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Spiritual quotient and ethical values towards organizational sustainability
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Abstract During the last decade, many organizations were collapsed and had damage their organizational sustainability reason being severe ethical crisis. One of the main reasons affecting organizational sustainability is unethical behavior in the organization. Therefore, the question arises, how this grave i... view more
During the last decade, many organizations were collapsed and had damage their organizational sustainability reason being severe ethical crisis. One of the main reasons affecting organizational sustainability is unethical behavior in the organization. Therefore, the question arises, how this grave issue of unethical behavior of employees can be solved? This paper seeks to assess if spiritual quotient (Here after SQ) is a solution to the unethical behavior of employees and how this SQ along with ethical values can contribute towards organizational sustainability. The paper concludes that SQ is the ultimate intelligence with which people address and solve the problems associated with meaning and value. It is the intelligence that has the force to help people use their actions and lives in a wider, richer and meaning-giving context. Moreover, promoting the ethical values, most of the organizations focus on ethics training programs aimed at increasing employee’s ethical behavior in organization. Thus, the paper finally suggests that employee unethical behavior in an organization can be solved through SQ and ethical values in organization.... view less
Keywords
ethics; spirituality; organizations; sustainability; organization; value
Classification
Sociology of Developing Countries, Developmental Sociology
Philosophy, Ethics, Religion
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
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Document language
English
Publication Year
2015
Page/Pages
p. 1-7
Journal
International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences (2015) 58
ISSN
2300-2697
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed