| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,280,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of this research project is, first of all, to examine how "safety-first" -a slogan of the culture of technology in America -was created. An attempt will be made to look into the inherent spirituality of the slogan, and determine how it differs from the Japanese version of the "safety-first" concept which was imported from the United States. Concretely, the circumstances which led to the creation of the automotive city of Detroit will be discussed, as well as the Protestant churches and how faith underwent changes. The study will specifically center on the struggle that arose between a protestant business administrator and a minister over faith and the situation that evolved around it. S.S.Marquis and newly-arrived Reinhold Niebuhr, who were Christian believers within Ford Motors, are spotlighted.Through the study, it is learned that religion became influenced by the ethics that suited the management's intentions, consequently resulting in the creation of a unique management
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ethics awareness led by "management-oriented religion." It came to allow its "help the other fellow" spirit to encompass the personal lives of Ford's workers. This became a pillar of the company's production management method described as Fordism. Two social factors of the time may be cited as being responsible for the formation of such a management style. First, there was the external factor (outside the church) represented by the immigrant workforce, including Catholics, that needed to be incorporated as American citizens, and Prohibition movement. The second was the internal factor concerning the Church. The need to put the doctrines of the Bible into writing motivated the Church to change the ways of educating the faithful. The study, as summarized above, offers a closer look into the ideal meaning of "safety" as having originated from the "help the other fellow" spirit in the working environment, rather than adhering to the capitalistic spirit inherent in Protestantism. After Fordism was established, the true sense of the word "safety" as referred to in the Bible, was lost and transformed into an empty "safety-first" slogan. Less
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