BUSINESS
(See also Advertising; Barter; Capitalism; Commerce; Commercialism; Economics; Employment; Money; Trade)
advertising: g65 1/8 21-23; g64 10/22 23; g61 3/22 10; g61 12/22 8-11; g60 5/8 25-26; g57 12/8 19-20; g57 12/22 3-4; g56 10/8 12; g55 7/8 3-4; g55 8/22 20-21; g53 2/22 3-4; g52 3/8 22-23; g50 9/22 9-11; g49 4/22 16; g47 5/22 24; g47 6/22 3-8; g46 7/31 6; g45 2/14 30-31; g44 12/20 14-15; g43 8/18 12-13; g39 10/4 26-27; g38 2/23 13-14; g33 1/18 234
association with disfellowshipped persons: w81 9/15 24
avoiding being cheated: g74 12/8 7
bankruptcies: w79 2/1 15; g76 4/22 31
“bargain” sales: g73 7/22 13-15
between Christians: w85 4/1 18-19; w84 7/1 25-28; w77 223; w73 287-288; w73 703
Bible principles: w84 5/15 8-10; w79 2/1 15; w75 291-293; w71 764-767; w69 538-539; w68 223-224, 573; w64 703; g62 12/8 5-7; w60 274-275, 407-409; g56 1/22 5
not ignoring: w85 4/1 18-19
big business:
discussion: g84 1/22 3-10
bill collecting: g80 1/8 30
blue laws: g63 2/8 30; g63 9/22 16-19; g61 7/22 31
book The Peter Principle regarding today’s: w77 323-324
business meetings with religious services: g75 9/8 29
businessmen turn to astrology: g83 4/22 29
business territory: km 1/85 8; km 5/85 8; km 11/82 4
witnessing to businessmen: km 3/71 3-4
cartels: g85 9/22 12-13; g61 3/22 21-25
consumer organizations: g61 12/22 9, 11
contracts:
signing: g65 7/22 3-4
value of written: g83 2/8 13-15; w73 287-288; g73 7/22 14
cooperatives: g64 11/22 17-20
corporations: g75 3/8 29; g71 2/8 3-6; g57 3/22 9-11; g56 12/8 9-11; v-1 327; g31 11/11 91-93
bankruptcy: g75 12/8 30
crime: g82 12/8 29
name changes: g75 6/8 30
corruption: g75 7/8 29; g71 2/8 4-5; g68 10/22 23-24; g66 11/22 9, 29; g64 8/8 5; g64 10/8 10; g62 4/8 30-31; g62 10/22 13-16; w61 519; g61 12/22 8-11; g60 5/22 13-16; g60 10/22 23; g57 12/8 4; g56 5/22 17-19; g53 2/22 3-4; g52 6/8 8; g48 4/8 17-20; g48 11/8 17-20; g45 6/20 20-21; g43 12/22 3-10; g31 9/16 817; g30 1/8 229-235
cost of living: g80 3/22 3-4; g64 7/8 29; g50 1/8 4-5; g47 9/8 13-16; g44 8/16 24
credit cards: g81 7/22 24; g75 5/8 29-30; g68 10/22 21-24
crime: g73 4/22 4, 7-8, 10
customer manners: g84 12/22 17
cycle: g38 10/5 15; g32 3/30 415
decline of confidence in: g75 12/8 30
depression: g61 10/22 22; g38 10/5 15; g32 3/30 415; g32 11/23 118-121; g31 1/21 277-279; g30 1/22 272-274
diamond cartel: g85 9/22 12-13
dishonesty: w79 11/15 29; g79 10/22 3; g76 9/22 30; g75 2/8 30; g74 9/8 4; g73 7/22 13-14; g73 9/8 31; w72 598-599; g71 2/8 4-5; g71 7/8 29; g71 8/22 30; g69 1/22 29; g69 5/22 23; g69 6/22 5; g68 2/8 9-12; g68 10/22 23-24; g67 6/22 19-20; g67 9/22 16-19; g65 1/8 21; g65 2/8 26; g65 2/22 20-23; g65 7/22 3-4; g64 9/22 14-16; g64 10/8 4-5, 10; g64 10/22 23; w63 293; g63 6/8 30-31; w62 291; g62 1/22 20-22; g62 5/8 3; g62 7/8 3-4; g62 12/8 5-7; g61 1/8 30; g61 12/8 31; g60 10/22 23, 30; g57 12/8 3-4; g56 5/22 17-19; g48 4/8 17-20; g48 11/8 17; g45 6/20 20-21; g41 8/6 14
bribery: g76 3/8 30-31
employees: g76 1/22 29; w75 291; g72 8/22 29; w69 539; g69 6/22 3-4; g69 10/8 9, 31; g68 7/22 31; g68 12/22 29; w67 195-196, 280-281; g67 5/8 30-31; g66 10/8 30; g65 11/8 4; w64 669-670; g64 7/8 16-19; g64 10/8 5; g64 12/22 31; w63 80-81; ln 52-53; w62 250; g62 7/8 3-4; g62 8/22 26; g62 12/8 6-7
disunity: w84 3/1 17
early Bible mention: qm 126; qm55 126; g32 7/6 611
effect of divorce on personnel: g76 7/22 30
employee morale:
undermined by favoritism in hiring practices: w78 6/1 15
employment: g84 7/22 8-9; g60 1/22 9-12; g60 11/8 8-11; g59 10/22 20-23; w53 413; w51 574; w48 264; g45 12/5 20-26
Europe:
European Common Market: g79 2/22 6-8; g73 2/8 31; g70 1/22 15-16; g68 8/22 18; g59 6/8 16-19
executives:
men who leave corporate executive jobs often have happier lives (quote): g80 9/8 11
study of high and low achievers: g78 10/22 31
experiences:
honesty: w79 9/1 32; w76 764-765; w75 292-293
man learns truth and sells tobacco business: g82 12/22 28
office buildings: w74 364-366; yb71 72-73
stores with no tobacco: w79 9/1 32; w75 292
worldly careers given up: g78 12/8 10
failures: g71 4/8 31
crime a factor: g77 4/22 30
honor system fails: g80 6/22 29
finance: g84 1/22 3-10; g44 4/26 24-26; g33 6/7 558-570; g33 6/21 579-591
government-required paperwork: g77 1/8 31
home business: g78 8/8 10-12
starting a: g84 5/8 25
importance of listening: g74 11/22 22-23
industrial spying: g73 7/8 9-11
inflation: g75 1/8 29; g68 8/8 8-11; g61 10/22 20-21; g57 5/22 3-4; g57 11/22 23; g54 2/8 14-16; g54 2/22 6-8; g47 1/8 19-20; g47 9/8 13-16; g32 8/17 730-731; g32 8/31 757
installment buying: hp 51; g70 11/8 7-8; g64 2/22 23; g64 3/22 18-19; g64 8/22 30; g63 2/22 10, 12; g61 9/8 18-19; g61 10/22 31
invention patents: g63 8/22 24-26
investment: g78 3/22 5-6; g62 2/8 22; g61 10/22 20-24
Israel (ancient): w71 765-766
Japan:
benri-ya (“useful shops”): g85 10/8 30-31
merchants on wheels: g78 12/8 12-14
luxuries: w75 172
minibusiness: g73 8/8 8-11
organized labor: g74 6/8 13-15; g59 2/22 9-11; g57 8/22 9-12; g55 6/8 3-4; g55 6/22 13-16; g50 10/22 3-7; g30 5/14 518
Philippines: g78 8/8 10-12
planned obsolescence: g71 2/8 5
pre-Flood: qm 126; qm55 126
prize tickets: w73 127
profit motive: g74 8/8 8-9
proper view of get-rich-quick schemes: w84 7/1 26-28; w83 2/15 24
“pyramid” sales companies: g78 10/8 20
records: g65 11/22 29
religious: w82 3/1 10; w74 166; g71 2/8 17; g70 2/8 21-23; g70 7/22 30; g70 9/8 30-31; g69 6/22 30; g67 2/8 9-12; g67 10/22 21-24, 30; w63 646; g60 10/8 30; w59 675-676; w55 167, 381-382; w52 282, 422; g50 3/8 6-7; g49 8/22 26-28; g46 12/22 7-8; g42 5/27 25
unsaleable items related to pope’s visit to Canada: g85 10/22 30
retailing: g57 1/22 13-15; g56 12/8 11; g32 7/6 611-619; g30 4/16 464-466; g30 10/1 3-4, 24
risks: g78 8/8 12
salaries: g80 7/8 31; g74 8/22 30; g45 8/29 22-24; g43 10/13 25
sales personnel:
legitimate complaints about customers: g84 12/22 17
self-employment: g73 8/8 8-11
selling by smell: g75 7/8 6-8
shopping malls: g79 1/8 31
show business: g78 5/8 16-20
smoking in places of: w74 223-224
star-naming: g85 5/22 30
statistics: g64 6/22 31
status seeking: w77 323-324
stock market: g62 2/8 22; g61 12/8 9-12
suggestion systems: g65 10/22 3-4
supermarkets:
effect of tempo of music on sales: g83 6/8 31
terrorism:
increase: g85 2/8 29
theocratic associations: w84 7/1 25-28; km 4/69 4
United States:
assets of big corporations: g76 12/22 29
Consumer’s Union: g43 8/18 11-12
ECA (Economic Cooperative Administration): g49 7/8 3-8
Federal Trade Commission: g43 8/18 12-13; g30 7/23 680-684
Interstate Commerce Act: g31 5/13 537; g30 7/9 654
National Association of Manufacturers: g42 8/19 30-31
survey of companies with grooming codes: g83 1/8 29
window washing: g84 5/8 25
World Wars: g85 4/8 10; g44 1/5 8-13; g44 9/27 3-7; g42 3/18 25-28; g42 7/22 11; g42 8/5 12-16; g41 12/24 12; g40 2/7 3-8; g40 4/3 9; g35 5/22 526-528