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Subjective value has a meaning beyond the ego and Prakrti, beyond the
Freudian Eros, beyond personal desire fulfillment. When Yajnavalkya
says "all are dear for one's own sake' he seeks to point out the
spiritual fulfillment. The words 'relative' or 'contextual' do not imply
that there are no universally perceived and agreed upon values which
are intrinsic-beyond the immediate, and which are pursued for their
own sake. Atmanastu mokshartham jagat hitaya cha-Individual freedom
and fulfillment is not opposed to, lokasamgraha, the welfare of the
world. According to modern management customer satisfaction is the highest
profit. The harmony between individual fulfillment and social well-being
is implied in the Karma Yoga ideal, of serving the world as Lord's manifestation.
Dynamics of Action:
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A B A-Macrocosmic-Isvaranugraha
by following the law
Dharma
Yajna
B-Microcosmic- conditioning factors
(subjective and genetic)-Prarabdha turned into an asset by yajna karma
Karma
C-Self-effort-education, knowledge, will, ambition . . .as present personal
effort
In this dynamics variables and uncertainties are many. The projection
of the result of an action is difficult.
Here individual
choice and group decisions are made based on the following:
a) Scriptures-the
law of the land, custom, culture and religious teachings-
tasmat sastram pramanam te (Bhagavad Gita 16:24)
b) Advice of
Experienced and Wise men, who are catholic in vision and are devoid
of pettiness and jealousy- adha te karma vijikitsa vrtta vijikitsa va
syat
ye tatra brahmana samadarsinah yukta
ayuktah aluksha dharmakama syat
(Taittiriya Upanishad)
c) One's own
conscience-etat vimrsya yedhecchasi tata kuru
(Bhagavad Gita 18:63)
d) Total surrender
to the leader-nimitta matram bhava savyasachin
(Bhagavad Gita 10:34)
e) To keep the
end beneficiary of your action in mind-Gandhiji's ideal
Goals:
An organization
has 6 goals:
1) Profit
2) Customer satisfaction
3) Continued growth
4) Quality
5) Worker satisfaction
6) Market Share
These goals are
composite and cannot stand apart. Profit is a quantifiable and tangible
goal. No organization can pursue any other goals on the face of mounting
losses.
PROFIT [diagram not inserted here--please contact info@sambodh.org]
CUSTOMER
SATISFACTION QUALITY
MARKET SHARE
This is also
a dynamic concept and the variables are changing and not static.
But Profit will
always be at the apex or in the center of business goals. Transparency
in dealings, quality production, speed, innovation, service to the customer,
enrichment of the worker, social responsiveness etc. will enhance the
competitiveness and profitability of the organization.
Reasons for unethical
practices:
1) Lack of competition
and market mechanisms.
2) Unimaginative impractical laws and restrictions in pursuance of uneconomic
and non-productive goals: e.g.: socialism, svadesi, reservation of jobs
without social investment in education and health.
3) Emphasis on wealth sharing than wealth creation.
4) Democratic and egalitarian ambitions of people in the context of
economic and social/caste backwardness.
Therefore, apart
from building individual character and organizational culture, an open,
transparent, competitive, wealth generating society is to be created.
To the extent we move towards it to that extent corruption and unethical
practices will decrease. At least the oppressive character of corruption
will be lessened. The highly corrupt economies of the world-Japan, Italy-are
fast growing economies too.
Conflict between
Manager as a Person and Executive:
In a highly corrupt
and backward economy like India, with innumerable legal and bureaucratic
bottlenecks, economic wisdom and moral sensitivity could come into direct
conflict. In such occasions managers will have to take a practical though
morally and ethically sensitive decisions.
Rama killed Vali
hiding behind a tree. Krishna could be accused of unethical practices
in the battlefield of Kurukshetra. Managers should have a dharmika lakshmana
rekha, a tripwire, beyond which they would not go. The welding of practical
considerations and ethical sensitivity is done in the heart of the managers.
And it is an ongoing process.
The reasons that
you have identified for corruption, tax evasion, avoiding PF etc. are
exhaustive provided we read them in the proper context. A third world
government promulgating first world social security laws for business
and industry cannot expect full compliance-hence tax evasion, avoiding
PF, pollution etc. I don't think government departments avoid taxes
or PSUs avoid PF. Because they fall back on tax payer's money.
I would say corruption
is good economics and bad morality. It is the economic grease for the
engine of a dysfunctional economy.
Analyze the phenomenon
of corruption in this background. Let us concentrate on understanding
the phenomenon than condemning it.
The solution
to the problem lies in leadership, organizational culture and a growth
oriented, wealth generating, open, competitive market economy, with
democracy and spiritual values.
The New Principles
of Training should Include:
1) The Law of
Brahma: Individual is the field of infinite potentialities.
2) The Law of Dharma: Every individual by action interacts with the
society and environment, and vice versa, and creates unending ripples
and consequences-the interdependence of independent units.
3) The Law of Karma: Every individual action creates subtle impressions
in the individual psyche backward and forward-reprogramming his destiny
and background-choice maker-responsibility
4) The Law of Maya: There is constant flux. There is need for innovation
and change, renunciation, detachment and continuous improvement.
5) The Law of Yajna: There is the need for teamwork, sharing, giving,
synergy etc. what we give come back to us in thousand fold. There is
need for circulation.
6) The Law of Yoga: There is a balance of forces and factors-rootedness
in the core/center-flexible regarding periphery.
7) The Law of Janma: There is recreation, reinvention, evolution, devolution,
degradation, going back and forth on the ladder of Karma.
If you don't
grow and evolve, you will decay and perish.
So, keep growing!