World Institute of Scientology Enterprises

L. Ron Hubbard evolved his management techniques—which he called "Admin Tech", short for "administrative technology"—from the early 1960s through the late 1970s. The individual policies were packaged into book form under the title "Organization Executive Course" (also called "Org Exec Course" and "OEC"). Though originally intended for Scientology executives in the administration of a Scientology organization, Hubbard wrote that the information should be known by all staff members and "contained fundamentals vital to any successful or profitable activity"; it "also applied to the individual" and "any company, society or political entity".

WISE was incorporated in 1979, and was originally set up to solve the problem of Scientologists exploiting Scientology organizations to further their personal business operations, through actions such as poaching trained Church of Scientology personnel, and using Church of Scientology address books and mailing lists to sell their products and services.

The Hubbard College of Administration (HCA) was set up as the training venue to teach Hubbard Admin Tech outside of a Church of Scientology. For example, a Scientologist who wanted to run their business using Hubbard Admin Tech could send their employees to train at HCA instead of sending them into a Church of Scientology. However, Hubbard made it clear that students should learn from the original Scientology materials (rather than re-writing them for general application by businesses) and allow the student to adapt the information to their own employment situation.

In 1986, the Watchdog Committee executive over WISE published new broader goals for WISE:

Goal: LRH standard administrative technology fully in use in every business throughout the world, whether Scientologist or not, and without distraction to the business of Scientology orgs.

Purpose: For Scientology to take over the entire world business community by getting LRH admin tech fully into use in every business in the world whether Scientologist or not.

Ideal scene: Standard LRH admin tech gotten into wide use in the world business communities via WISE members and WISE activities, with LRH fully recognized as the source of the tech and their success.

In autumn 2021, WISE was designated as an "undesirable organization" in Russia.

Lawsuits

A number of firms use the WISE administrative technology in their practices and there have been a number of civil suits and discrimination cases brought by employees objecting to the material, with mixed results.

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."

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.

In 1998, dentist Roger N. Carlsten was sued for religious discrimination in the workplace 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. A Rhode Island Superior Court jury, however, cleared the dentist of the charges.

In 2002, The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit on behalf of former employees of dentist Juan Villareal and Harlingen Family Dentistry in Harlingen, Texas, who refused to attend Scientology training courses.

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.