Business by the Book

LARRY BURKETT

Business by

The Book

THE COMPLETE GUIDE OF

BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES

FOR THE

WORKPLACE

THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Nashville

Copyright ? 1998 by Larry Burkett All rights reserved. Written permission must be secured from the publisher to use or

reproduce any part of this book, except for brief quotations in critical reviews or articles.

Published in Nashville, Tennessee, by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Edited by Adeline Griffith, Christian Financial Concepts. Unless otherwise noted, Scripture is taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE ?, ? Copyright The Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972,

1973, 1975, 1977. Used by permission. Scripture quotations noted TLB are taken from THE LIVING BIBLE, copyright 1971

by Tyndale House Publishers, Wheaton, IL. Used by permission. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Burkett, Larry

Business by the book: the complete guide of Biblical principles for the

workplace / Larry Burkett.--An updated ed. of the bestselling classic.

p. cm.

ISBN 0-7852-7141-4 (pb)

1. Business ethics. 2. Business--Religious aspects--Christianity. I. Title.

HF5387.B855 1998

97-43793

658.4--dc21

CIP

Printed in the United States of America. 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 - 03 02 01 00 99 98

CONTENTS

Introduction 7

PART 1 BUSINESS BY THE BOOK 1. A Radical Approach to Business Management 11 2. Basic Biblical Minimums 19

3. Business Bondage 33 4. Personal Lifestyle Goals 53 5. Biblical Business Goals 65

6. Keeping Vows 89 7. The Benefits of Counsel 101 8. Your Business and Your Spouse 111

PART 2 CRITICAL POLICY DECISIONS 9. Leadership: The Foundation for All Your Decisions 123

10. Hiring Decisions 133 11. Firing Decisions 145 12. Justification for Dismissal 157 13. Management Selection Decisions 173 14. Employee Pay Decisions 185

15. Borrowing Decisions 201 16. Lending Decisions 223

17. Discounting Decisions 243

PART 3 YOUR BUSINESS AND YOUR LIFE 18. Corporations and Partnerships 253

19. Business Tithing 269 20. Retirement Decisions 279 21. Implementing God's Plan 289

Study Guide 295

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