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Integration of Faith 2 Bravo-Vazquez1 Integration of Faith and Learning: Responsibility Emmanuel Bravo-Vazquez School of Business, Liberty University

Integration of Faith 2 Bravo-Vazquez2 (Joshua 1:9) says, “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.” The first thing to note is that this is not one of the Ten Commandments written by God and given to Moses. However, God commanded his people to be strong and courageous. There could be many interpretations, such as physical strength, the willingness to act even through fear, or even emotional perseverance. I understand that these words are a comfort from God that can be applied to all the above as we seek to live a good and godly life and overcome the many challenges that will be placed in our way. Consider the ethical implications in the marketing realm. We often find ourselves in profound ethical dilemmas, both moral and physical. For instance, imagine a scenario where a marketing professional, as a Christian, is commanded to love their neighbor, but the company they work for is marketing potentially harmful products. This is a significant challenge that many face, and the Bible's command to 'Be strong and courageous' is the only clear guidance we have in such situations. It could mean walking away from the position and putting our faith in the Lord to provide something better, standing up and voicing our concerns during meetings, or even just praying. I will be using the example of companies that sell lab-grown diamonds. Many organizations are shifting from selling natural diamonds and instead opting for inherently identical ones, except they are created within a laboratory. These diamonds are significantly cheaper, made with renewable energy, and using 3D printing technology is a quicker and safer alternative to mining. The traditional diamond takes millions of years of pressure and heat for carbon to form into a crystal structure and make a diamond within the earth. There can be impurities within the diamond that can make it less valuable. This is why mining operations

Integration of Faith 2 Bravo-Vazquez3 happen to look for rare and perfect diamonds. However, laboratories can recreate these conditions with lab-grown diamonds by taking carbon and applying pressure and heat with technology, eliminating the need for manual labor to dig diamonds out of the earth. (Coste- Manière, I., & Gardetti, M. A. (Eds.). (2021, page 180) This innovative way of producing diamonds is a testament to the corporate social responsibility for the dark and bloody history of diamond mining. Numerous reports of mining operations, such as in Zimbabwe, reveal the torture, killing, and conflict-driven civil war nature of the diamond industry. The emergence of lab-grown diamonds offers a hopeful alternative, a responsible choice that can reshape the industry's future. The company Clean Origin sells diamonds entirely created in labs. It takes responsibility for developing and marketing lab-grown diamonds to disrupt mining operations. It doesn’t want to be on the sidelines but takes real action by promoting ethical behavior and selling diamonds with no blood attached to them. The article Responsibility as Response: Biblical-Theological Remarks on the Concept of Responsibility talks about how to look at responsibility from a theological perspective, and this quote stood out to me: “responsibility is, in the first place, simply a response to the expansion of man's exertion of power” (von Lüpke, J. (2009) page 465). This quote is powerful because, in diamond mining operations, there is an apparent exertion of power used by those who control the mines. They use physical force through numbers and weaponry to gain monetary rewards. However, this new way of creating diamonds strips the power of those who hurt others by eliminating the need for these mining operations. This corporate social responsibility is a way to be strong and courageous.

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Integration of Faith 2 Bravo-Vazquez4 References Coste-Manière, I., & Gardetti, M. A. (Eds.). (2021 ). Sustainable luxury and jewelry . Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2454-4 Nyota, S., & Sibanda, F. (2012). Digging for Diamonds, Wielding New Words: A Linguistic Perspective on Zimbabwe’s ‘Blood Diamonds.’ Journal of Southern African Studies , 38(1), 129–144. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057070.2012.656436 von Lüpke, J. (2009). Responsibility as Response: Biblical-Theological Remarks on the Concept of Responsibility. Studies in Christian Ethics ., 22(4), 461–471. https://doi.org/10.1177/0953946809340950

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