The Gods of Business
| The Gods of Business | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Professor Prabhu Guptara |
| Country | St. Paul MN |
| Language | English |
| Subject(s) | Globalization |
| Publisher | Wolfsberg Centre |
| Publication date | Sept. 2, 2004 |
| ISBN | none |
| OCLC Number | 164069003 |
| Dewey Decimal | 201/.665 22 |
| LC Classification | http://errol.oclc.org/laf/n87-838448.html |
The Gods of Business' is a series of presentations (audio and e-presentations) given by Dr. Prabhu Guptara. Professor Guptara is Director of Executive and Organizational Development at the Wolfsberg Centre, a subsidiary of UBS of Switzerland. He writes and lectures about issues at the intersection of business practices, religious worldviews, and ethics.
In the presentation he looks at the five global views of Atheistic, Buddhist, Confucian, Hindu, and Semitic (Jewish/ Christian/ Islamic) and three American prejudices. These biases are: (1) "Religion/belief is irrelevant to business (almost all Americans)"[1]; (2) "Religion/belief is evil — or at least intolerant (the most-educated Americans)"[2]; and (3) "Religion/belief is good, but best kept "private" (the rest)."[3]
And that these prejudices resulted from the West's erroneous belief in "evolution-by-chance" through the use of mass media and bias.[4]
He believes instead that the ethical differences across cultures are real and in order to communicate the impact of this on business, it is important to classify the world's moral systems rather than judge them.
[edit] References
- ^ http://being.publicradio.org/programs/godsofbusiness/slide01.html "The Gods of Business: Five Global Views"
- ^ http://being.publicradio.org/programs/godsofbusiness/slide01.html "The Gods of Business: Five Global Views"
- ^ http://being.publicradio.org/programs/godsofbusiness/slide031html "The Gods of Business: Five Global Views"
- ^ http://being.publicradio.org/programs/godsofbusiness/slide033.html "The Gods of Business: Cross Cultural Views"]
