Business Ethics: Concepts, Crises and Solutions

The book provides answers to questions like: how do some people or organizations manage to perform well year after year? How do some gain competitive edge over others? Why some fail and lose even after a rise? How can organizations and individuals excel on several dimensions of performance? It discusses the concepts, ideas, and philosophies of the East in general and Indian Cultural Wisdom, in particular, for managerial implications in the global context. What makes the book unique is that it discusses not only weaknesses and threats of the business and industrial world but suggests different corrective measures available in traditional wisdom overshadowed by materialism, automation and modernity. The book includes a number of stunning cases of crisis and cites initiatives taken against ethical and moral decay. Threats: corruption, bribery, scams, espionage, piracy, stress, frauds, harassment, money laundering, funs misappropriation, greed, impede, speed, and pessimism, etc. solutions: values orientation, ethical work culture, Indian management model, total quality people, spirituality, yoga, meditation, ethical leadership, team building, self-management, code of ethics, and spirituo-HRD, etc. The book will be providing opportunities for understanding basic concepts, identifying ethical problems and developing skills in evaluating these issues. This book should be of interest to all readers who regard themselves as actual or potential stakeholders in any organization. It should appeal to students of management, commerce, public administration, etc. With its unique coverage and simple approach, this lucidly written book would be invaluable to students, researchers and executives.