Business

Stories tagged Business:

• The Story of the Merchant Aug 25, 2025

  

  In the bustling port city of Busan, where ships arrived daily carrying goods from distant lands and the air was filled with the cries of merchants hawking their wares, there lived a trader named Kang Ji-ho. His small shop sat tucked between the harbor and the main market street, and though it was modest in size, it was known throughout the city for one thing above all others—absolute honesty.

• The Story of the Merchant's Test Aug 15, 2025

  

  In the prosperous trading city of Basra, where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers meet before flowing into the Persian Gulf, there lived a merchant named Farid ibn Abbas whose reputation for honest dealing had made him one of the most successful traders in the region. For twenty years, he had built his business on the principle that trust, once earned, was worth more than any single profitable transaction.

  Farid’s shops in the grand bazaar were always busy with customers who knew they could rely on his word. When he said a bolt of silk was of the finest quality, it was indeed the finest. When he promised delivery on a specific date, his goods arrived exactly when expected. When he quoted a price, it was fair to both buyer and seller, and he never took advantage of a customer’s ignorance to inflate his profits.