A matter of conscience: do conflicting beliefs and workplace demands constitute religious discrimination?

CW Von BergeN, Martin S Bressler

Journal of Behavioral Studies in Business
Journal of Behavioral Studies in Business

Abstract
Increasingly, employees maintain they should be provided an unqualified legal right to refuse work activities that violate their ethical, moral, personal, or religious convictions or beliefs-in short, their conscience. This assertion has become one of the more controversial issues confronting employers. This paper presents a brief review of conscientious objection with special attention to objection in medical related areas, followed by new discussion of freedom of conscience in the workplace.


Bergen CV, Bressler MS. A matter of conscience: do conflicting beliefs and workplace demands constitute religious discrimination? J Behavioral Studies in Business. 2011;3:1-14. Available from:

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