disobedience or non-cooperation but‚ in the end‚ he failed to keep the nation united. Gandhi believed that war leads to dictatorship and nonviolence leads to democracy. He believed that true democracy could never come through violent means. The Gandhian nonviolence has changed the political culture of some countries‚ it has inspired many individuals to adopt nonviolence as their public philosophy‚ it has inspired the creation of several nongovernmental organizations across the world and‚ it helps
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SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF PRIVATE SECTOR IN CONTEXT TO INDIA Introduction: the terminology of social responsibility What constitutes the “social responsibility” (SR) of enterprises and other organizations is difficult to define. The ISO Strategic Advisory Group on Social Responsibility (SAG) recognizes that there is no single authoritative definition of the term “corporate/organizational social responsibility‚” and does not seek to provide one. However‚ it notes that most definitions emphasize
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Some of the definitions of ‘activism’: -Oxford: the policy or action of using vigorous campaigning to bring about political or social change. -Wikipedia: Activism consists of intentional efforts to bring about social‚ political‚ economic‚ or environmental change. Activism can take a wide range of forms from writing letters to newspapers or politicians‚ political campaigning‚ economic activism such as boycotts or preferentially patronizing businesses‚ rallies‚ street marches‚ strikes‚ sit-ins‚ and
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movements and freedom struggles led by him are discussed below. Non Co-operation Movement One of the first series of non violent protests nationwide was the non cooperation movement started by Mahatma Gandhi. This movement officially started the Gandhian era in India. In this freedom struggle‚ the non cooperation movement was basically aimed at making the Indians aware of
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We learned about the importance of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s‚ it was both a social and political movement that was largely fueled by religion in America. It was the fight for the natural freedom of human beings‚ that was promised through the creation of important documents such as the Bill of Rights and the Constitution as well as the Declaration of Independence‚ but not ultimately granted and upheld by the United States. The civil rights movement in the words of Martin Luther
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DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO EDUCATION: SOUTH KOREA AND THE UNITED STATES On August 15th 1945‚ Korea regained independence from the Japanese for thirty five years of foreign occupation. Under the trusteeship of the United States and the Soviet Union in 1948‚ South Korea established the Republic of Korea; while‚ North Korea set up the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Unfortunately‚ because of the deep conflict between ideologies‚ a war broke out between the two Koreas just few years later
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WHAT IS SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP? * Creating business models revolving around low-cost products and services * Social entrepreneurship is the process of bringing about social change on a major scale * Social enterprises can be structured as a for-profit or non-profit HISTORY OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP * The Social Enterprise movement first emerged in 1840s * In Rochdale‚ a workers’ co-operative was set up to provide high quality affordable food in response to factory conditions
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Relevance of Gandhi in the Global Economic Meltdown “An economics that inculcates Mammon worship‚ and enables the strong to amass wealth at the expense of the weak‚ is a false and dismal science. It spells death. True economics‚ on the other hand‚ stands for social justice; it promotes the good of all equally including the weakest‚ and is indispensable for decent life”. (Harijan‚ 9-10-1937‚ p.292) Early this year‚ on 7th January‚ 2009‚ Indians the world over‚ woke up to the shocking headlines
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Sy l la b us 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Evolution of thought of ethics in business Culture & ethics Overview of ethics value system‚ attitudes‚ beliefs and life patterns Social‚ economical values & responsibilities Trusteeship Management- Gandhian philosophy of wealth management Ethics and Indian management Basic framework of normative ethics Ethics and decision making Social responsibility of business - ethical aspects of corporate policy Morality and rationality in formal organisation
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the encomienda system which helped sustain control over the natives in North‚ Central‚ and South America‚ so they can have certain opportunities to roam the lands in search of gold without any unwanted interruptions. Conquistadors were granted trusteeship over the indigenous people they conquered‚ in an expansion of familiar feudal institutions‚ notably the commendation ceremony‚ which had been established in New Castile during the Reconquista. The conquistadors scrupulously adhered to the Spanish
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