Love Justice

Be just and fair to all. Do what is right and good. Isaiah 56:1

Ron made a killing in the dot-com boom and invested a lot of his own money in an Internet venture that grew much more slowly than anyone expected. The business is healthy now, but the early stages were very tough at times.

When he faced some extremely difficult layoffs, Ron eliminated his own salary in order to keep a few more people on the payroll.

I asked what had led him to that decision. He said, “I can find other sources of income. This is all that some of these people have. It was the right thing to do.”

Is it fair to pay executive bonuses while hourly staff does without the additional help they need? Is it “right and good” to lay off people on the day you take delivery of a new plasma-screen TV?

How do you justify unfair practices? What reasons do you have for not doing what is right?

When was the last time you took a bullet for your team?