Christian Worldview Reflection

It was great reading this week’s thread post. Interestingly, we covered the same questions. You were successful in articulating your points and providing definitions to the questions being asked. Your Christian worldview was quite interesting. I do agree that the bible is instrumental in every part of our lives, and in the decisions, we make as brothers and sisters in Christ and as business leaders. I agree there is a cost to operate a business, and I also agree that the Lord wants us to be loving and charitable.

However, Jesus tells us in Scripture “The man who had received five bags of gold brought the other five. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with five bags of gold. See, I have gained five more.’ His master replied, ‘Well

done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!” (Mathew 25:20-21, New International Version). These versus tell us about God’s expectation of us and our role to honor Him. Running a successful business is no sin, as Scripture just shared, God wants us to be good stewards over what He has given us. However, dishonest intentions, greed, and unethical businesses decisions to overcharge consumers or to set them up for financial ruin are against Christians principles. The Lords wants us to be financially responsible in our choices followed by our actions that are not self-serving.
Furthermore, I agree that midweek airline prices are not an example of third-degree price discrimination. While third-degree is legal, it does become illegal if pricing is based on religion, race, or gender. Research supports that customers regardless of how reasonable pricing differs for a specific group like for AARP, they do not agree with paying more for the same product (Okada, 2014).