The ancient Vedic literature written around 600 B.C. mentions about four Vedas Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samveda, and Atharvaveda which are considered as the root of Dharma. Social responsibility is a manifestation of dharma, the duty of human beings towards society. Atharva Veda says that one should procure wealth with one hundred hands and distribute it with one thousand hands. The Yajurveda says that enjoy riches with detachment, do not cling to them because the riches belong to the public, they are not yours alone. In the Rig Veda, there is also a mention of the need for the wealthy to plant…
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What are the stages of responsible sustainability consciousness? It was another routine working day when I received an email from the Asian Institute of Management to participate in their 14th Annual Asian Forum on CSR in Bangkok on the 8th and 9th of September 2015. The topic of this international conference was “Unleashing Social Entrepreneurship – New Partnerships for a Better World”. This topic is particularly relevant to today’s world, as civil society is facing the heat of change, while on the other side the corporate world is also in need of transformation in their thought processes as well as…
