Religion in the workplace good for business, Tyson Foods high on the list

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— by Lauren Green

No suit, no corner office... but Karen Diefendorf wields a great deal of power at Tyson Foods--as pastor.

The food giant has become one of the new faces of corporate faith-friendly work environments. Diefendorf is head of the chaplaincy program for Tyson's 141-thousand employees.

She said: "Our chaplains spend a lot of time in the break room and during the lunch or dinner periods so that they can sit down with folks and just check on them. So there's a lot of what we would refer to in the chaplain world as a ministry of presence just being available... and it's in the building of those relationships."

Tyson is tied at number two among Fortune 100 companies in a new study measuring corporate America's inclusion of religion as a part of its diversity programs.

The first-of-its-kind study is from the Religious Freedom and Business Foundation.

Brian Grim, the organization's president, said: "There's a lot of studies that look at how well a company does and including gender or sexual orientation or race... This is the first one to look at how they include religion."

The purpose of the study, said Grim, is not to measure "doctrine or dogma in the workplace, but it's to help people be able to express themselves" and their faith in the workplace.

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