Last month, the Religious Freedom and Business Foundation (RFBF) released a report showing that several large companies, including Google, Target and Facebook, are making great strides to promote religious freedom.
“When you look at the whole argument for an inclusive work environment, it is to make people feel that they are valued as human beings,” said Kent Johnson, senior corporate adviser with RFBR to Christianity Today. “The HR profession has come to realize that people matter, right where they are. The emphasis on creativity, teamwork, the need for new ideas has just taken off in the last decade. When people feel like they can bring their whole self to work, that’s the motivation for a lot of companies to look into this.”
These top-ranked companies, such as Google, offer “employee resource groups” (ERG) to their employees. They operate similarly to “clubs” where people of different faiths can gather to discuss their faith. Google’s Inter Belief Network was started by Barbara Phillips, who also leads the Christian Fellowship chapter, and includes chapters for Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, and other faiths.
Tyson Foods ranked third on the list, in part because of its commitment to a chaplaincy program. Karen Diefendorf, lead chaplain at the food manufacturing company, does daily rounds through the production floor. Her employees know to give her a…
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