Indian Ethos and Business Ethics

Objectives,Outcomes
Module 1

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 Course Objectives

CObj1 To Appraise the signi cance of Indian ethos and values in managerial decision-
making and value-cantered leadership.

CObj2 To develop a basic understanding Traditional Management System to Modern

Management System

CObj3 To orient the students towards developing Life Skills contained in Ancient
Indian Wisdom Texts.

CObj4 To orient the students concepts on ethical leadership

CObj5 To orient the student on Business Ethics

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 Course Outcomes
After finishing this course, the students would

CO1 Demonstrate an understanding and application of Concepts of Indian Ethos

CO2 Emerge as individual with awareness

CO3 Be oriented towards the depth of knowledge contained in Indian Knowledge System

CO4 Develop as Ethical Individuals

CO5 Execute ethical behaviour at the workplace and society at large.

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 Course Content

Module Content No of Hours Skills Developed

Indian Ethos-An Overview

Indian Ethos - Meaning, Features, Need,

History, Relevance,

Relevance of Indian Ethos in Managerial

Practices
I 8 Cognitive Skills
Relevance of Scriptures:
Vedas, Mahabharata, Ramayana, Bible,
Quran, Kautilya’s Arthashastra

Ethics vs Ethos

Indian Management v/s Western Management

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Life Skills from Indian Knowledge Systems

Life Skill 1: Self Awareness: SAnkhya

The enquiry, Our Identity and Purpose of life,
General Awareness, Basic Awareness (Body ,
Mind and Senses), Enhanced Awareness
(Body ,Mind and Senses), Egoism (Ahankara),
II Mind-Body-Speech Coordination , 10 Employability Skills
Tool – Self Awareness Questionnaire

Life Skill 2 : Empathy : Anubhuti

Overview: Works and Sacrifice, Significance of
Sacrifice, Empathy the Binding force, AIW’s
dimension on empathy, sympathy, pity,
identification, compassion, pro -sociality,.

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Life Skill 3 : Critical Thinking :Darshana

AIW on focus and attention, Perception and
human brain, Nurturing opinions,
Reinforcing thoughts, Deciphering
truth, Inductive and deductive reasoning,
applied reasoning.
II 10 Employability Skills
Life Skill 4 : Creative Thinking: Jnanadeep
Mind and its control, Salient features of the
mind, What is Creative thinking, Sri Krishna
and Edward De Bono, Synvergence- Vamana in
Manava Theory,.

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Life Skills 5 : Decision making: Yadruccha

Steps for effective decision making,
AIW’s tool for effective decision making,
Holistic adaptation of AIW in Decision
making
II 10 Employability Skills
Life Skill 6: Problem Solving - Dhyana
Cause for Problem, Con ict Resolution
techniques, Con ict resolution based on AIW

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• Life Skill 7: Effective communication -
Samvadanam
Purposeful Communication, AIW and
AMA’s Ten Commandments of Effective
Communication, Communication Survey
Questions
II 10 Employability Skills
• Life Skill 8: Interpersonal Relationship
Parasparam
Dynamics of Interpersonal Relationship,
Qualities of Good and Bad Relations as in
AIW, Johari Window Questionnaire.

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• Life Skill 9: Coping with stress BrAhmi Sthiti
Causes of Stress, Stress Management,
Organizational Approach to Stress
Management, Organizational Involvement,
Eternal Soul, Aligning to Organizational
Goals, Scientific Approach to work. Stress
Management Questionniare.
II 10 Employability Skills
• Life Skill 10: Coping with emotion -
Sadbhavana
Emotional Intelligence through AIW,
Emotional Hijacking, Tithiksha the potent
tool, Know your EQ.

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Karma and Karma Yoga : Transmigration of

the Soul, The threefold Karma, The
III concept of Karma Yoga-Working with 6 Employability Skills
Detached Attachment

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Business Ethics - Introduction, Business Ethics

and Law, Ethics in a Globalised Environment,
The 4 Purushartas (Goals) of Human Life
IV -Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha, Ethical 6 Employability Skills
Leadership and Value System, Ethical Issues for
Leaders, Ethical Issues in
Marketing,HR,Finance,IT and Logistics.

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References:
•Parthasarathi S K (2019); Gita@Workspaces; Vivekananda Yoga Prakashana
•Amitabh Nanda, (n.d);Business Ethics; Utkal University Press
•S K Chakraborthy(1995), Ethics in Management; Vedantic Perspectives , Oxford University Press
•Laura Hartman and Abha Chatterjee (2017), Perspective of Business Ethics , Mcgrawhill Publications 3rd Edition
•Ranganathananda (2000), Universal Message of the Bhagavad Gita; Sri Ramakrishna Mutt
•Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani (2012) ; An Introduc on to Islamic Finance
•Neil Flanagan et al. (2005); The Management Bible ;Wiley Publishers

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 ETHOS
• The fundamental character or spirit of a
culture; the underlying sentiment that informs
the beliefs, customs, or practices of a group or
society; dominant assumptions of a people or
period:
• The character or disposition of a community, group,
person, etc.
• The distinguishing character, sentiment, moral
nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or
institution
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 ETHOS

Indian ethos refers to the principles of self-

management and governance of society, entity or a
system by wisdom as revealed and brought-forth by
great scriptures like Veda, Upanishads, Gita,
Mahabharata, Bible and Quran.

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 ETHOS
The ancient guiding principles thus is a good pathway for:
1. Self-puri cation and Self-development.
2. Individual growth and welfare.
3. Collective growth and welfare.
4. Team spirit and Teamwork.
5. Autonomous management, minimum control and supervision.
6. Manager acts as a Mentor.
7. Self-motivation.
8. Perfection.
9. All round happiness and prosperity.
10. Skills and values united.
11. Con icts resolved by integration.

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Spirituality at Workspace

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 Svādhyāya – Spirituality @ Workspace

Spirituality Defined
01

02 The Advent of the Ancient Indian Wisdom

03 The Ramayana and Mahabharata

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 Spirituality Defined

Spirituality is the goal of all existence

Spirit – Unlimited knowledge & unending ecstacy within

every individual

Spirituality – Process of realizing this infinity inside us and connecting it

with infinity inside others

Add value to the environment we live and operate

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 Spirituality - Master-key of the Indian mind

The sense of the infinite is native to it

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 Individual Spirituality as seeing a meaning in life

J.J.de Klerk

Spirituality - animating life force that inspires an individual towards purpose that is
beyond his self and that gives a life its meaning and direction

Richard McKnight

Spirituality involves a sense of wholeness, connectedness at work and

experiencing deeper values
Gibbons

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Practice of Spirituality at workspace

Enhance employee well-being and

quality of life

Provide employees a sense of

purpose and meaning at work

Give employees a sense of

interconnectedness and community

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 Core Dimensions of Spirituality

@ Individual Level

@ Team Level

@ Organizational Level

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 For the upliftment of Mankind

Vedas

Shastras

Avataras

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