Ethics in management : vedantic perspectives
- Delhi Oxford University Press 1996
- xiii, 294 p. 21 cm ; Pbk
Rs.185/-
1. Ethical Vision of Management: A Vedantic Outline -- 2. Holistics For Human Values: Retrospect and Prospect -- 3. Managerial and Corporate Ethico-Morality: The Indian Response -- Appendix: Tagore, Vivekananda, Gandhi and Aurobindo on Ethics -- 4. Ethics for Individual Motivation or Inspiration? -- Appendix: The Magnum Banking System-Stock Exchange Scam -- 5. Leadership Behaviour or Leadership Character? -- Appendix: The Great Leadership Succession Scam -- 6. Leadership Transformation: Insights from the Shastras -- 7. Transforming Work Ethos: The Subjective Secret -- 8. The Source of Ethics and Values: Secular Rationality or Sacred Rationality? -- 9. Work-Ethic plus Ethics-in-Work: A Few Classical Values -- 10. The Indian Heritage and Productivity: A Reappraisal.
The Bombay securities scam of 1991 occurred more than a year after this book was conceived and planned, underlining the importance and immediate relevance of the subject; the runaway success of the author's earlier work, Management by Values: Towards Cultural Congruence (OUP, 1991, 1992) demonstrated the widespread need Indian managers have felt for an integration of western management skills and systems
978-0195640926
Management--Religious aspects--Hinduism Business ethics