Ziwani Reframed

Work & Service

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In this episode, Sibs Sibanda and Paul Kim discuss Dorothy Sayer’s third proposition, which is that the worker’s first duty is to serve the work, not the community. Her view is that whenever man is made the centre of things, trouble follows – and that is the problem with making ‘serving the community’ the purpose of work.

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19 Nov 2023 English South Africa Business · Christianity

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