Moonlighting has become todays buzz word in service industry specially IT services industry. The same has become big talking point, especially after getting the news of termination of the services of 300 employees who were working for its competitors as side hustle by one of the leading IT major of India Wipro despite being on regular payroll of the company mentioning integrity violation.
Working as a construction engineer looking after laying of critical cross country LPG pipeline can be tiring for one’s body and for one’s mind too. Star gazing in peace has always found me relief. But with technological advancements reaching every village, the night sky has become polluted and not many constellations can be seen through naked eye. Getting a telescope opened a Pandora’s box.
Mental Health issues are not new at the workplace, it has always been there a very long time now.
With a black swan event like COVID 19 in the backdrop which fundamentally challenged the way workplace behaviours are redefined, we must introspect as organisations if we are paying enough attention towards mental health of employees and what are the steps have, we have taken to ‘normalise’ the whole issue. This article is an endeavour to enable organisations to bolster their focus on mental health and wellbeing journey.
In the quest to redefine the hiring recipe and recruit candidates beyond the resume, one integral aspect that should not be overlooked is Diversity & Inclusion (D&I). The concept of D&I is not a recent phenomenon but has roots deep in India’s rich history, dating back to ancient times. This article will traverse through various epochs of India’s history, from ancient to modern times, and draw inspiration from freedom struggles and contemporary ethical organizations, including Fortune 100 companies, to showcase how diversity and inclusion have been an enduring and transformative force.
There are several models that depict how and why individuals behave unethically; these models incorporate components such as the moral development of a person, the importance of an ethical issue, traits of the decision-maker, and the context of decision-making. Recently, there has been renewed interest in the role of emotion in ethical decision-making. We review the current literature on emotion and ethical decision-making and put forth a model, in which we argue that the dominant integral (anticipated) emotion related to a decision outcome determines whether the decision will be ethical or unethical. We further argue that, even in the case of nonconscious unethical decisions, the role of the related dominant emotion is critical. We, then, derive a few propositions.
There are several models that depict how and why individuals behave unethically; these models incorporate components such as the moral development of a person, the importance of an ethical issue, traits of the decision-maker, and the context of decision-making. Recently, there has been renewed interest in the role of emotion in ethical decision-making. We review the current literature on emotion and ethical decision-making and put forth a model, in which we argue that the dominant integral (anticipated) emotion related to a decision outcome determines whether the decision will be ethical or unethical. We further argue that, even in the case of nonconscious unethical decisions, the role of the related dominant emotion is critical. We, then, derive a few propositions.