Gandhism in Corporates

To identify his leadership qualities lets compare him against the leadership theories in

practice……..

Index

About Gandhi Intro- What is GandhismAttributes/Characteristics of GandhismBusiness Ethics in Corporate LifeConnect between Law & GandhismGandhism Applicability in Corporate (Our Findings)Conclusion

Gandhi-The Lawyer

Born: 2 October 1869 Died: 30 January 1948(78 years), New Delhi of India Born Place: Probandar, Kathiawar Agency, British India Cause of death: Assassination Education: University college London Known for: Prominent figure of Indian independence movement,

propounding the philosophy of Satyagraha and Ahimsa advocating non-violence, pacifism

Religion: Hinduism Other Name: Mohandas Karamchand The Lawyer: In 1888, Gandhi travelled to London, England, where he

studied law and jurisprudence and enrolled at the Inner Temple with the intention of becoming a barrister.

Gandhism

Gandhism is a body of ideas and principles that describes the Inspiration, Vision and the Life work of Mahatma Gandhi

Throughout his life, Gandhi sought to develop ways to fight India's ◦ Extreme poverty◦ Backwardness◦ Socio-economic challenges

It is particularly associated with his contributions to the idea of non-violent resistance, sometimes also called civil resistance

Gandhi's thinking on socia-secular issues was greatly influenced by the American writer Henry David Thoreau.

Gandhian Economics

School of Economic thought based on Socio-economic principles expounded by the great leader◦ Protectionism◦ Nationalism◦ Non Violent Humanistic socialism◦ Rejection of Materialism(Aim)

Current Corporate Value System

Discipline IntegrityAccountabilityTrust WorthyLoyalty towards Customers & Stake HoldersEntrepreneurial SkillsProfit Motive

Connect between Law & Gandhism

The Connect with Law

Trusteeship managementLabour Management RelationsLaw in Settling Disputes between IndividualCivil disobedienceTruthNon- ViolenceGandhi’s View on Machinery

Trusteeship Management

Trusteeship refers to the act of holding and managing resources on behalf of the stakeholders of the firm.According to Gandhi, Managers and Proprietors of

business firms are only the trustees of wealth of society.Though wealth legally belongs of owners of business,

morally belongs to society and community

Labour Management Relations

Gandhi’s ideal is that capital and labour should supplement and help each other. They should be a great family living in unity and harmony.

He declared that a strike is an inherent right of the working man for the purpose of securing justice, but they must be considered a crime immediately the capitalists accepts the principle of arbitration

If conflict arises between Labor and Management, the weapon proposed by Gandhiji is Satyagraha

Role of Law in Settling Disputes between Individual

Gandhi preferred that any dispute between individuals should be settled on grounds of fairness and justice rather than by resort to law

This is not because of inconvenience of resort to law, but because to settle it bilaterally is manly or human, whereas taking resource to law is unmanly or non-human

According To Mahatma Gandhi …Truth is godNothing is or exists in reality except TruthTruth in speechTruth in action

Truth

Accolade To The Real HeroesVijay Pandhare

Shanmugam Manjunath

Non-Violence

• Nonviolence (from Sanskrit ahimṣā, non-violence, "lack of desire to harm or kill").

• It comes from the belief that hurting people, animals or the environment is unnecessary to achieve an outcome.

Ways of Non-Violence in Corporate• Workers going on Strike• Change of Job• Protests & Public Communications

“An Eye for an eye only Ends up making the whole World blind”

Civil disobedience

Superior authority of morality over law is clearly seen in the right to disobey the law.

Pros – When Government is on the whole just, the institutions of law courts are healthy and role of lawyers in this case is to support the system.

Cons - When Government is on the whole unjust, immoral and corrupt, then it’s a moral duty of lawyers to non-cooperate with the system.

Gandhiji’s View on Machinery

According to him, the supreme consideration is Man.Machines should not tend to make atrophied the Limbs of

Man.

e.g. Singer Sewing machine was Invented out of Love for his Wife.

The Objective behind creating Machines should be Benefit of Humanity, save human efforts, create Employment and not simply profit as a Motive.

If Machinery craze grows in our Country, it will become an Unhappy Land to live in.

Pro’s & Con’s of Gandhi’s view on Machinery

Telephone Invention to Whatsapp Addiction. Invention of Automobile from comfort is now moved to

necessity.

Gandhism in Corporate Hierarchy

HR FunctionTop Level Management

Decision Making

Leadership Quality

Change Management

Bringing Revolution

Production Methodology (Machinery)

Becomes Difficult to adapt complete Gandhism in Mid-

Level & Lower Level Management.

Conclusion Adaptability.

Thank you…

Traits Examples

Self confidence Salt march- where he marched 388 km to the sea at Dandhi, Gujarat and make salt for himself

Assertiveness Mahatma Gandhi did the all things in a good and a correct way and achieved his goal of, independence for India in 1947

Warmth Mahatma Gandhi was good with all religions people and understand their feelings

Enthusiasm In South Africa’s government came to Gandhi to stop the non-violence and they demanded many benefits to him but he refusedGet the independence from British for India

Emotionally stable From British government many influence can to stop the campaign but he was very stable in his goal

Trust worthiness He always walked his talk and if he give a promise he will do it

Traits Examples

Extraversion He implemented non-violence 1st in South Africa and the Indians followed and adapted it as he toldIn India when he presented his non-violence the people adapted it without fail

Humility Stand for the rights to Indians in South Africa and demanding independence in India from the British emperor.

Mentoring Mahatma Gandhi showed the way to independence for Indians and took the equal rights for South Africans

According to this Mahatma Gandhi had a good and excellent personal traits within him so that is the reason the Indians call him as the

“father of the nation”

Pros

Cons

Leadership style

Mahatma Gandhi practiced servant leadership

These qualities were within Mahatma Gandhi

Servant leadership qualities

Good Listener

Empathy

Healing

Awareness

Persuasion

Conceptualization

Foresight

Gandhian economics

A free India for Gandhi meant the flourishing of thousands of self-sufficient small communities who rule themselves without hindering others. Gandhian economics focused on the need for economic self-sufficiency at the village level. His policy of "sarvodaya"[198] called for ending poverty through improved agriculture and small-scale cottage industries in every village.[199] Gandhi challenged Nehru and the modernizers in the late 1930s who called for rapid industrialisation on the Soviet model; Gandhi denounced that as dehumanising and contrary to the needs of the villages where the great majority of the people lived.[200] After Gandhi's death Nehru led India to large-scale planning that emphasised modernisation and heavy industry, while modernising agriculture through irrigation. Historian Kuruvilla Pandikattu says "it was Nehru's vision, not Gandhi's, that was eventually preferred by the Indian State."[201] After Gandhi's death activists inspired by his vision promoted their opposition to industrialisation through the teachings of Gandhian economics. According to Gandhi, "Poverty is the worst form of violence

Current impact within India

India, with its rapid economic modernisation and urbanisation, has rejected Gandhi's economics but accepted much of his politics and continues to revere his memory. Reporter Jim Yardley notes that, "modern India is hardly a Gandhian nation, if it ever was one. His vision of a village-dominated economy was shunted aside during his lifetime as rural romanticism, and his call for a national ethos of personal austerity and nonviolence has proved antithetical to the goals of an aspiring economic and military power." By contrast Gandhi is "given full credit for India's political identity as a tolerant, secular democracy.

I hate two faced people…its so hard to decide that which face to slap 1st

CSRAll social action should be governed by the same simple

set of moral values, of which the main elements are selflessness, non-attachment, nonviolence and active service.

It will take me too long to define and elaborate his ideas in respect of each of these; but he believed that the growth of a mans personality is proportionate to his faith in and practice of these virtues.

This is possible only when he identifies himself more and more with an ever-increasing circle till it embraces all humanity and even all living beings.

He judged the value and vitality of social institutions by their capacity to foster such growth.

Resources must be held and utilised for the benefit of society.

In case of industrialist what they produce should be determine by social necessity with optimal utilization of scarce resources and not by personal whims.

If workers are to work with harmony and collaboration with management then that make workers also co-trustee with the management.

Gandhi’s view on GandhismThere is no such thing as "Gandhism," and I do not

want to leave any sect after me. I do not claim to have originated any new principle

or doctrine. I have simply tried in my own way to apply the

eternal truths to our daily life and problems.The opinions I have formed and the conclusions I

have arrived at are not final. I may change them tomorrow.

I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and non-violence are as old as the hills

Civil disobedience

Superior authority of morality over law is clearly seen in the right to disobey the law.

Pros – When Government is on the whole just, the institutions of law courts are healthy and role of lawyers in this case is to support the system.

Cons - When Government is on the whole unjust, immoral and corrupt, then it’s a moral duty of lawyers to non-cooperate with the system