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World Institute of Scientology Enterprises (WISE) is an 1983 .

At the local level, Charter Committees of established members provide guidance and dispute arbitration between WISE members instead using the civil courts.

The Charter Committees are, in turn, coordinated by WISE regional offices, which are at Church Of Scientology locations, and the corporate executives of WISE belong to the Sea Org of the Church Of Scientology . {Link without Title}

Members include:
MasterTech Computer Products , Sterling Management Systems

While the Church of Scientology denies that WISE is part of the church, internal publications such as The Command Channels of Scientology and WISE's place on the Scientology Org Board , as well as numerous reports that WISE affiliates are urged to recruit for Scientology in exchange for money, lead critics to assert that denials by Scientology are disingenuous.


DENTISTRY

For reasons unknown, the Church focuses heavily on dentistry in its WISE outreach. This has resulted in a number of controversies and court cases in which dental employees refuse to cooperate with Scientology:
  • In 2005, dentist Daniel Stewart and his Smile Savers Dentistry in Baltimore, Maryland were sued by former employee Tammy Bright. She accused her employer of religious discrimination for failure to adapt her religious beliefs to Scientology. Devora Lindeman , Stewart's attorney who is also a Scientologist herself, denied the allegations and said Bright was fired for "poor performance." ("Woman claims she was fired unfairly over Scientology" by Laura Cadiz, The ''Baltimore Sun'', March 4, 2005) {Link without Title}

  • In 2003, three former employees of Aurora, Ohio dentist C. Aydin Cabi asserted in court that Dr. Cabi dismissed them from their jobs for their refusal to take part in Sterling Management's Scientology-based seminars. {Link without Title}

  • In 2002, The U.S. who refused to attend Scientology training courses. ("EEOC: Employees illegally fired" by Allen Essex, ''Valley Morning Star'', Friday, September 13, 2002)

  • In 1998, Dentist Roger N. Carlsten was sued by former employee Susan Morgan, who alleged in court that she was fired for refusing to take a Scientology-filled Hubbard Administrative Technology "statistics" course. Morgan ultimately had to stop pursuing the matter, due to lack of funds. {Link without Title}

  • In 1994, Christina M. Goudeau of Baton Rouge, Louisiana filed suit against Landmark Dental Care. Goudeau reported she was fired because she was expected to join the Church of Scientology, and to use Scientology practices and terminology in the office. ("Suit blames Scientology for firing" by Fred Kalmbach, The ''Advocate'' Rouge , June 16, 1993)

  • In 1992, two former assistants of dentist Lyn V. Bates filed suit in Canton, Ohio , claiming they "were continually, against their will, subjected to religious recruitment, proselytizing and brainwashing by defendants in fervent attempts to convert them to the Scientology cult." ("Dental assistants say firing result of their rejection of Scientology", by David Knox, ''Akron Beacon Journal'', September 2, 1992)

  • 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) {Link without Title}


Chiropractors and Veterinarians are also commonly sought by the Church of Scientology by way of WISE. {Link without Title}


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