Case Name :      Faith and Work: Hobby Lobby and AutoZone

Authors :           Timothy Ewest, David M Miller, Kacee Garner, Holly Huser

Source :             Ivey Publishing

Case ID :            W14680

Discipline :        Organizational Behavior

Case Length :    05 pages

Solution Sample availability : YES

Plagiarism : NO (100% Original work)

Religion in the workplace is of growing interest as more individuals desire to express their spirituality and incorporate their whole selves there. Expression can take a variety of forms as employees and employers attempt to integrate their personal beliefs into their daily work.<br><br>This case considers two organizational sides of integrating faith into the workplace: the employee and employer perspectives. The first part of the case takes the perspective of the owner of Hobby Lobby, a privately held arts and crafts company whose founder has always endeavoured to incorporate his Christian beliefs within business practices. The company must react to changes imposed by the Affordable Care Act of 2010 that it perceives as contrary to its values. The second part of the case considers religious discrimination experienced by an employee of AutoZone, a distributor and retailer of automobile parts. What is the place of religion in the workplace? How important is it for organizations to adapt to various forms of religious expression?