Sterling Management Systems
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Sterling Management Systems, a member of WISE (World Institute of Scientology Enterprises), is a consulting firm which offers management seminars based on the management techniques of L. Ron Hubbard to medical professionals, especially dentists. In 1983, the company was founded in Vacaville, California, by Gregory K. Hughes, a prosperous dentist and Scientologist. Kevin Wilson, its chairman and owner, is also a Scientologist.
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[edit] Dentistry
Although chiropractors and veterinarians are common targets, WISE focuses heavily on dentists. Employees of companies which have used seminars of Sterling Management Systems have complained of heavy use of religious Church of Scientology doctrine; some sued their employers after being dismissed because they refused to attend such seminars. Some people who employed the services of Sterling Management Systems have asserted that they were lured into Scientology by the seminars. Most of these cases were in the field of dentistry.[1]
[edit] Glover and Dee Rowe
In 1990, dentist Glover Rowe and his wife Dee claimed to be held forcibly against their will by Scientologists after attending two Sterling management seminars:
"They put a telephone in front of me and said I should call every member of my family and tell them I was a member of the Church of Scientology. I refused," said Mrs. Rowe. "At that point, they said, 'but you see Dee, you have to.'....... "For seven hours, a man drilled me, tried to brainwash me," said Mrs. Rowe. " l begged him to let me go, he kept saying, 'but you see Dee, you can't.' He tried to get me to confess to crimes. He started getting me to tell him sex stories. He made me list every overt sin I had committed. They insisted I write down everything I had done wrong. I couldn't list anything bad enough to please them." (" 'Management Seminar' Harrowing Experience", by Terry Dean, Cherokee County Herald, December 12, 1990) [2]
[edit] References
- Official website
- Sappell, Joel, Welkos, Robert W.. "Church Seeks Influence in Schools, Business, Science", Los Angeles Times, 1990-06-27, p. A1:1. Retrieved on November 17, 2006.
- Scientology page of Kevin Wilson
[edit] See also
- Scientology as a Business
- World Institute of Scientology Enterprises
- Hubbard College of Administration International
