Leadership and Sustainability

Satinder Dhiman ()
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Satinder Dhiman: Woodbury University

Chapter 9 in Leadership Today, 2017, pp 161-177 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter explores the inherent interconnectedness of sustainability and spirituality, and the role of leadership in honoring and maintaining this interconnectedness. We believe that unless people’s moral and spiritual qualities are nurtured and developed, the best of sustainability efforts will not work. Similarly, our political and economic thinking need to be attuned to spirituality rather than materialism—no economics is any good that does not make sense in terms of morality. After all, we are “Homo moralis” and not “Homo economicus.” We need to refuse to treat economics and politics as if people do not matter. We believe that the way to achieve harmonious living in all spheres is through ethics and spirituality at the personal level. The journey for world transformation starts at the individual level. The chapter contends that true ecological sustainability, in contrast to the cosmetic variety we see around us, depends upon our deeper understanding of fundamental spiritual values such as interconnectedness and oneness, nonviolence and compassion, contribution and selfless service.

Keywords: Social Responsibility; Life Worth Living; Modern Reader; Farm Animal Welfare; Liberate Realization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-31036-7_9

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