09/07/2025 09:45 - 12:00

HALL: Audimax

Proponent: Khatri V., Kostoris F., Küpper H., Rustandy T., Selderhuis H.

Chair: Selderhuis H.

Opinions and experiences differ on whether religion has a negative or positive effect on business. Religious values can have a positive effect on business ethics, on attitudes towards work and making money, on dealing with pressures and problems, but religion also asks for costly and time-demanding holy-days and rituals, and can cause moral and personal conflicts that effect business negatively. Are satisfying answers to the title of the roundtable possible? The panelist have experiences with both business and religion and will certainly be able to contribute to finding an answer.


After each of the participants has given an opening statement ( each max. five minutes) on the question: Religion and business: a good match?, the moderator of the forum will start a conversation in which the following questions will be discussed:
1. What are your arguments for or against this statement: religion and business should stay away from each other?
2. In what way can research on religion as well as teaching in business schools contribute to this topic?
3. What effects have the variety of religions and the variety of contexts on a global economy?