Trust, Faith, and Betrayal: Insights from Management for the Wise Believer
Trust within a secular or organizational context is much like the concept of faith within a religious framework.
The purpose of this article is to identify parallels between trust and faith, particularly from the individual perspective of the person who perceives a duty owed to him or her. Betrayal is often a subjectively derived construct based upon each individual’s subjective mediating lens. We analyze the nature of trust and betrayal and offer insights that a wise believer might use in understanding his or her relationship with the divine. We suggest that the parallels between trust and faith involve a
willingness to relinquish one’s power or control in the
expectant hope that our needs will be met. Betrayal,
however, is often profoundly misunderstood.