text: Corporate sanctioned mindfulness is no fix for stress - Workplace Insight
  Firms should be looking at implementing more appropriate caring techniques to minimise and relieve stress
  In traditional Buddhist teaching, 'right mindfulness' is a technique that a person uses individually to accumulate wisdom in order to help problem resolution and enhance personal development. Its generalised use as a means of curing workplace stress is misguided as, according to the researchers, no two people experience stress or suffering in the same way.
  It found that the standardised corporate application of a personal technique renders corporate practices meaningless and open to exploitation by organisations simply to further their own interests such as enhancing sales, profitability, etc. instead of bettering the wellbeing of their employees.
  Professor Roger Gill says: "Corporate mindfulness has overshadowed the Buddhism-based nature of mindfulness, presenting mindfulness techniques as nothing more than a stress-release practice that is, or can be, easily misused or exploited. Whereas in Buddhist practices mindfulness looks to eliminate suffering caused by greed, hatred and ignorance, corporate mindfulness simply reflects yet more selfishness, greed and inflexibility."