• Know Where You Stand

  Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jan 14, 2011 (message contributor)

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  Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

KNOW WHERE YOU STAND

The Johnson and Johnson company once had in their mission statement that employees would “operate with honesty and integrity” Several weeks before a major incident involving Tylenol, the president of Johnson and Johnson sent a memo to all the presidents of divisions in the company asking if they believed in and were abiding by the mission statement. All the responses came back affirmative. Shortly thereafter a problem developed with some Tylenol and within an hour of the Tylenol crisis, the president of the company, knowing it was a $100 million decision, ordered all capsules off the shelves. When reporters asked the president how could so easily and rapidly make such a major decision, his reply was, “I was practicing what we agreed on in our mission statement.”

It is always easier to do right when you know ahead of time where you stand. So stand on Jesus.