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'''Indian Ethos in Management''' refers to the [[Value (ethics)|values]] and practices that the [[culture of India]] (''Bharatheeya Sanskriti'') can contribute to service, [[leadership]] and [[management]]. These values and practices are rooted in ''[[Sanathana Dharma]]'' (the eternal essence), and have been influenced by various strands of [[Indian philosophy]].

==Work values from Bharatheeya Sanskriti==
1. ''Paropakaaraartham Idam Shareeram'' - The body is meant for serving others or for the higher [[common good]].

2. ''Atmanomokshartham Jagat Hitayacha'' - Endeavors should be made considering the [[well-being]] of the world too, while considering the (spiritual) well-being of oneself.

3. ''[[Trikaranasuddhi]]'' - To consider work as a means to grow oneself in 'Purity and Unity of Thought, Word and Deed'.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Sankar R N|first1=Ajith|title=Ascertaining Linkages between Trikarana Suddhi and 'Tapping Spirituality as the Context of Leadership'|journal=IPE Journal of Management|date=July–December 2012|volume=2|issue=2|page=81|url=http://www.ipeindia.org/data/IPEJM/IPEJM_2_2_6.pdf|access-date=13 April 2016}}</ref>

4. ''Yagnaya charatha: karma'' - To engage in work as a sacred offering<ref>{{cite news|title=Karma as yagna|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/religion/karma-as-yagna/article8292954.ece|access-date=14 April 2016|newspaper=The Hindu|date=2016-02-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Yagna Bhava – Selfless Karma with an Attitude of Sacrifice|url=http://indianethos.com/yagna-bhava-selfless-karma-with-an-attitude-of-sacrifice/|access-date=14 April 2016}}</ref>

==Influences==
Attempts have been made to distill aspects related to management theory and practice from various texts of India. A variety of works has influenced this area and few of them include ''[[Autobiography of a Yogi]], [[Thirukkural]], [[Mahabharatha]], [[Ramayana]]'' and ''[[Bhagavad Gita]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.inc.com/hitendra-wadhwa/steve-jobs-self-realization-yogananda.html|title=Steve Jobs's Secret to Greatness: Yogananda|date=21 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264441071|title=Ethics (business ethics) from the Thirukkural and its relevance for contemporary business leadership in the Indian context|first1=Dr Balakrishnan|last1=Muniapan|first2=M.Raja|last2=Rajantheran|date=1 January 2011|journal=International Journal of Indian Culture and Business Management|volume=4|issue=4|pages=453–471|via=ResearchGate|doi=10.1504/IJICBM.2011.040961|s2cid=143379175 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Ethical Leadership Views from Tamil Classical Literature - With Reference to Thirukural|first=Sairavi|last=Subramaniam|date=16 September 2018|doi=10.2139/ssrn.1605320|ssrn = 1605320|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Leadership and Managerial Implications for Practice and Organizational Excellence from a Drop of the Case of Ramayana - A Celebrated Indian Work on Wisdom|first1=Chendrayan|last1=Chendroyaperumal|first2=Seetharaman|last2=Chandramouli|date=16 September 2018|doi=10.2139/ssrn.1875495|ssrn = 1875495|s2cid=154216871|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shu.edu/business/news/bhagavad-gita-and-management.cfm|title=Bhagavad Gita and Management - Seton Hall University|website=shu.edu|date=September 2016|access-date=2018-02-17|archive-date=2022-12-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210012611/https://www.shu.edu/business/news/bhagavad-gita-and-management.cfm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bhattathiri |first=M.P. |title=Bhagavad Gita and Management |url=http://www.vaikhari.org/downloads/Bhagavad%20Gita%20and%20Management.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008181719/http://www.vaikhari.org/downloads/Bhagavad%20Gita%20and%20Management.pdf |archive-date=2014-10-08 |access-date=2025-10-31 |website=www.vaikhari.org}}</ref>

==Examples of practice==
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[[E. Sreedharan]] is one of the leaders who attributes his excellence in professional world to Bhagwad Gita and its principles.<ref>{{Cite web|title=E Sreedharan: More Than The Metro Man|url=https://www.forbesindia.com/article/leaderhip-award-2012/e-sreedharan-more-than-the-metro-man/33847/1|access-date=2020-06-30|website=Forbes India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Das|first=Mamuni|title='Metroman', may your tribe increase|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/metroman-may-your-tribe-increase/article8349044.ece|access-date=2020-06-30|website=@businessline|date=13 March 2016 |language=en}}</ref> A number of examples indicating the practice has been documented.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Sankar R N|first1=Ajith|title=Ethicus: India's First Ethical Fashion Brand|journal=The Journal of Values Based Leadership|date=July 11, 2012|volume=5|issue=1|pages=61–78|ssrn=2103599}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Sankar R N|first1=Ajith|title=The Enterprising Life of Isaac Tigrett|ssrn=1842943|date=2011-05-16|doi=10.2139/ssrn.1842943 |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Pruzan|first1=Peter|last2=Pruzan Mikkelsen|first2=Kirsten|title=Leading With Wisdom: Spiritual-Based Leadership in Business|date=June 1, 2007|publisher=Greenleaf}}</ref>

==Popularisation==
Academicians and practitioners such as Prof S K Chakraborty,<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Chakraborty|first1=S.K.|title=Ethics: Light from the Golden Quartet|journal=Journal of Human Values|date=April 2005|volume=11|issue=1|pages=1–8|doi=10.1177/097168580401100101|s2cid=220676569 }}</ref> Jack Hawley,<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Hawley|first1=Jack|title=Dharmic Management: A Concept-Based Paper on Inner Truth at Work|journal=Journal of Human Values|date=October 1995|volume=1|issue=2|pages=239–248|doi=10.1177/097168589500100207|s2cid=143018317}}</ref> Debra and William Miller,<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.globaldharma.org|title = Welcome to the Global Dharma Center!}}</ref> [[Devdutt Pattanaik]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Management Mythos by Devdutt Pattanaik|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-02-27/news/28638480_1_corruption-indian-culture-mythology|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110305161309/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-02-27/news/28638480_1_corruption-indian-culture-mythology|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 5, 2011|access-date=14 April 2016}}</ref> Prof Subhash Sharma,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XlJrVU3DfMUC|title=Management in New Age Western Windows Eastern Doors|last=Sharma|first=Subhash|date=2007|publisher=New Age International|isbn=9788122417890|language=en}}</ref> Prof Sharda Nandram,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.springer.com/la/book/9783319117249|title= Organizational Innovation by Integrating Simplification|journal= |language=en|isbn=9783319117249|publisher=Springer|year=2015|series=Management for Professionals}}</ref> Prof. Dharm Bhawuk,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=NvjhvR8AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra|title=Dharm P S Bhawuk - Google Scholar Citations|website=scholar.google.co.in|access-date=2019-03-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://shidler.hawaii.edu/directory/dharm-bhawuk/mir|title=Dharm Bhawuk {{!}} Shidler College of Business {{!}}|website=shidler.hawaii.edu|language=en|access-date=2019-03-15|archive-date=2019-02-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190217055101/http://shidler.hawaii.edu/directory/dharm-bhawuk/mir|url-status=dead}}</ref> Ankur Joshi<ref>{{Citation|last1=Nandram|first1=Sharda|title=An Ethics of Care Induced from Kautilya's Wisdom|date=2016|work=Ethical Leadership|pages=53–69|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK|language=en|doi=10.1057/978-1-137-60194-0_4|isbn=9781137601933|last2=Joshi|first2=Ankur}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Joshi|first1=Ankur|last2=Gupta|first2=Rajen K.|date=2017|title=Elementary education in Bharat (that is India): insights from a postcolonial ethnographic study of a Gurukul|journal=International Journal of Indian Culture and Business Management|language=en|volume=15|issue=1|pages=100|doi=10.1504/ijicbm.2017.085390|issn=1753-0806}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Joshi|first1=Ankur|last2=Bindlish|first2=Puneet|last3=Verma|first3=Pawan|last4=Dutt|first4=Priyanka|date=2015-10-15|title=Exploring Indigenous Concepts of Public Administration: Learning for Leadership and Governance|language=en|location=Rochester, NY|ssrn=2674972}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Joshi|first1=Ankur|last2=Bindlish|first2=Puneet|last3=Verma|first3=Pawan Kumar|date=December 2014|title=A Post-colonial Perspective towards Education in Bharat|journal=Vision: The Journal of Business Perspective|language=en|volume=18|issue=4|pages=359–363|doi=10.1177/0972262914552171|s2cid=144782215|issn=0972-2629}}</ref> etc. There are even research based videos on application Indian ethos in era of artificial intelligence. <ref>{{Citation |title=Application of Generative AI in Management Education and Role of Indian Ethos - by Ankur Joshi | date=16 June 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEBcd7jSax0 |access-date=2023-07-15 |language=en}}</ref> have contributed to the evolution and popularisation of this domain. [[Stephen Covey]] has detailed the application of [[Seven Social Sins|Gandhian values]] in leadership, through his book ''Principle Centered Leadership''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mkgandhi.org/mgmnt.htm|access-date=13 April 2016|title=Seven Deadly Sins as per Mahatma Gandhi}}</ref> Faculty of Management Studies, [[Banasthali Vidyapith]] has been teaching Indian Ethos in Management since 1996.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.banasthali.org/banasthali/wcms/en/home/lower-menu/faculties/management/wisdom-top/cour_n_schemes/mba.html|title=MBA - Courses & Schemes - Welcome to Banasthali Vidyapith|website=banasthali.org|access-date=2019-01-16}}</ref> Recently [[Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad|IIM Ahmedabad]] made a foray into the domain by introducing lessons from Panchtantra stories for management.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/at-iim-ahmedabad-it-s-time-for-lessons-from-the-panchatantra/story-lWeMnBztsTThkXXghmtvGM.html|title=At IIM Ahmedabad, it's time for lessons from the Panchatantra|date=2017-10-17|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2019-01-16}}</ref> The [[All India Council for Technical Education|AICTE]] in its model curriculum for MBA has stressed on need for Indian ethos in the MBA education.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aicte-india.org/sites/default/files/AICTE_MBA.pdf|title=Model Curriculum for Management Program|website=aicte-india.org|access-date=2019-01-16}}</ref>

==Prevalence==
This theme is embedded in varying levels as part of programmes in business management offered by various business schools and universities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dauniv.ac.in/downloads/BBA_Final_6_sem.pdf|access-date=20 March 2016|title=Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.himtu.ac.in/pdf/jun-2013/Indian%20Ethos%20&%20Values.pdf|access-date=20 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://psrt.cusat.ac.in/pages/PDF/indian%20ethos%20in%20management.pdf|access-date=20 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sssihl.edu.in/sssuniversity/Academics/DepartmentofManagementStudies/Overview.aspx|access-date=24 April 2016|title=SSSIHL | Academics | Department of Management & Commerce | Overview|archive-date=24 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424190346/http://sssihl.edu.in/sssuniversity/Academics/DepartmentofManagementStudies/Overview.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>

* FMS-WISDOM at [[Banasthali Vidyapith]] under the National Resource Center setup by [[Ministry of Education (India)]] Government of India, developed video based modules with focus on Indian ethos for management teachers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://swayam.gov.in/courses/5296-management|title=Online Refresher Course in Management online course|website=swayam.gov.in|access-date=2019-01-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116200727/https://swayam.gov.in/courses/5296-management|archive-date=2019-01-16|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhrd/files/upload_document/Arpit%20Book%20.pdf|title=Annual Refresher Programme in Teaching|website=mhrd.gov.in |access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref>
* [[Indian Institute of Management Calcutta|IIM Calcutta]] has a centre for human values to foster research and academic activities in the domain of Indian ethos.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iimcal.ac.in/faculty/centers-of-excellence/management-center-for-human-values/management-center-for-human-values|title=Management Center for Human Values {{!}} IIM Calcutta|website=iimcal.ac.in|access-date=2019-03-15}}</ref>
* [[Indian Institute of Management Indore|IIM Indore]] organised a conference on Indian Management in December 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iimidr.ac.in/news-events/5th-biennial-indam-conference-2017-begins-at-iim-indore/|title=5th Biennial INDAM Conference 2017 Begins at IIM Indore|website=भारतीय प्रबंध संस्थान इंदौर - IIM Indore|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-15}}</ref>
* IBA Banglore linked cultural symbols to the idea of Indian ethos.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://iba.ac.in/about-iba/cultural-symbols/|title=Cultural Symbols|website=IBA (Indus Business Academy)|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-15}}</ref>

==References==
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