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Karmanye vadhikaraste in corporate context

In Devnagari: कर्मण्ये वाधिकारस्ते म फलेषु कदाचना कर्मफलेह्तुर भुरमा ते संगोस्त्वकर्मानी॥ च २, ४७ In English transliteration: Karmanye vadhikaraste ma phaleshu kadachna Karmaphalehtur bhurma te sangostvakarmani. Ch. 2, 47 In English translation: You have a right to perform your prescribed duty, but you are not entitled to the fruits of action। Never consider yourself the cause of the results of your activities, and never be attached to not doing your duty. I am wondering how this statement is applicable in modern corporate world.....if this piece of statement from GITA is implemented in corporate culture, then companies can save enourmous amount of money, effort and time spent on the appraisal process and meetings....and you can see lot of happy faces all around. Ohhh i do lot of day dreaming these days.....where am i going ?

Ethics and Morality......

Last week i was reading an article related to Ethics and Morality, and got some interesting insights. Before getting into these things let me explain what is Ethics and Morality, Morality define personal character, while ethics stress a social system in which those morals are applied. In other words, ethics point to standards or codes of behavior expected by the group to which the individual belongs. This could be national ethics, company ethics, professional ethics, or even family ethics. So while a person’s moral code is usually unchanging, the ethics he or she practices can be other-dependent. So Morality is quite personal but ethics is the behaviour expected by the group to which the individual belongs. When considering the difference between ethics and morals, it may be helpful to consider a criminal defense lawyer. Though the lawyer’s personal moral code likely finds murder immoral and reprehensible, ethics demand the accused client be defended as vigorously as possible, even whe