doing business as sterling 1 2 trading name sterling type for profit founded vacaville california march 1983 founder dr.gregory k. hughes dds headquarters glendale ca united states key people kevin c. wilson chairman ceo services business consulting owner kevin c. wilson website web site sterling previously sterling business management systems 1 is a consulting firm led by kevin wilson which offers business administration seminars and training based on l. ron hubbard s teachings 3 to accounting medical and dental and other private practice professionals . founded in 1983 in the back office of a dental practice in vacaville california it is currently located in a 20 000 square foot 1 900 m2 office in los angeles california . from 1994 to 2015 the company was affected by the economic climate reducing its staff complement to 25 from nearly 300 . 1 p. 7 contents 1 services 2 scholarly analysis 3 criticism 4 see also 5 references 6 external links services edit sterling provides services under a license from wise the world institute of scientology enterprises 1 p. 10 which oversees the use of l. ron hubbard s copyrighted materials in applications in the business community at large . according to a deposition by emery wilson s director of public affaris most of the company s employees are involved in scientology . 1 p. 25 according to the la times sterling offers and teaches the same techniques the church of scientology has for years employed including heavy marketing high productivity and rigid rules of employee conduct . 4 for practice owners and key executives sterling s services involve formal training delivered at their facilities in los angeles california . staff training is typically delivered at weekend workshops held by the company throughout the year in major cities around the us . scholarly analysis edit although ownership of sterling has been in the past incorrectly attributed it is owned and operated by the emery wilson corporation . this information is documented in corporate records and is available on hoovers.com . incorrect attributions can be found in new religions a guide 5 and the books perspectives on the new age and the new age movement and the biblical worldview 6 7 wilson s new religious movements and heela s the new age movement describe sterling as an est like movement referring to werner erhard s erhard seminars training . 8 9 in a journal article in the marburg journal of religion benjamin beit hallahmi characterizing sterling as a front organization for scientology questioned whether secular activities of sterling had any effect on the religious categorization of scientology . hugh urban also analyzed sterling within this context in his article fair game secrecy security and the church of scientology in cold war america . 10 11 criticism edit sterling has been criticized for its high pressure sales tactics . 12 13 14 glover rowe and his wife dee stated in 1990 that they were forcibly held against their will by scientologists after attending two sterling seminars they claimed that their tests indicated that without auditing their business would fail and dee would abuse their child . 12 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 pp. 1a 5a 15 sterling disputes this account saying that the account is extremely exaggerated and contains complete untruths saying that after being published in a small weekly newspaper in cherokee county the story was then picked up and forwarded by a number of web sites whose stated and sole intentions are to slam and cause trouble for the church of scientology and anything vaguely related to the works of l. ron hubbard . 16 sterling s blog also reproduces the order revoking rowe s license to practice dentistry and reports on his criminal record . 16 robert geary also a dentist claimed that sterling denied any connection to scientology . he claims to have spent 180 000 on sterling services and materials and that scientologists forged his signature on a loan application and held his wife hostage for two weeks leading to her mental breakdown . 12 see also edit scientology portal companies portal greater los angeles portal management consulting world institute of scientology enterprises l. ron hubbard references edit a b c d e dr. robert l. meinders d.c. ltd. supplement to its prior comments on the emery wilson corporation d b a sterling management systems petition for waiver fictitious business name statement first published in daily commerce los angeles on 1 14 94 file no. 94 58012 wilson kevin . message from the chairman and ceo sterling cpasterling cpa . sterling cpa . emery wilson corporation . retrieved 2 january 2016 . sappell joel ; welkos robert w. 1990 06 27 . church seeks influence in schools business science . los angeles times . p. a1 1 . retrieved 2006 11 17 . partridge christopher hugh 2004 . new religions a guide new religious movements sects and alternative spiritualities . oxford university press usa . p. 402 . isbn 0195220420 . lewis james r. 2004 . perspectives on the new age . state university of new york press . p. 132 . isbn 978 079141213 8 . newport john p. 1997 . the new age movement and the biblical worldview . wm. b. eerdmans publishing co. p. 389 . isbn 0802844308 . wilson bryan r. ; jamie cresswell 1999 . new religious movements challenge and response . routledge . p. 56 . isbn 0415200490 . heelas paul 1996 . the new age movement the celebration of the self and the sacralization of modernity . blackwell publishing . p. 62 . isbn 0631193324 . beit hallahmi benjamin september 2003 . scientology religion or racket . marburg journal of religion . 8 1 . urban hugh b. june 2006 . fair game secrecy security and the church of scientology in cold war america pdf . journal of the american academy of religion . oxford university press . 74 2 356 389 . doi 10.1093 jaarel lfj084 . retrieved 2009 02 03 . a b c behar richard may 6 1991 . the thriving cult of greed and power . time . p. 5 . koppel ted 1992 02 14 . scientology leader gave abc first ever interview . nightline . abc news . retrieved 2008 08 23 . mallia joseph march 2 1998 . milton school shades ties to scientology . boston herald . missing or empty url help dean terry december 12 1990 . management seminar harrowing experience . cherokee county herald . a b 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