It's now seven hours since I left my bed and I'm further from Iraq than when we flew out of Brize Norton. Apparently we've got to pick up some Green Jackets on Teesside. Typical military. Everything takes longer than you'd expect. But it's going to get worse, I'm told. RAF flights are called 'No Time Airlines' by the soldiers I'm with. Most reassuring. But it's not their fault. If they don't have enough planes what can they do? This is a DC-10 chartered from an American company. It's odd to be on an aeroplane with hundreds of people who would much rather not be here. Who'd want to spend six months in Basra, risking life and limb, for the pittance that squaddies earn? As we're landing in Qatar (I will learn later why we couldn't fly direct to Basra) the American cabin crew director comes on the intercom. There's none of that 'Thank you for flying with us ...' guff. Instead he says: 'I'd like to thank you for everything you do for us all and the sacrifices your families have made.' It's oddly moving.
Al Udeid
We are at the massive American base in Qatar, the biggest in the Middle East and the centre of all American operations. They say all the other bases around here will be closed and amalgamated into this one. The RAF crew who stay here call it Butlins - much more like a holiday camp than a typical British base. Squaddies sit out in the desert under floodlights drinking tea, smoking, quietly grumbling. I'm not surprised. They were expecting to be home with their families for several more days, made their plans for half-term, then were phoned yesterday and told to report at Brize this morning. That's a helluva way to treat soldiers on their way to do six months in one of the most dangerous places on earth. Who says the army isn't overstretched? It doesn't help that we're all going to be kept waiting here for most of the night. There's only one Hercules available to operate the 'air bridge' to Basra. I glance through a copy of Soldier magazine that's been left lying around. There's an advert by WM Claims, the 'elite force in personal injury claims'. Apparently 'Sergeant X' settled his claim for 'a sum in excess of £175,000 after falling from a personnel carrier while on manoeuvres'. I've heard of ambulance chasers, but isn't this pushing it a bit? I half expect to see a pinstriped lawyer, briefcase neatly on his lap, sitting alongside every soldier on the next plane we're about to board.
The long wait gives me a chance to have my first row with my military minders. There are three of them: a civil servant from the MoD and two officers. I'm uneasy about being 'embedded' with the military. It means you can only see what they show you. The civil servant, James, gets a bit twitchy when I say I want to record interviews with some of the soldiers. We're all tired and irritable by now. But it's agreed and I do it.
Everyone says sergeants are the backbone of the army and I talk to a few of them. Two have spent years in Northern Ireland, but they're not happy about Iraq. They say they knew what they were doing in Belfast, could see the effect they were having, but don't like what they've read about Basra. They blame the politicians, of course. Everyone does.
We're on the Hercules, bound, at last, for Basra. Couldn't go in the DC-10 - it doesn't have the right air defences. The Herc makes a scary approach ... it spirals down at great speed when we're right over the base. It's harder for missiles to get you that way. So they say. I hope they're right. You don't get seats on a Hercules, just nylon strapping that runs around the walls of the plane. No windows, either. It's very claustrophobic and very hot and very noisy.
Basra air station
We've arrived. 24 hours to do a six-hour air journey. And my two producers are still stuck in Qatar.
Tried to sleep but couldn't, so wander out of my hut into the heat. God, this is a dump. Surrounded by gritty, grey desert. Flares all around us from oil fields burning off gas. It's a circle of hell - or at least it is if you're as knackered as we are. What a waste of gas. What an environmental outrage. What a stink. The oil stench gets into the back of your throat. We're told we must have body armour and helmet with us at all times. In this heat? They must be joking. They're not. The army doesn't joke. It's well over 100 degrees. That's cool compared with the summer, apparently. The flies like the cool, damn it. They probably like the smell when the loos are emptied too. And, unbelievably, this camp is dry. The soldiers could drink two cans of beer a night until a couple of weeks ago but the new CO stopped that. Six months in this dump without a beer. I'd hate to be a soldier. I suspect it's not the last time I'll think that.
Our first patrol. It takes 90 minutes to get everything in place for a short trip to another military base up the road. The army is thorough and I'm not complaining. But I wish everyone wouldn't keep asking me for my blood group. I don't know what it is, for God's sake. They find that hard to believe, but my GP told me before I came that doctors don't bother to find out any longer. You just get pumped full of O-negative until they've found the right one. Apparently O-neg doesn't hurt you. If you got topped up with any other mis-match you'd die. Enough talk of dying. If it's so dangerous in the base what the hell is it like outside? We travel in six vehicles - mostly 'snatch' Land Rovers - with 18 men. Our driver tells me about 'sandbagging'. It's what happens if the top gunner sees something suspicious. He radios back, two 'snatches' race ahead, set up a defensive position, clear the way for the convoy to keep moving. They never go back the way they came. It keeps the enemy guessing.
We drive in the middle of the road, which seems a bit dangerous, but it's not because oncoming traffic gets out of your way. If the road is narrow, the other cars have to leave it altogether. 'Can't have 'em coming too close,' says my driver. 'Too risky. They might be militias.' What if they keep coming? 'We warn 'em off and then, if we have to, put a round in their engine block. That stops 'em.'
But they don't seem too bothered - even when we drive the wrong way down a dual carriageway. Why do we do that? It's safer, says the driver. He means it. He's done a couple of six-month tours out here. Finds it a bit difficult to adjust when he goes home and drives out of Brize Norton. I'll bet. Try telling the Thames Valley Police it's safer driving on the wrong side of the M40. Not that the police here are likely to do anything. The police are the bad guys - or at least that's the assumption. So many are loyal to the different militias and death squads you don't know who to trust, so you don't trust anyone. They treat patrol cars with as much suspicion as any other - more, if anything. They stopped one the other day and found bomb-making equipment in the boot. They arrested the cops and handed them over. They needn't have bothered. They were released anyway.
Another night without sleep, let alone beer. A rocket attack. Blaring sirens. The Tannoy orders us to get out of bed and put on body armour. I try sleeping in flak jacket and helmet. It can't be done. Keep reminding myself this is meant to be a secure army camp in a friendly country. It doesn't help.
Shaibah military camp
This is where the big military hospital is - the reason for our visit. Some field hospital. It's the biggest tent I've ever seen - endless corridors stretching into the distance. Apparently they can put the whole thing up in 14 hours. There's an A&E department, CT scanner, physio department, operating theatre. There are 200 beds if necessary.
The theatre is straight out of M*A*S*H, and the surgeon would fit in too. He's a general surgeon, says he'll have a go at anything. I tell him I'm not sure I'd want a surgeon 'having a go' at my brain. He laughs. Then he laughs again when he tells me about the operation they carried out in the middle of a rocket attack yesterday: flak jackets, tin helmets, the lot. It went well, apparently.
The A&E consultant doesn't approve of 'snatches', she prefers the soldiers to be in a Warrior armoured vehicle if they're attacked. Prevention is better than cure, she says. Hard to argue. Oddly, the soldiers seem to like the snatches. Maybe that's because sitting in the back of a Warrior is like travelling in an oven on tank tracks. It gets to 140 degrees in summer. You can cook a leg of lamb at that temperature. Or a soldier. They've promised to take me out in one tomorrow. Promised?
We make two attempts this morning to helicopter down the oil pipeline out into the Gulf. We get as far as taxiing ... and get called back. We abandon the oil trip. There's a big operation going on up in Amara and I guess that's why they need the big choppers. So we drive again. Another big convoy (of course) to take me to a few villages five miles from the base. This is friendly territory for the British: Marsh Arab country. They hated Saddam more than most for draining the marshes, destroying their lives. Now they have nothing. Dirt poor. Skinny kids beg for bottles of water. It does my soft liberal conscience no good. All those endless bottles of chilled water handed to you everywhere you go, take a sip and dump 'em. Bugger. The kids don't go to school either. The head man apologises because everyone's clothes are so dirty and ragged. The soldiers give them a football.
The villagers say they're glad to see the British here. At least, my interpreter thinks that's what they said. The Marsh Arab dialogue is ancient and very different from classic Arabic, so he struggles. We return across a dodgy bridge. My commander points out a 'dicking' screen. The phrase comes from Northern Ireland. It means groups of men watching your movements, reporting back to the next village, and the next, until it reaches the militias. So it's not that friendly, even here.
We leave the air station for Basra Palace in Basra City. Saddam's son Uday had it built - it was a handy little pad for his fornicating, torturing hobbies. Now the British are here: the Foreign Office, Department for International Development and sundry others. I asked if we could drive: it's only six miles. They laughed. Drive through the city? Might as well put your head in a mincing machine. So it's a chopper ride. It's scary - especially when we're coming in to land and there are two almighty flashes outside the windows. I jump. The soldiers laugh. It's just the captain firing off flares to fool any missiles aimed at us.
Basra palace
This is luxury compared with the air station - not that we are staying in the actual palace. Senior staff and important visitors get 'pods' - like rows of prefabs, only much, much tougher. Just as well. They are more comfortable but much more dangerous.
This place gets attacked all the time. I counted nine rockets last night. There are more this afternoon. One lands on the roof of my producers' pod - a couple of feet above their heads. The shrapnel tears chunks out of a building 100 yards away. But they're OK - just very badly shaken.
There's a swimming pool here, too. The health and safety brigade have stuck up the usual notices: 'Warning! No lifeguard on duty!' 'No running or diving!' I don't suppose they see the irony. I decide to risk a swim and ask a soldier about a rocket landing in the pool. He says: 'No worries. Just dive under and stay there.' I wonder how long I'd 'just stay there' with a bloody big rocket exploding in the water. But I take a swim anyway. It's wonderful.
I present Today from Saddam Gate - near the palace entrance on the banks of the Shatt-al-Arab. It's odd to look across the wide river knowing the insurgents who keep trying to kill you are probably looking back at you. I've never presented a programme wearing a flak jacket before. Probably wouldn't be much use against John Reid anyway.
I'm taken to another hospital, this time the public one in the city. It's only a few hundred yards from the palace but it makes no difference. It still takes 18 soldiers to get there. I've been told the hospital has been improved since Saddam's day. The surgeon I talk to says it's worse. It's dark and dirty and everyone smokes everywhere. And it's dangerous. The soldiers won't let me stay more than 20 minutes. Any longer and word will get out that we're there. The surgeon spent many years in Ireland, came back here 18 years ago and has stayed. I suggest he might want to return to a more civilised country where the hospitals are at least clean. He's appalled at the idea. 'This is my home and these are my people.' It's a pity some of his people don't show their gratitude. The police broke into his home and attacked him and his wife and stole their valuables. No point in reporting the crime, of course. To whom?
We actually walk back to the palace on the road running alongside the Shatt. This is the safest district of Basra. It must have been lovely some years ago. Boats are doing a good trade carrying locals up and down the river, there are dozens of tea-sellers and food stalls, and plenty of people - men and boys anyway, no women. They're probably a bit nervous even in this middle-class district. Paul Wood, our defence correspondent, tells me the religious extremists rampaged through the marketplace last night, beating any woman who wasn't wearing the hijab. Plenty of small boys are here, surrounding us. The soldiers are friendly and no one seems intimidated by them. But the commander is still nervous. He says he'd have once felt safe surrounded by children. No longer.
Present another Today programme, this time from a balcony of the palace building. Plenty of shots in the distance but every time I'm on the air a man comes along with a very noisy lawnmower to cut the scraggly grass below the balcony. Just what you need when you're telling the folk back home how dangerous it is: the sound of a summer's day in suburban Surrey.
Another hairy helicopter ride back to Basra air station and another Herc to Qatar. This time things run on schedule.
So what have I learned? I needn't have worried about being embedded. We couldn't have done anything without military protection and our minders went out of their way to help. So did the soldiers. It's a long time since I've been on the road with the army. I had vague memories of too many chinless-wonder officers and chippy squaddies. No longer. I hate to sound like an army recruiting officer, but this is a professional set-up. The soldiers are bright, knowledgeable and seemingly dedicated to what they're doing. Everyone says the three services are working much more closely together than they've ever done. It showed. To judge by my limited exposure, this is a military we can be proud of.
Should they be there? It's almost an academic question. My Basra surgeon summed it up: 'They should not have come in, but they cannot leave now.' Everyone thinks if they do leave now the British civil HQ will be overrun by insurgents in five minutes.
What are they achieving? Every policeman and Iraqi soldier who gets a decent training is a bonus. So is every improvement in the power and water supply. Can they, in the now time-honoured phrase, create a stable, liberal democracy? God knows, but it's hard to see how. Even if things improve in Basra - and some will tell you they're getting worse - Iraq cannot hold together if Baghdad continues to blow apart. They know that down here. They're frightened people.


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The elite field for the 34th Sanyo Women's Road Race on Dec. 23 was announced on Nov. 30. The first selection race for next March's Cardiff World Half Marathon Championships in the U.K., Sanyo features world-class talent like 2014 Copenhagen World Half Marathon bronze medalist and Sanyo course record holder Sally Chepyego (Kenya/Team Kyudenko), 2015 Marugame Half Marathon winner Eloise Wellings (Australia), 2015 Beijing World Championships 10000 m runner Rei Ohara (Team Tenmaya) and more.
A large number of women aiming to make next year's Rio Olympic team will be lining up in the half marathon. Alongside Ohara are 2014 Asian Games marathon 4th-placer Eri Hayakawa (Team Toto), 2014 World Half Marathon Championships team members Sayo Nomura (Team Daiichi Seimei) and Chieko Kido (Team Canon AC Kyushu), and rising young talent like 2015 Hokkaido Marathon winner Yui Okada (Team Otsuka Seiyaku) and 20-year-old Reia Iwade (Team Noritz) who two years ago set the junior national record of 1:09:45 in Sanyo. Charlotte Purdue (U.K.) joins Chepyego and Wellings in the overseas contingent.
In the 10 km Grace Kimanzi (Kenya/Team Starts) will be going for the first three-peat in Sanyo history. Speed runner Kumi Ogura (Team Toenec), 2013's 5th-placer Kanayo Miyata (Team Yutaka Giken) and rookie Honami Maeda (Team Tenmaya) highlight the domestic field.
The Sanyo Women's Road Race will take place on the streets of Okayama. Due to construction at its traditional start and finish site at City Light Stadium, this time the start and finish will be outside the stadium. The half marathon begins at 10:00 a.m. on Dec. 23 with the 10 km beginning at 10:15 a.m.

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New Braunfels Herald Zeitung (Newspaper) - July 21, 1985, New Braunfels, Texas Public records BlKTHS McKenna Memorial Hospital Phillip and Evelyn Erben, 1306 Rivercrest, 9 lb. boy, July 8. John and Jeannette Dernier, 106 Apache Circle, Cibolo, 6 lb., 15 oz. boy, July 9. David and Julie Franklin, 129 Trail Rd., 8 lb., 9oz. boy, July ll. Mark and Jennifer Rohlmeier, P.O. Box 34, Bulverde, 6 lb., 8oz. girl, July ll. Darryl and Tina Braune, Route 8, Box 88M, New Braunfels, 6 lb., ll oz. boy, July 12. James and Maricila Johns, 2293 W. Mill, 9 lb., I oz. boy, July 13. Mike and Rose Wilson, Route 7, Box 696B, Canyon l,ake, 6 lb., 15 oz. girl, July 14. Out-of-town Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Whitley of New Braunfels, 7 lb., 7Ms oz. boy, July 6 in San Antonio. Grandparents are Bob and Jenny Whitley of New Braunfels, and Ray and Donna McVeigh of Conroe. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ronald D. Schumann of Austin. 4 lb., 14 oz. boy. July 8 in Austin. Paternal grandparents are Bill and Delores Schumann of New Braunfels. Maternal grandparents are Don and Carolyn Alspaugh of Uvalde. Bom to Steve and Sheri Kramer of Huntsville. 8 lb.. 2 oz. boy. July 16. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. David F, Kramer of New Braunfels. Maternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Arthur Neill of Huntsville Paternal great-grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Robert W Luedtke of Bradenton, Fla. Born to Steve and Cheryl Hartmann of Eganville, Ontario. Canada, 9 lb.. I oz. girl. July 16. Paternal grandparents are Othmar and Marilyn Hartmann of New Braunfels Maternal grandparents are Arthur and Phyllis Wall of Chalk River, Ontario. Canada Born to Mart> and Terr) Rubles of New Braunfels. 7 lb., 13 oz boy. July 17. MARRIAGES Count) Clerk's Office Humberto Ortiz and Gloria Rocha Rojas. Kevin M Jones and Georgia Pospisil laster G. 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An increase in the number of complaints against third party originated mortgages is expected to occur in the future
Brokers have flocked to the Austaralian Broker Online forum to detail numerous experiences of older borrowers being knocked back by the banks.
Yesterday, Australian Broker reported that Ray Weir of Financial Solutions in WA had written to Treasuer Wayne Swan to demand legislation be changed to help older borrowers access credit.
Brokers responded on the Australian Broker Online forum with a litany of experiences and opinions with their older clients, many of whom had been refused credit due to potential hardship.
John Robbo was quick to weigh in, saying the problem "badly needs looking at".
"Classic example is a client of mine who is 56 and has a very high salary. Lives in a 9 bedroom 5 bathroom home in Sydney. Property is worth $2.7M and wants a $1.1m refinance. Nobody will do it," he explained.
"He wants to sell the home on or before retirement as it is massive and far too big for two retirees - but all lenders say that selling the property is unacceptable - even though he would have to sell the property if it was unencumbered because of its size. This policy is ridiculous!"
Despite other similar cases coming to light, SteveOz disagreed, saying "it's just not that simple".
"Given today's environment where people are unable to take responsibility for their actions and change their minds like the weather here in Melbourne, you can't just take a clients undertaking that they will 'sell' their property upon retirement if they can't afford the repayments. You've basically put them into hardship anyway!" he said.
However, this was enough to make some brokers' blood boil - as Judy West exclaimed.
"We certainly live in 'Nannysville' in Australia where we treat anyone over the age of 55 (the new 75) as incompetents," she said.
BJ detailed his understanding, which included the longevity risk of a client, and the lack of desire on the part of the bank to be left holding a physical property asset.
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One of the bigger banks has a policy that says anyone over 46 years of age has to show an exit strategy (and a very onerous and specific one at that). it starts quite early. The fact that actual age is used as a basis of policy (and I can promise it is in black and white) is an age discrimination. No one is going to do anything about it though because its the major banks. The law doesn't apply to the majors.
i had the same thing happen to one of my clients he was 55 years of age , wage was 220k .was selling his house to build a new home for the last time and i took me 4 month to find a lender and get it over the line .
I had commented about this months ago quoting the name of a bank who had obviously used age as their reason for the knock back. I then received a call from a very upset BDM who had been instructed to inform me not to do it again. I was basically told that I had no right to have an opinion regarding this.


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Dichotomy in the 21st Century……………………….……………………………1
Secular Business and Socialization……………………………………………….3
Dysfunctional Christian Mind…………………………………………………….6
Compartmentalized Morals………………………………………………………..9
Calling Rather Than a Career…………………………………………………...12
God's Natural Order and Creation………………………………………………13
Dichotomy in the 21st Century
The twenty first century has brought first time challenges to the forefront of American Business culture and Christians living daily lives as part of corporate America. The Christian business leaders as well as the common American (middle class, nine to five workers) is currently more affected by business transactions thousands of miles away and the cultural impact it has on the Christian mind. American business has become an astronomically growing world; however, technology limits the gaps of communication increasing business transactions throughout the globe. In an economy which thrives off cultural diversity, Christian business professionals face new challenges advocating a world view contingent on one objective truth, the Bible. As a result, a dichotomy is created, with an ambiguous definition of truth in modern culture.
Faith and business is running on two parallel tracks, operating along side each other, however never intersecting. This paradigm of business endangers Christian professionals of reason and secular authority dominating daily life instead of God. Business culture is in a race for a finish which does not exist; a never ending, revolving door of profitability and productivity. Countless volumes of books are published each year declaring "the best" way to increase profits and achieve optimal performance from employees. Is it possible for a book such as the Bible as the best way, when doubted as a final authority by much of secular society? What effect does such a culture have on the Christian mind? Is there any possibility for a daily defense of an evil like this?
In an abhorrently financially driven business paradigm, Christians are faced with the challenges of a utilitarian, morally tolerant professional world bathing in secular moral relativism. Required of professionals is a behavior which mirrors Christ as well achieving success against a growing dualistic Christian mind; a mind recognizing God as an authority, however not recognizing him as the authority. Regardless of sincerity of faith Christian business professionals run the risk of a divided lifestyle or a sort of split personality. Theoretically holding strong values and morals grounded in a pure biblical and spiritual foundation; however sinking deeper into knowledge defined in terms of secular naturalism motivated by desires for financial gain. Subsequently defined by the secular world, what is made of spirituality and work of the Holy Spirit of God verses the practicality of naturalism? Christians must find the common ground in which to operate a successful business keeping God at the forefront, at the same time relate and engage in commercial transactions with those of other faiths and beliefs.
The subjective worldview of relative truth has marginalized any need for religion in the workplace; making it next to impossible to assert such behaviors anywhere else except in church settings or among others of the same value. America's tolerance has turned to intolerance of the intolerant. The anti-Christian movement forces believers to think as non-believers within the realm of the professional world. In an effort to provide for family and achieve the false implications of success, Christians are forced to adapt to what Nancy Pearcey calls "modernity's professional ethos;" adapting to a naturalistic, secularized approach to business.
Secular Business Socialization and Culture
Throughout history, the secular business model has maintained the same purpose; to engage in a product or service delivered directly to the consumer or another corporation as a function to make a profit and grow the business. There are many underlying activities that constitute the operations of a business such as marketing, human resource management and others, however as diversified as each business is, the purpose of it remains the same. Once a small, personal, community benefiting effort, businesses have accepted the challenge of massive competition increases over the last hundred years. The new driving force behind American business and the pursuit of profits is a fierce competitive global economy, stock growth and shareholder wealth. However, modern success may be defined by such accomplishments; the vehicle in which it is achieved becomes the greater focus of the Christian business leader. Success of an organization is largely dependent upon the culture the company creates and maintains within the four walls. Competitive advantage is contingent upon a culture relative to the needs of a particular company. An identity with distinct personality and culture disassociates itself with external milieu, such as, traditional family values and morals and the authority of religion.
The desire for companies to be segregated as its own culture is evident through the patterns of interaction, values, symbols and stories that emerge from history as it shapes the identity and image of the organization. Long standing organizations and young upstart entrepreneurs alike have embraced the concept of internal company values and ideology. Closely held, these ideological beliefs are woven within the company walls, negating any influence from the outside environment. The company's core ideology is what it believes as an organization independently and internally. What is considered to be foundational to successful habits and long standing profitability, according to Collins and Porras, in their book; Built To Last, Successful Habits of Visionary Companies; (considered by many business leaders to be the bible of business strategy) is the effective establishment of a cult-like culture and removal from influences of other companies, religion and ideology of individuals unfitting of the company mold.
Disney, one of Collins and Porras' models, requires new recruits, either top level management or the night time janitor, to receive specialized training that begins a socialization process in order to mold the employees. Proper terminology, strict dress code, information control, loyalty, and somewhat worship-like behavior are evident to this socialization process. Complete devotion to Disney is required; company values are to be held at the forefront of the employees mind, on or off the clock. The resulting culture shapes the employee to the image of the organization and greatly influences behavioral patterns and influences lifestyle, consciously or unconsciously. Organizations that succeed at such an endeavor forms an identity that directly contributes to shaping the individual roles and behaviors into organizational action rather than personal decisions. Simply the person becomes defined by the culture of the company. Thus, the cultural ethos determines the sort of ethical management decisions made.
The Dysfunctional Christian Mind
While ideologies and core values can hold supreme importance to the health and success of a company, it is ignorant to believe and conceive of ideological formulas without outside influence. The very people giving thought to the company's value systems; founders, CEO's and executive mangers, have in some way been affected by morals, values or simply some minor held core beliefs of what is right and wrong. Regardless of what business may try to do within the walls of the company independent of the outside cultural context, leaders bring a presupposition to the organization's culture serving as a foundation in which the cultural and ethical ethos is built.
Despite the nearsighted views of businesses desire to create a distinct culture separate from an outside context, organizations still remain a small part in a larger economic practice greatly influenced by environmental surroundings. Educational institutions, media, government, even churches, families, and communities impact the preparation of future employees and leaders. The question still remains, however, if the twenty-first century business leaders wish to build an economic empire based on core values, credos, and precise moral driven visions; what basis for those morals is there? Since all business presupposes an ethical standard on which it is conducted, the question arises regarding which standard of ethics should be used. Modern American culture is largely rejecting traditional values of one common truth, biblical values, and ignoring the foundation of the very soil Americans live; thus encouraging post-modern behavior of relative truth, political correctness, and a thoughtless attempt at multiculturalism leading only to a skewed sense of tolerance. Instead of a true love and acceptance of all people, Americans embrace the actions of all cultures and thus embracing every different kind of moral.
This sort of tolerance or extreme multiculturalism has greatly complicated the environment in which business is conducted in a world market economy. As a result, Christian business professionals endanger themselves of a distorted and dysfunctional "Christian Mind," highly educated in business proficiency, without a clear biblical worldview for interpreting business matters on a daily basis. The Christian mind is one concerned with spirituality, biblical morals, and worship, however in the company of family friends and fellow believers. As "thinking" beings, Christians fall into the realm of secularism, reconstructing the criteria for worldview evaluations. "When we enter the stream of discourse in our field or profession, we participate mentally as non-Christians, using the current concepts and categories, no matter what our private beliefs may be."
In an effort to please everyone, and fit the secular business paradigm, American business and politics have embraced political correctness to its fullest extent. Considered a multicultural effort, political correctness has emphasized education and appreciation for other cultures serving to be helpful in business to communicate more effectively to others. Conversely, extremists of the "PC" movement, claim traditional values are damaging society and oppress those not wishing to comply with what most Christians would consider moral norms. Instead of benefiting business, this view distorts a once clear line drawn between right and wrong. Political correctness allows morality to be defined in several cultural contexts, each varying from the other, either from around the world or a next door neighbor. The gray area caused by the relative moral authority of business has opened a door to many interpretations of what is right and wrong. The pluralism that is created leaves businesses vulnerable to any claim of behavior to be justified so long as the internal cultural ideology permits it. As a result, many organizations use financial gain to define morality.
Great tolerance is given for those that commit honest mistakes, as defined by company standards and do not breach the organization's core ideology; known as "non-sins." Whereas severe penalties, even prompt termination results for breaching the core ideology, is considered mortal sins. Founder of Nordstrom's department store, Jim Nordstrom, believes in a wide amount of autonomy for the company's employees, citing that it is better to treat employees as professionals and let them use good judgment. "You can do anything you need to at Nordstrom to get the job done, just as long as you live up to our basic values and standards." It becomes extremely evident this sort of ideology to be dangerous.
While for Nordstrom's employees enjoy a tremendous autonomous working environment of respect, trust, and dignity; serious dangers become increasingly implicit. The danger lies in the global economy filled with varying moral norms according to differencing societal influences, such as communities, religions, and cultural norms. The notion of right and wrong is now defined by individual experience rather than on tried and true doctrine of truth. Nordstrom's employees are encouraged to define for themselves what Jim Nordstrom means by doing "anything you need to, to get the job done." Simply, the world view of business has taken the same characteristics of that of post-modern America; a tolerance to whichever moral norm seems appropriate to the given situation, a sort of utilitarian view, choosing the situation producing the greatest profits.
America's increase to tolerance has called into question time honored values and given birth to an extreme form of relativism. By presupposing ethical and moral standards and forming an internalized cultural structure, businesses are engaging in its own version of cultural relativism. From a perspective of the business owner wishing to provide respect and autonomy in the same manner as Nordstrom's, businesses are operating on an unstable platform of ethics waiting to collapse. Any behavior could be right as long as the internal culture of the business permits it.
Compartmentalized Morals
The secular approach to the business field and the substandard treatment of religion has left Christians very little choice, but to conform and "fit in." For fear of sounding too Christian, business leaders suppress faith based ideals so as to not hinder any sort of advancement opportunity or financial gain. After all, it is important to support ones family, and to do that, one must keep pace with economic growth, competition, and inflation. For some Christians, this attitude is life as usual, expecting any wrongs done Monday through Saturday will be cleared up on Sunday. For others, however, this is a severely troubling aspect to participation in the business world. Either way such a secular and sacred split in world view can create a significant compromise of moral ideals in an effort to gain any kind of material success.
An additional jeopardy evident from a culture induced form of relativism in the business cultures is the unconscious nature of it. Something will shape the human intellect and form a worldview. Christians can not have a dichotomy between the Christian and business worlds. The result will be a set of ideas and values from one or the other. If the Christian business leader is denied or ill practiced for interpreting the world through the correct lens, the rules of majority will overcome. The ideas that the Christian has the most exposure to will be adopted using whatever tools for interpretation there is at hand. Take, for example, a Christian lawyer, working for a Fortune 500 company, deacon of his church, gives generously, teaches Sunday school, and is in every way the model church member. That is on Sunday; the rest of the week his job is to break contracts. Find legal loopholes to remove the company from a legally binding contract using any means necessary.
Christians run the risk of compartmentalizing values and morals "because the globalization of business and postmodern notions of morality promote cultural relativism and personal subjectivism as modes of moral reflection and decision making." This attitude affects the business mindset creating a misconception of the Christian responsibility in the Kingdom of God; a clear spirituality privately about the work, however missing the biblical framework on the work itself. There is a sharp contrast between the aura of worship on Sundays and secular attitudes the following six days.
Christians must be constantly on guard against the peril of lapsing into the same relativism. Christian professionals need to understand the concept author, Nancy Pearcey, describes as "Thinking Christianly." This lies in the basic understanding the responsibility of Christians to view all subject matter concerning ones life and interpret it through the lens of the Christian perspective. That perspective has been lost in the shuffle of morals throughout much of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Today's professionals have not been given the chance to develop any sort of biblical worldview due in large part to the extensive training that is involved for much of the professional world. Growing profits, extensive world economy and the supremely held ideals of capitalism reigns in the United States as the authority of ones life. It is touted throughout a greater portion of educational training, hard work breeds success, breeds financial security. So much emphasis on secular professional training leaves little room for biblical training. Even so, in an environment privy to ultimate tolerance, Christian business professionals have the responsibility to impact the world in which they function.
Christian believers have a responsibility unto God to live and love only him, however also need to function in a morally depraved society that largely rejects any kind of notion of a Christian God. It is of supreme importance that believers understand creation is a design created by God for God and nothing else. A sincere commitment to anything else that removes the focus from God is sin. In the endless pursuit of a career many believers cite monetary and material rewards as a measure of success, rather than ones character or work done before God. No person can serve both God and money; it has to be one or the other. Jesus said, "No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money" (Matthew 6:24 NIV). Believers must shape a world view reflective of God's will and purport that unto the world.
In order for an impact to be made, there must be some level of success. A sincere Christian mindset will gage the degree of that success and keep God at the center of focus, recognizing the true importance. What sort of strategies can a believer use to exemplify a sincere Christian belief and practice without thrusting those beliefs and causing animosity, thus creating further rejection? The answer lies in the way one views the work done for God.
Calling Rather Than a Career
Those in ministries, hopefully, understand the position as a calling, rather than a job or career; the first step for Christian business people, it to assert the same principle. Paul states in 1 Corinthians; "So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God" (1 Corinthians 10:31 NIV, emphasis added). Viewing work as a calling by God rather than a career chosen in college or some vocational school has direct implications on how Christians approach work. Instead of concentrating on social standing, promotions, and financial measures of success, fulfilling ones calling by God induces a higher meaning, community relationship and a general contribution of good to society. Scott Rae, in his book, Beyond Integrity, A Judo-Christian Approach to Business Ethics, describes it this way:
"In contrast to a career-oriented approach, people who view their work as a calling will focus more on the intrinsic nature of the work as a means to glorify God rather than to reap external rewards. Rather than defining success as climbing a corporate ladder of accumulating material things, they will measure it by how true they stay to the story to which God has called them."
This approach is one that is cohesive with service to the Kingdom of God and not profit driven success. Christians have the unique ability in the workplace to instill an attitude reflective of right motives based on biblical principles, to add a contribution to one's community and gain a clear understanding for the purpose of financial gain; to offer a portion back to the Kingdom. Work, from a mindset of the Christian professional should contribute to the greater good adding a true social value and meaning to the work. A result of these actions is a corporate structure consistent with the calling of its leader and allowing the leader to operate within a unified set of guidelines that govern the business and life regardless of the direct financial cost. If business professionals must operate in a secular world vastly promoting internalized cultural relativism and moral plurality, a correct personal mindset of one's life as a calling from God is one step closer to defeating the dualistic Christian mind and reviving its functionality.
The personalized nature of ones mindset and the lens in which the world is viewed is only a piece of the puzzle that makes up the responsibility of the Christian required by God. It says nothing of the external measures that influence daily life. Moral relativism preaches different governing morals for all kinds of people and cultures. The issue of tolerance and political correctness aims the argument at acceptance of all morals and a supposed understanding of many different perceived realities. Business widely accepts this pretense and applies it to internalized structured cultures within the walls of many different organizations. Despite the many truths purported by the secular world, Christians still hold to one objective truth, the Bible, however, so do many others. For Muslims, the Koran is considered ultimate authority, as the Hindus and Buddhists have truth defined as well. In multicultural, tolerant America how are morals and ethics standardized, and done so to the correct correspondence of truth?
God's Natural Order and Creation
Regardless of the cult-like internal cultures that business desire to create, all are subject to the natural laws governed by God, recognized or not. Business will continue to grow and be conducted on an even larger economic forum than as it is known today, meaning cultural diversity will be greater and moral lines increasingly unclear preventing a consistent use of a book of authority, like the Bible. However, as Norman Geisler puts it, "business cannot be conducted in a vacuum." There has to some norms, some line or frame of reference to conduct business transactions using consistent basis of ethics. Natural law provides such a vehicle.
The Apostle Paul writes; "Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to depraved mind; to do what ought not to be done. They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do no such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them" (Romans 1:28-32 NIV). Regardless of morals, ethics, beliefs, and backgrounds all humanity has one thing in common; creation, sin and God's created order. Every person, as a result from the fall of man stands in judgment before a Holy and Just God. More importantly, however, is the image in which man was created; God. Created to honor God populating his earth and commanded to subdue it. The natural state of the world as God created it is his general revelation to us, or as science coins it; natural law. Norman Geisler defines natural law biblically as what humans "do by nature." Paul describes in the above passage natural law applies to everyone, not merely a Christian perspective on the world, however the ways of the world, Paul writes, is contrary to the natural law given by God.
Hewlet Packard's foundational core values, is simple; do unto others in the same manner you would prefer done to yourself. As an element of natural law, this same basic principle of human kindness can be found elsewhere in other cultures. "Utter not a word by which anyone could bewounded" (Hindu), "Never do to others what you would not like them to do to you" (Ancient Chinese), and "Men were brought into existence for the sake of men that they might do one another good" (Roman, Cicero). Similar examples can be illustrated in laws of justice, mercy, magnanimity and duties of parents and children.
This and other basic moral principles serve as clear expectations of business leader's conduct in the workplace. Viewing natural law through the lens of God's creation, the believer can understand how it is possible to expect similar standards among different believers and non-believers. According to Norman Geisler, "good moral principles are not unique to the Bible; they are written on the hearts of all men." Natural law narrows the gap between the private sphere of faith and the public sphere of secular business; morals defined by natural law are binding on all persons and institutions.
Regardless of any culture that is created within the walls of the organization, there is inevitably some structure, some basis for ethical standards in which leaders must function under. In order to impact a morally relative culture, Christians need the tools to set the example of biblical conduct. Leadership is characterized by the example set by the leader. It is important for Christians to understand which example is being set. Is simply, citing natural law ethic enough? James Silken, author of Common Moral Ground and the Natural Law Argument, argues natural law is a good start, however missing an important step.
"Today many of society's important public moral questions have to do with the nature and limits of institutional responsibility…A general appeal to "natural law" does little help to answer questions about the distinguishable, differentiated responsibilities and jurisdictions of diverse institutions."
Norman Geisler regards natural law as a common ground starting point for ethics to take place in a multicultural environment, Silken points to stronger faith based approach to interaction in the world of business. He contends that Christians rather than hiding any presuppositions held about creation disclose all and encourage others to do the same. Only then can the universality of ethics come to fruition. In a society that disagrees on most moral authority, Silken's creation-order argument confronts the disagreements and exposes the root of disobedience to sin and illuminates the validity of God's "inescapable norms." Further, Silken's view illustrates actions and accountability of people in various business and social situations.
Simplistic common naturalistic laws, such as treating others as you wish to be treated as well as a clear understanding of differing viewpoints leads Christians to solutions which formulate clear foundational ethical principles to conduct productive business. These elements and a distinction of one's work as a calling to participate in the work of the Lord, become a clear understanding of the tools needed for a business to succeed. The secular business strategy may be to monopolize on an internal relative culture created to socialize and require absolute devotion of employees. Secular or sacred, businesses were developed to profit. It is the only thing that keeps an organization in operation. The key for all Christians is that profit is made for God, used to glorify him, not personal financial prosperity.
The depraved human condition will always breed wrong doings to others and relative morals will continue to be defended. God makes is painfully clear in special revelation and general revelation his intention for conduct for his people. Christ's death on the cross defeated sin and gave believers the opportunity for eternal life. This great event also closed the door to excuses for sin. God's created order is for his glory and Christians are to act accordingly, everyday
A business is a reflection of God when owners, employees and customers interact in a way that builds things that can never be destroyed, honesty, integrity, humility, diligence, perseverance, faithfulness, trust, compassion, and generosity. These are the things that make of the Kingdom of God; they do not appear on a secular balance sheet.
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Forex trading plan for August 7
By Elizabeth Belugina
US dollar remains strong vs. other major currencies. Traders are rather positive about the upcoming release of the American Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) figures on Friday, at 12:30 GMT. Consensus forecast is that American economy has gained 220-225K jobs in July, while unemployment rate remained unchanged at 5.3%. If the reading comes between 200K and 220K, US dollar will be OK, though there may be a negative short-term reaction. A reading below 200K will provoke USD selloff, while NFP around 250K will make the greenback broadly strengthen.
EUR/USD remained above 1.0900. The pair is trading between 1.0950 and 1.0850. Good NFP will make the euro decline towards 1.0800/1.0750, but if US data disappoint we will see a spike towards 1.1050/1.1100. There will be some figures in the euro area, but America will remain in the center of market's attention.
The super Thursday for British pound did not leave up to expectations. GBP/USD slid below 1.5550, but found support in the 1.5460 area (July 24 low). Only one MPC (Monetary Policy Committee) member voted for the rate hike vs. at least two expected. In addition, the Bank of England's Governor Carney has mentioned low commodity prices and said that higher sterling affects inflation. However, fundamentally the central bank's position did not change much. Rate hikes around the beginning of the next year is still on the table. Cable fell because the expectations of the market fueled by the previous Bank of England's comments were too elevated. There are some positive technical signs like the 100-day MA turning up, so the battle is not lost for the pound in the longer-term. On Friday, however, it will all depend on the US NFP. A strong reading will send GBP/USD to 1.5300, while a weak one will allow it to test levels above 1.5700 with potential target at 1.5800. There is also support in the 1.5400 area (200-day MA).
USD/JPY remains just below the psychological level of 125.00. The Bank of Japan will meet early on Friday. The central bank will likely maintain its monetary stimulus program and upbeat assessment of national economy. Note that the central bank would not like to see the pair above 125.00. Still, in case of strong NFP USD/JPY will surge to 125.75/126.00. The disappointment, however, may provoke a decline down to 123.50 (top of the daily Cloud).
AUD/USD declined after data showed increase in unemployment level. Support is at 0.7315, but strong NFP will provoke a decline to 0.7260/0.7200. Strong resistance is located in the 0.7400 area.


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