I was one of the lucky young returned missionaries that was hired after college by Xerox Corporation in 1967. I was sent to the San Francisco branch in Mountain View California. I was able to ascend very quickly in the corporation because of the church training of selling concepts. Selling copiers was very easy. Ethics was another matter.
As a young manager I sought out and hired several RM’s because of the belief that RM’s were already trained to sell, which they were. Then I noticed a certain attitude that was sort of like the Romney approach which in my opinion lacks ethics. Seems like nothing matters but getting the order. I too had that opinion sorry to say. And as long as you bear fervent testimony everything is right. I left the church thirty years ago.
So the LDS Church teaches you salesmanship techniques without ethics? Why do they do that? I’ve never heard of any other religion that teaches sales.
Gee. I am not nor have ever been a Mormon.
I wasn’t trained by Xerox or IBM or some other superior sales training system.
I was however involved with a big corp. that routinely lied to clients, as a matter of course.
Arthur Andersen was crooked; just like Enron.
A few years ago financial institutions intentionally loaned money to people they had strong reason to expect would not/could not repay.
Clerical workers inside these firms were promoted based on proficiency making files of forged and fraudulent documentation, for said loans.
The government encouraged this practice. Rating agencies took front end fees, for groups of such loans. Accountants (CPA firms), Attorneys, Securities Brokerages all took front end fees for such loans securities.
Tammy Faye Bakker and her streaming makeup, and Benny Hinn should be warning enough to not trust every “spiritual” solicitation, from church people living in splendid oppulence.
IMO America and its institutions - corporate, governmental and others - have become untruthful as a basic characteristic.
Dishonesty is as American as apple pie.