This book is a basic, broad-spectrum work on the twin topics of Values and Ethics. It is not a heavy, scholarly treatise. Except in a few chapters, temptations of polemics have been kept at bay. Instead, its purpose is to convey, as simply and practically as possible, the principal tenets and contents of these two allied subjects. They have been very much in the air all over the world since the 1980s, Society is desperately longing for `holistic integrity`, not truncated efficiency, from its myriad professions. The reader of this book could commence his/her journey, even within existing constraints, towards such a paramount responsibility in a comprehensible, practical manner. To be sure, such a courageous journey should also yield deep existential joy.
This volume has been organized in the following pattern:
Part A: Concepts and Principles
Part B: Vignettes
Part C: Case Studies
Part D: Autobiographical Notes and Milestone Letters
Part E: Dialogues
Part F: Select Bibliography
Contents –
PART – A : CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES
1. Human Values and Ethics (HVE): Explained and Defined
2. HVE: Values Vs Skills
3. HVE: Feeling, Reasoning, Willing
4. HVE: Individual, Society and System
5. HVE: Universal and Local, Durable and Changing
6. HVE: Can they be Taught?
7. HVE and Values Preferences
8. HVE: Freedom and Discipline
9. HVE: Change, Progress, Sustainability
10. HVE: Exploring Ethics Further
11. HVE: What is There in Them for Me?
12. HVE: Choice and Decision Making
13. HVE: Secular and Sacred, Spiritual and Scientific
14. HVE: Duties and Rights
15. HVE: Psychology of Competition
16. HVE: Theoretical Perspectives
17. HVE: Holistic View of Integrity
18. HVE: Affluence and Poverty
19. HVE: Four Ethical Pioneers of Indian Industry
20. HVE: Professional Codes of Ethics, Supreme Court, and the Central Vigilance Commission
21. HVE: Corporate Values Statements
22. HVE: Giving Model of Inspiration
23. HVE: Detached and Attached Involvements
24. HVE: Triple Psychological Forces
25. HVE: Moral Law of Cause and Effect
26. HVE: Lower Self and Higher SELF
27. HVE: Stress Management and Integrated Personality
28. HVE: Rajarshi Leadership and Team Spirit
29. HVE: Quality Mind Process (QMP)
30. HVE: How to Institutionalise?
PART – B : VIGNETTES
V-1 Cloak and Dagger
V-2 Dr. Anand Shukla
V-3 Freedom
V-4 Oblivion
V-5 Vijay and the Old Man
V-6 Yoga-Kshema-Vahamyaham
V-7 Lost and Found
PART – C : CASE STUDIES
C-1 National Electricals Ltd.
C-2 How Many Cats in the Bag?
C-3 A Promise to Honour
C-4 Whither Systems?
C-5 Power and Ethics
C-6 White Turns Red
C-7 Mithyameva Jayate?
C-8 Followers and Leaders
C-9 Fast or Slow?
C-10 Sanatan College
C-11 smart Exeellence
C-12 The Ganga
C-13 J.R.D. Dismissed
PART – D : AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOTES AND MILESTONE LETTERS
A-1 The Head of a Major Division in a Public Enterprise
A-2 A Chief Manager – HRD (Public Sector)
A-3 The CEO of a Private Sector Company
A-4 The Chief Vigilance Officer of a PSU
L-1 Jamsetji Tata to Swami Vivekananda
L-2 Subhas Chandra Bose to Saklatvala
L-3 G D Birla to Basant Birla
L-4 Jon Torbiorsson to the First Author
L-5 Under Secretary, GOI, to the First Author
PART – E : DIALOGUES
D-1 Alienation from Ancient Culture
D-2 The Vigilant Eye of Karma
D-3 Market Economy and Ethics
D-4 Leading By Divine Voice
D-5 Indian Values and MBA`s
D-6 Confused Society, Unstable Standards
D-7 Religion and Ethics
D-8 Renewal of self to Spirit
D-9 Defence and Discipline
PART – F : BIBLIOGRAPHY
Select Bibliography
Index
