BUSINESS
(See also Advertising; Banks; Business Witnessing; Commerce; Contracts; Economics; Employment; Trade; businesses by type)
abortion: g87 4/8 4, 9-10
African medicine: w87 4/15 26-29; g86 7/22 31
agreements: scl 80; lvs 193; lv 168; jd 74-75; w86 11/15 16-17
honoring: w16.02 25; w12 10/15 31; w99 9/15 9-10; w95 5/1 29
in writing: lvs 193; lv 168; w06 3/1 23; w06 8/15 19; jd 75; g04 7/22 9-10; w97 3/15 20; w97 8/1 30-31; w95 5/1 30
antishoplifting devices: g87 5/22 29
arms trade: re 263-264; g89 6/8 2-8
Babylon (ancient): re 13
Babylon the Great:
‘merchants became rich’ (Re 18:3): re 264
‘merchants weep and mourn’ (Re 18:11-17): re 267-268
Bible principles: w97 7/15 13, 16; w95 5/1 28-31
balance with Scriptural obligations: w11 3/15 20-23
between Christians: scl 80; lff lesson 56; lvs 192-193, 253; lv 166, 168, 222-223; w09 2/15 21; km 7/00 1; w99 9/15 9-10; w97 1/15 7-8; w97 3/15 18-22; w95 5/1 30; w86 11/15 15-20
“calculate the expense” (Lu 14:28): w95 5/1 28, 31; w92 8/15 26-29; w86 11/15 17
circulating private materials among fellow Christians: km 9/87 4
dishonesty: w87 4/15 29
examine own motives: w86 11/15 19
fraud: jd 74-77; w97 3/15 21-22
honesty: w22.08 27; w21.12 9-10; lvs 192-194; lv 166, 168-169; g 1/12 9; w10 6/1 12-13; w09 6/15 19; w02 5/15 24-25; w01 1/15 5; w95 5/1 29-30
honoring business relationships: w16.02 25; w95 5/1 29; w86 11/15 17-18
investments: lvs 193; lv 168; w06 3/1 22-23; w97 3/15 19-22; w97 7/15 13
justice: jd 72-77
not conducting business at meetings, assemblies, conventions: od 138-139; w15 7/15 29; w97 3/15 18-19
not ignoring Jehovah’s will: w97 11/15 21
seeking Kingdom first: w93 12/15 27-28
selling unchristian products: w99 4/15 28-29
separate from congregation activities: lvs 192; lv 166; w97 3/15 22
truthfulness: w09 6/15 19
when business ventures fail: w97 3/15 20-22
with unbeliever: w93 10/1 29-30
Bible times:
bag for money: it-1 242
bag for weights: it-1 242
Israel: w12 9/1 22
merchants: it-2 375
purchase agreements: scl 80; it-2 715
blood in medicine: g90 10/22 3-15
business cards: g04 3/22 28
Christmas:
candy figures of Mary, Joseph, and Jesus: g86 12/22 29
tomb of the Holy Sepulcher (Jerusalem): w90 12/15 25
churches (U.S.): g02 6/22 29
coffee breaks: g97 4/8 29
company directors:
advice they trust: g05 7/8 29
concern for workers: g87 11/22 29
fitness programs: g02 12/8 29; g87 2/22 20-24
improving nutrition: g87 2/22 21-22; g86 3/22 29
consumer data: g03 1/22 8
content of packaged items reduced: g04 2/22 28
costs of document distribution: g88 6/8 30
credit:
preferred over cash: g90 6/22 28
crime:
computer crime: g87 9/8 27, 30
cost: w95 6/1 4
white-collar: tp 18
cuneiform records: w11 11/1 23-24, 28; re 13
dishonesty: g 1/12 3-5
DNA preserved: g96 2/22 29
drawings for prizes:
Christian view: w93 6/15 31
during 1920’s: g87 3/8 13
effect of ancient Lydian touchstone test: w08 4/1 21-22
effect of world’s fairs: g88 1/8 22-25
Egypt (ancient): it-1 693; g 11/10 16
electronic eavesdropping: g88 5/22 7-8
electronic monitoring of employees: g90 4/22 18-20
ethics:
breakdown: g 3/13 3; g93 8/8 4; g92 1/22 4; g90 9/8 29
exorbitant sales prices to government: w88 2/15 3
experiences: w04 4/1 8; w04 7/1 12; yb97 44
agencies with special interests: yb10 62-63; w98 2/15 28-29
balance with spiritual interests regained: w11 3/15 20, 22-23
Bible studies started: yb92 47
businessman distributes 50 copies of Creation book: w87 5/15 32
businessman finds way to thank God: w12 5/1 18-19
businessman requests literature to place: g00 1/8 32
businessman returns overpayment: w12 10/1 6
businesswomen: w19.09 15; w08 8/1 28-29
city office building: w90 2/1 31
companies seek Witness employees: g 2/15 4; g 10/10 8; w90 9/15 23
dressmaker’s shop: yb93 53
early “business-house pioneers”: w88 9/1 21-22
employee in sweater factory: yb90 78-79
executive finds true riches: ijwcl article 12
haberdashery owner: yb90 76, 90
life story “My Word My Bond”: g88 5/8 11-13
manager requests New World Translation: w90 2/1 31
many subscriptions: yb90 47-48
putting spiritual interests first: w13 10/15 19; w99 4/1 6-7; w97 10/1 27; w93 12/15 27; w86 5/1 24
store owner plays Witness videos: yb16 77-78
exploitation of poor: g95 11/22 3-7
failures:
employee theft a factor: tp 18
South Africa: g86 7/22 31
global trade: g02 5/22 4, 6-7, 10-12; g00 1/8 28; g99 9/8 20-23
Great Depression: g87 3/22 24-27
honesty: g 1/12 6-9; w93 5/1 6-7; tp 113-116
Baltic Mercantile and Shipping Exchange Limited (Britain): g88 5/8 11
Witnesses in business: w12 10/1 5-6; g 1/12 6, 8; g 10/10 8-9
insurance industry: g01 2/22 3-10; g88 5/22 10-14
Law covenant: it-2 216-217
letters: sg 85-87
letters and gifts delivered after sender’s death: g88 4/8 30
love letters: g02 12/8 29
marketing methods: g 6/13 8-10
marriage breaking: g03 6/22 28
meal delivery from home to office (India): g 11/10 10-12
meetings: g05 7/22 28
monkeys trained as coconut pickers: g87 9/22 29
papal visit commercialized: g 8/07 29; g03 5/22 29; g87 7/8 12-13; g87 12/8 29-30
paperless office elusive: g99 6/8 24-27
pollution from: g92 3/8 21-22
pornography: g01 12/8 28-29; g86 12/22 4
product warranties: g90 6/8 26-27
religion: mrt article 27; g90 4/22 28
disposable sacraments: g97 2/22 29
exhibition in Italy: w89 12/15 29
tourism: g95 4/8 28
vending machines: g95 11/22 29
renting grandparents: g04 5/8 29
renting guests: g95 4/22 28-29; g89 10/8 29
revenge business (Japan): g98 12/22 29
stress kills executives: g87 12/22 29
tagua nut in manufacturing: g91 5/8 28-29
“telemothers” provide food: g03 1/22 28
terrorists target businessmen: g87 3/22 30
time-wasting by employees: w88 2/15 3-4
tobacco companies:
investigated by government (U.S.): g96 1/22 18
raise nicotine levels: g 6/07 30
tourism: g05 8/22 3-9; g02 2/8 12-15; g00 2/8 29
trade war between U.S., Japan, and others: g87 8/22 2-8
treaty to end bribery (1997): g98 6/22 29
weighing opportunities: w11 4/15 16; w08 9/1 9-10; w06 3/1 22-23
dangers to avoid: w94 2/15 23-24
workdays lost from pain: g87 3/22 29