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There is a need for managers to develop the virtue of fallibilistic flexibility, inasmuch as one of the deficiencies of the human condition is that we are fallible. A manager who does not demonstrate some sense of fallibilistic flexibility makes it difficult for...

The three gunas refers to the three modes or qualities of the material world. And they are sattva or goodness, rajas or passion, and tamas or ignorance. Guna also means rope [1]. Every embodied soul is inherently imbued with these qualities in different permutations;...

I would like to appreciate the scholarly comments in this discussion on "How ethical can we be?" Heskett (2011) asseverates that an investigative study brought to bear that "ethicists who teach the subject are less likely to return library books associated with their...

First, I would like to thank Professor Max Bazerman for generating the theme "Blind Spots: We're Not as Ethical as We Think" for discussion because it is very relevant to effective and sustainable development. Every organization needs ethical decision-making to thrive...

I remember when I went to present a paper at the Pennsylvania Political Science Association annual conference in 2005. The introduction of my paper was imbedded with political humor. Here is part of it: Little Joe approached his father Ben and inquired, “Dad, what is...

If we take into consideration the endogenous and exogenous factors that account for sound judgment, then we would be driven to the point of recognition that experience does not necessarily trump judgment. The three qualitative modes of material nature - goodness,...

The foremost quality expected of a bona fide follower/employee is that he/she must be fully cognizant of the objective criterion of human life and his/her pristine identity, as these would help in furthering the course of the organization's mission. A good follower...

"Why Don't Managers Think Deeply?" This is a thought provoking question which is very relevant to a rapidly globalizing world. We need to think deeply, no doubt. Archimedes and many others were deep thinkers. Broadly, there are two sides of this bad coin of not...