Profit with a Higher Purpose: A Christian Guide to Business Leadership

How can traditional Christian teachings help business leaders to align their daily business decisions more closely with their faith and thereby contribute to a transformation of the business world into one that is more people-centric than profit-centric? That’s what Peet van Biljon and James C Sprouse address in their new book.

Business decisions greatly affect the lives of employees, customers, suppliers, and society at large. In pursuit of profits, businesses may underpay and overwork employees, use unethical sales techniques, sell dangerous products to vulnerable consumers, cut costs so it harms people, and take other questionable actions that while legal, do not conform to Christian values.

It doesn’t have to be this way. In this new guide you will learn and be challenged to make better choices based on Biblical values. By placing detailed analyses of core business practices side by side with Biblical texts and guidance, this book identifies many potential areas for improvement.

Whether it is providing a framework to navigate the challenges of automation and globalization, or advocating for fair employee compensation, Profit with a Higher Purpose connects the world of modern business with that of faith.

Peet van Biljon is a management consultant specializing in strategy, innovation and ethics. He has worked in the business world for thirty years. He has been a consultant at McKinsey and CEB, and has held executive positions in several companies internationally. Van Biljon's articles on innovation have been published in MIT Sloan Management Review, Research-Technology Management and on mckinsey.com. He has an engineering degree from the University of Stellenbosch and accounting and economics degrees from the University of South Africa. He lives in McLean, Virginia, with his wife and sons.

James C. Sprouse is senior pastor at Trinity United Methodist Church in McLean, Virginia. Sprouse has been serving as a pastor for over forty years. He graduated from the University of Virginia undergraduate and graduate schools and Union Theological Seminary. He acted as chair of the Equitable Compensation Committee at the Virginia Conference for four years. Sprouse and his wife live in McLean, Virginia.