Corporate Spiritual Responsibility

"At a time when organizational decision making involves complex moral dilemmas, this volume on Corporate Spiritual Responsibility offers much needed conceptual exposition and practical guidance,. a must read for every manager and management scholar." -- Paul Shrivastava, Professor, The Pennsylvania State University & Co-President, The Club of Rome This is a pioneering work of research offering new dimensions of spirituality-- God Centric Spirituality, Nature Centric Spirituality, Inner-Self Centric Spirituality, Cosmic View of Spirituality; and “HOPE” – Higher Order Purpose of Existence. This book makes Corporate Spiritual Responsibility one of the easily acceptable and adaptable paradigms of CSR for every kind of enterprise, small, big, and mega-corporations. -- Monica Singhania, Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi This book explores the vision and practice of corporate spiritual responsibility from multiple religious, philosophical, and practice traditions. It interrogates and strives to widen and deepen the current discourse of corporate social responsibility as well as contemporary conceptions, organizations and practices of business, economy, corporation, and the world. It also explores new visions and practices of leadership and management in corporations and society as well as new visions and practices of economy, self, society, and the world. It proposes Atmic (soulful) Planetary paths of leadership and a New Earth Sastra for business, society and the world. It also challenges us to realize the pathology in our current models and practices of business and society and moves towards paths of corporate social healing and healing of self and society. It brings cases on corporate social and spiritual responsibility from diverse fields such as disability studies, Ayurveda, etc. The book is transdisciplinary and cultivates trans-civilizational dialogues and planetary conversations on rethinking and transforming business, economy, management and the world today. Ananta Kumar Giri is a Professor at Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai, and has authored and edited more than two dozen books in English and Odia. Subhash Sharma is a Founding Member of Indus Business Academy, Bangalore and currently its Dean. He authored path-breaking books in management field such as 'Management in New Age: Western Windows Eastern Doors' and 'New Mantras in Corporate Corridors: From Ancient Routes to Global Routes'. AV Ramana Acharyulu was a Professor at Indus Business Academy, Bengaluru. He has written a textbook 'Rural Marketing' (2003) and has presented and published several papers in national and international conferences and journals.