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Being Ethical, Business Ethics, Ethics, J L Gupta, MDI Gurgaon, Ravi Radhanpura, Role plays, Tughlaq, Tughlaq play
Ethics is the one of the most overrated and undermined concepts in human world. Specially in contemporary times. Why? Well, we are taught about this concept right from the time we are born till the time we have our last breath. We are threatened in a child like way, asked to follow rules so that we do not pose “negative externalities” to others or are not socially undesirable. These externalities are money, pollution, life, or infamy.
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But, does it have any effect in pragmatic terms? I am sure everyone reading this would agree with me, but surely wouldn’t accept the fact. NO! Each of us is unethical when it comes to absoluteness of the concept. Our professor, an old experienced man is assumed to be a haggard by most in the class. He talks about Virtue Ethics and Post Conventional Morality. Simply, it means ‘Purusartha‘. But, how can man be such if Darwin’s theory of survival of the fittest stands magnanimously amplified?
Since childhood, we speak lies to all our dear and near ones, even ourselves. From cheating in an exam hall, intentional faux pas on people, straddling in business, providing substandard goods and services, siphoning money, inflating bills, etc. I believe ethics shouldn’t be merely complying with the law, which it is assumed to be today. But, I am not being a hypocrite. I understand that people are utilitarian today. Even I am to an extent. And thus, we instead of blurring or erasing lines of ethics, simply displace to miles below the surface.
In our classes in Business Ethics taught by Prof. J L Gupta at MDI Gurgaon, we learn through Role play exercises. There are several great cases or plays and students need to enact them or have role plays in context of the plays. Through these, some simple theories mentioned above are related and the subject is taught. Its fun actually!
Recently, we did an act on TUGHLAQ (written by Girish Karnad). I played the lead of the maverick idealist who wanted to change the world, but couldn’t understand himself. He was a person who considered people as pawns in the great game of greater good. He envisioned greatness and equality, but couldn’t understand simple human psyche. I really admire Mr. Girish Karnad for writing such an extraordinary play. Tughlaq
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nice one.I think being ethical or practical depend on person to person and his/her life’s environment also play biggest role.
Ethics is an entity which becomes indispensible when you take a decision regarding any situation bearing the common interest of you and people in your mind.The human creatures of this world have forgotten the real meaning of ethics They don’t have the sense of making a neat decision on things which are really worth doing and will give utmost satisfaction.Just for the sake of personal benefits they kill the morals and ethics living inside them.
The good qualities comes with good ethics.So for comprehending the things well with a complete and dynamic frame of mind so that you will not fail in taking a right decision would make the ethics wanting to grow inside you a much more happier like a newly growing baby in mother’s womb.Ethics should come into play whenever you need to take decision on any social, political ,financial and technological aspects. We need to stick to our personal moralistic ethics .
Recently we have come up more with illegal scams and scandals which involved ministers , industrialists and bureaucrats who did not bother to care about ethics and took decisions that rendered country defamation of its name and extreme economic loss which we see it as seriously worrying financial crunch situation.Like we see money laundering becoming common nowadays where people kill the ethics and moral merely for their personal benefits and happiness.So its the need of time to understand whatever you going to do is giving you a lot of ecstasy at the same time not killing the needs of common people welfare and bringing a name and fame to the country and its people.