‘Of Holy Names’ and Integrity in Business in the Contemporary Nigerian Society

Abstract

Business and commercial outfits are named after divine names and attributes of God. Hardly will one visit or take a walk around any city in Nigeria without noticing commercial outfits or businesses named after God. Be that as it may, one will expect such businesses and owners to be of highly infectious integrity! But that make not be the case, as wrong measures, shortfalls and cutting-corners are the order of the day in businesses in Nigeria. This study, therefore, looks at businesses that have a religious connotation in their registration identity and Christian businessmen and women; with a view of assessing them from the biblical injunction of integrity in business and how faithful they are to what they professed. Purposive selection of businesses that have divine affiliation and one hundred samples of those who patronise them will form the fulcrum of this work. The questionnaire used was interpreted and analysed through descriptive statistics It is believed that whosoever is named with God should depart from 'iniquity' and live up to the expectation of what they believed and confessed, to be a shining light to others as the Bible enjoins.