Indian Social Structure and Values & Ethics in Business
INDIAN SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND VALUES & ETHICS IN BUSINESS :
NATURE AND TYPES OF INDIAN SOCIETY :
1) Tribal Society :
The tribals are economically, educationally and politically backward as compared to the non-tribals. One scholar has called tribal people “Backward Hindus”. However there is a sizable number of Tribals who are Christian.
The tribes of India before independence were considered animistic by the by religion Census authorities. Distinction was made between those who were Hindu and those who followed their own religion. There is no uniform pattern of religion among the tribal peoples of India.
Mandelbaum mentions eight characteristics of Indian tribes:
(i) kinship as an instrument of social bonds, (ii) lack of hierarchy among individuals and groups, (iii) absence of strong, complex, formal organizations, (iv) communitarian basis on land holding, (v) segmentary character, (vi) little value for surplus accumulation. (vii) lack of distinction between form and substance of religion, (viii) a different Socio-psychological make-up for enjoying life.
The present popular meaning of a tribe in India is a category of people, included in the list of the scheduled tribes : Tribal populations are poor, are relatively isolated and closed groups, forming homogeneous units of production and consumption. Being economically backward, they have been exploited by the non-tribals.
After independence the policy of protection and development for the population identified as tribe has been made into a constitutional obligation. A list of tribes was adopted for this purpose which had 212 names which was modified later by presidential orders. In 1971, the list contained 527 names. The people who have been listed in the constitution are called scheduled tribes. This is the administrative concept of a tribe.
Geographical Distribution : On the basis of ecology, it is possible to group tribes into five distinct regions – Himalayan region (with tribes like the Gaddi, the Naga
NATURE AND TYPES OF INDIAN SOCIETY :
1) Tribal Society :
The tribals are economically, educationally and politically backward as compared to the non-tribals. One scholar has called tribal people “Backward Hindus”. However there is a sizable number of Tribals who are Christian.
The tribes of India before independence were considered animistic by the by religion Census authorities. Distinction was made between those who were Hindu and those who followed their own religion. There is no uniform pattern of religion among the tribal peoples of India.
Mandelbaum mentions eight characteristics of Indian tribes:
(i) kinship as an instrument of social bonds, (ii) lack of hierarchy among individuals and groups, (iii) absence of strong, complex, formal organizations, (iv) communitarian basis on land holding, (v) segmentary character, (vi) little value for surplus accumulation. (vii) lack of distinction between form and substance of religion, (viii) a different Socio-psychological make-up for enjoying life.
The present popular meaning of a tribe in India is a category of people, included in the list of the scheduled tribes : Tribal populations are poor, are relatively isolated and closed groups, forming homogeneous units of production and consumption. Being economically backward, they have been exploited by the non-tribals.
After independence the policy of protection and development for the population identified as tribe has been made into a constitutional obligation. A list of tribes was adopted for this purpose which had 212 names which was modified later by presidential orders. In 1971, the list contained 527 names. The people who have been listed in the constitution are called scheduled tribes. This is the administrative concept of a tribe.
Geographical Distribution : On the basis of ecology, it is possible to group tribes into five distinct regions – Himalayan region (with tribes like the Gaddi, the Naga