INDIAN ETHOS AND VALUES

By Dr Kishor Barad

ETHICS
Ethics is a discipline that examine ones

morality or the moral standard of the society. Ethics means excepted standard in terms of your personal and social welfare . Ethics include morality, honesty, responsibility etc. Ethics attempt to distinguish right from wrong, good from bad and decides a

VIEWS ON ETHICS
UTILITARIAN VIEW OF ETHICS RIGHT VIEW ON ETHICS THEORY OF JUSTICE- VIA- ETHICS

INTERROGATIVE SOCIAL CONTRAST

THEORY
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Utilitarian
Under this view ethical decision are

made solely on the basis of outcomes. It considers how to provide greatest goods for the greatest number of utilitarian. It encourage efficiency and productivity and inconsistence with the goal of profit maximization.
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VIEW ON ETHICS
Responsibility and protecting individual

privileges such as: Right to privacy Freedom of conciseness (Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words) Free speech Life and safety.
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THEORY OF JUSTICE
Manager impose and enforce rule fairly

and impartially and do so by following all legal rules and regulation.

Interrogative Social Contest

Ethical decision should be based on

empirical and normative function . Manager need to look at existing ethical norms in industry and companies in order to determine what constitute right and wrong decision and action.

Model of Management in SocioPolitical Environment

INDIAN MODEL OF MANAGEMENT MAY BE BEST DEFINED ON THE BASIS OF IMPORTANT PARAMETER OF MANAGEMENT .

Evaluation of Indian Management Model

Delegation of authority

Trade union
Transfer policy Performance appraisal Customers grievances Recruitment and selection Human resources and development Training and development Employers employee relationship

Delegation of Authority
Although delegation of authority is a

significant function of mgmt but it is nearly an informal activities. Excessive centralization is present in it. Subordinate are always or in most of the case unwilling to accept responsibility due to such conditional decision.

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TRADE UNION
In Indian corporate sector trade union

are always dealt as an enemy of employers. The trade union on their parts are always pressuring the employees for the benefits of their member. Trade union are now just as formality and to enjoy political influences.
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Transfer Policy
In Indian public sector, there are rare

transfer policies Such policies exist only on papers, transfer are basically done on the basis of punishment, favoritism and recommendation . In private sector some transfer policy still exist but thats to for top level employees.
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Performance Appraisal
In Indian mgmt model there is no

concrete appraisal system.

Appraisal is not done on the basis

of actual performance.

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Customer Grievance
In

practical situation such system seldom is used and grievance are dealt mostly on the basis of mutual settlement. But now a days, due to excessive competitive atmosphere companies have started giving first preference to customer grievance.
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Recruitment and Selection

In public sector most of the recruitment

and selection is done on the basis of recommendation reference of present employees are given the priority providing less importance to the performance of the desired candidate.

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Human Resources & Development

No

proper policy of employees motivation and leadership exist in reality . Decision on promotion and tenure of service are based on recommendation and reference rather than performance An ambiguous human resources policy is a main cause of employees dissatisfaction
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Training & Development

No proper policy to determine the need

of training and development . Budget allocation for training is very less. No proper atmosphere to learn and understand the importance of the concept of training & development.

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Employer Employee Relationship

Relation ship between employee and

employer are not very cordial and comfortable. Employees at lower level are given very lower autonomy (power authority) . They hardly participate in any mgmt function, employees are threaded just as commodity or cost centers.
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WORK ETHOS
Work ethos can be defined as the

principles, values, norms, required to be followed when an individual is at work

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Different Level of Work Ethos

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CONTENT
DISCIPLINE COMMITMENT AND ACCOUNTABLITY LOYALITY RESPONSILBLITY WORK CULTURE

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Discipline
It is mainly confined to coming at work

on time, behaving with respect and dignity to subordinates, colleague and superiors, staffing properly at work during working hrs, not wasting work time.

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Commitment and Accountability

Work

ethics is also about the commitment and accountability. Does the worker feel responsible for the tasks assigned to him. The one who makes all possible efforts to accomplishment the work in the time and also in a satisfying manner.

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Loyalty
Work

ethics also deals with loyalty towards the organization, by not talking negatively about the organization, by protecting the interest of the organization.

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Responsibility
People in the organization have different

attitude toward their work. This can be noticed through job description, performance, evaluation career development, formal training etc.

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Work Culture
India has strong work culture which

includes punctuality, proper dress code, proper behavior and respect towards your superior, peers and subordinates , strictly following the rules and regulation of the organization. A good work culture can also be introduced through effective induction program.
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