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Hobby Lobby
The scriptures in the Old Testament Joshua 1:9 where God admonishes the believer, “ 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”, represents God’s commitment to those who believe in him. It is an assurance that he will be with you through adversity and wherever you go throughout the world. Alternatively, marketing management involves the control and operations of various marketing activities. An example of the use of these scriptures while employing marketing management can be deftly seen within the company’s Hobby Lobby approach to marketing and business. Hobby Lobby is primarily an arts and crafts store that includes other aspects such as picture framing, jewelry making, etc. Moreover, Hobby Lobby markets itself to its customers as being committed to Christian values. The company outrightly expresses these thoughts in its values where it expresses that Honoring the Lord in all we do by operating in a manner consistent with Biblical principles. Offering customers exceptional selection and value.
This decision by Hobby Lobby to adhere to the values of Christianity suggests that Hobby Lobby has a targeted market which is people who primarily share their values. This can be related to the scriptures expressed in Joshua 1:9 because it is a difficult time to stand up and express Christian values publicly. Hobby Lobby recently took a stand publicly to express their commitment to the wedge issue of abortion. This issue was in stark opposition to the women’s rights of some of their female employees. The Supreme Court sided with Hobby Lobby’s right to
express its religious freedom and declined the provision of birth control coverage for employees’
healthcare plans. To the layperson and to the practical this can be an issue of the company having
to stand up publicly from doing something that contradicts the values that it publicly expresses.
Conversely, The scriptures in Joshua 1:9 can be used to comfort women who are employees of Hobby Lobby and struggling to make ends meet and are unsurprisingly being denied healthcare benefits by a large company seeking to cut healthcare costs under the guise of adhering to their religious beliefs. This was done when the Supreme Court gave Hobby Lobby the right to impose its religious perspective and views on its employees (
Horwitz, 2014).
According to, Pollman, (2015) Hobby Lobby
arose because of language in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, that required employers to meet certain minimum coverage standards, including preventive care for women. Some women use preventative care for many reasons and these women can also be members of the faith. Some women may be at risk of ectopic pregnancies which can significantly put their life at risk and they require the healthcare that they are entitled to. In this case, I can see God admonishing the believer, “ 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”. Critics of the Hobby Lobby ruling state
that the constitution does not specifically outlaw contraception also
(
Griffin, 2014).
References
Griffin, L. C. (2014). Hobby Lobby: The Crafty Case That Threatens Women's Rights and Religious Freedom.
Hastings Const. LQ
,
42
, 641.
Horwitz, P. (2014). THE" HOBBY LOBBY" MOMENT.
Harvard Law Review
,
128
(1), 154-189.
Pollman, E. (2015). Corporate Law and Theory in Hobby Lobby.
Corporate Law and Theory in Hobby Lobby, in The Rise of Corporate Religious Liberty (Micah Schwartzman, Chad Flanders, & Zoë Robinson eds., Oxford University Press, 2016), Loyola-LA Legal Studies
Paper
, (2015-22).
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