BMAL 720 Leveraging Data for Decision Making (B04) WEEK 7 Faith Integration- Impacts of Inappropriate Data Gathering 2026 Liberty University

IMPACTS OF INAPPROPRIATE DATA GATHERING 1

BMAL 720 Leveraging Data for Decision Making (B04) WEEK 7 Faith
Integration- Impacts of Inappropriate Data Gathering 2026 Liberty
University




Impacts of Inappropriate Data Gathering



Alejandro Cuervo

Department of Business, Liberty University

BMAL 720: Leveraging Data for Decision Making (B04)

, IMPACTS OF INAPPROPRIATE DATA GATHERING 2
Abstract

Data collection constitutes a significant portion of business analytics and decision-making.

Collected data, especially when it is valid and ethically collected, will aid organizations in

making effective strategic decisions, building trust with their stakeholders, and enhancing

organizational watchfulness. Inappropriate data collection, though, like selective sampling,

incomplete procedures, or even immoral techniques, can be detriment in a big way to a business

in the realms of accuracy, sullying reputations, and even putting a company at risk of litigation

and potentially enormous costs. The relationship between Christian leadership and ethical data

gathering is discussed in this paper. It explains the data-gathering processes may be conducted

with a sense of justice, about people and God, with some Christian values that guide the

undertakings, comprising honesty, stewardship, integrity, and accountability. Developing the

concepts of contemporary business analytic literature and the Bible, the discussion shows how

Christian leadership shields organizations against ineffective data practices and promotes

transparency, trust, and fairness. Finally, Christian values have been integrated into the data

collection, making analytics one of the faithful stewards’ effectiveness that renders business

success based on truth and sustainability.

Keywords: Accountability, integrity, respect, fairness, stewardship