WISE
Scientology falsely claims that front group WISE is not part of Scientology.
| February 1, 1979 | L. Ron Hubbard, (the, newly-founded) WISE corporation: | L. Ron Hubbard writes to (the apparently newly-founded) WISE corporation: "I am extremely pleased about the goals and intentions of WISE I have provided management counseling services for many Scientologists with companies or careers. They asked me to advise them using the unadulterated application of my administration technology, so that they could increase their success rate. These clients, Scientologists, are all potential WISE members." | |
| December 6, 1989 | Ethics Order Nr. 150-1, published, Comm Ev, Scientologist | Ethics Order Nr. 150-1 is published, regarding the Comm Ev of a Scientologist, "A.M.," running a WISE consulting company. He is found guilty of "altering" the works of L. Ron Hubbard, based on ideas he discussed during a lecture; he is also found guilting of violating the policy "Keeping Scientology Working" for having two handbooks which were not written by LRH sitting in a filing cabinet. The prescribed handling includes 500 hours of amends work - 100 hours for the company, 400 hours for WISE; turning the company over to a qualified manager"; and filing a petition with the Legal Director of WISE requesting permission to fill any future management position. | |
| June 27, 1990 | Los Angeles Times: Converting the Business World | Scientology is using a network of private consulting firms to gain a foothold in the U.S. business community. The firms promise businessmen higher earnings but appear to be mainly interested in recruiting new members for the church. | |
| February 2, 1991 | Tom Voltz, Marcelo Vine, WISE International, Los Angeles. Vine, WISE Europe, Copenhagen. They, Voltz, Hubbard, German. Voltz wri | Tom Voltz receives a visit from Marcelo Vine, one of the leading powers from WISE International in Los Angeles. Vine is accompanied by a staff member from WISE Europe in Copenhagen. They ask Voltz to hand over his translation of Hubbard materials into German. Voltz writes: "I knew the meaning of the apparently accidental appearance of the gentlemen: it would hardly be possible to realize a fair price for the translations and layouts of over a hundred pages. If WISE had wanted to make an honest deal, then WISE would have, as is customary in the business world, made previous written contact with me and imparted to me that WISE themselves now wished to undertake the sale of course documents and would have asked me to make a bid. In order to avoid the danger of coming out of this completely empty-handed, I looked over my books for expenses and income for this order and calculated the difference. I determined that I was about $10,000 short of breaking even. (Making a profit was out of the question.) I offered Marcello Vine, the management member of WISE International, the computer disks with the translations and the layouts, ready for publication, for $10,000. He had a short telephone conversation with another person from WISE and told me that he could agree to that. ... Besides that I was to receive a one-year membership, free. I did not need it, and WISE could give them out easily, since it cost them nothing to confer. I have never received or signed that sort of membership contract. We agreed as to the payment. ... I sat behind my computer for two days and two nights, practically without sleep, and worked up the documents in accordance with the wishes of WISE. Then I awaited my first check, as the publication of the order would surely be a huge success." | |
| March 21, 1993 | Bittersweet - Cocolat and Scientology | Two years since an employee's embezzlement forced the sale of Cocolat Chocolate Co., an unlikely mix is brewing at the company's Hayward plant: Scientology and chocolate. The mixture has been volatile. Cocolat is the latest in a small but growing number of California companies whose employees claim religious harassment because their employers are using management techniques based on the teachings of Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. | |
| March 23, 1995 | Allstate Says Training In Methods Of Scientology 'Wholly Unacceptable' | Thousands of workers participated in seminars that taught them to disregard ethics in the quest for productivity. Allstate Corp. acknowledged that it hired a consultant who taught "unacceptable" Church of Scientology management principles to the insurance company's agents and supervisors between 1988 and 1992. More than two dozen agents have filed lawsuits or Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaints alleging fraud, harassment or discrimination by Allstate. | |
| April 9, 1995 | Wary Allstate Agents Want Security | Veteran agents are trying to unionize. They claim the insurance company's business strategy reflects certain teachings of Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard that stress higher sales at any cost. The company says some agents are simply unhappy with Allstate's new-found emphasis on competition and service. | |
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