Quakers and Business
Special news update: Spring Gathering - Saturday 21st April 2012 - Woodbrooke
This is a Special News Update covering the Spring Gathering held on Saturday 21st April 2012 at Woodbrooke.
News Update April 2012
The focus of this News Update is a report on the Management Committee meeting held at Woodbrooke on Friday 20th April.
Minute from our Spring Gathering, 21 April 2012
The minute from this event, titled "Facing the future" is now available to read.
A response to the BBC’s recent article “Have the Quaker business leaders had their day?
Many people in the world today are suffering from the pressure of trying to live up to what are really horrific current world values – the idea of self-gratification through get rich quick schemes that don’t care who gets hurt, abused or exploited in the process, along with the power hungry attitude that believes in criticism and abuse as a method of controlling people through fear and anxiety.
Have the Quaker business leaders had their day?
This article by Emma Kasprzak is on the BBC website, and includes quotes by Paul Whitehouse, Q&B treasurer.
Living our Quaker Values in the Secular Workplace
A course at Woodbrooke, in partnership with the Quakers and Business Group
Friday 16 March 2012 - Sunday 18 March 2012
Ensuite Fee: £190.00, Standard Fee: £180.00
To book your place please click on this link: http://www.woodbrooke.org.uk/courses.php?action=course&id=7059
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