Relationships and Growth in an Interconnected World Thomas Friedman declared that we live in a flat world that has got even flatter. That technology ? especially the Internet ? has the most significant part to play in it. Those who have grown with the Internet and are inextricably glued to their cellphones will testify to [...]
We are an interdependent species no matter how we look at it. We need others to fulfill our simple and complex needs. We need a weaver to make our clothes, a farmer to harvest our food and a doctor to cure our ills – not to mention scores of other individuals and creatures who contribute [...]
What is a Corporate Citizen? Is it a metaphor? A paradox? Or is it real?Decades of corporate social performance and activities beyond profit making as exhibited by many excellent companies – manifest that ‘the Corporate Citizen’ is real. Corporations who meet the following standards of performance are good Corporate Citizens: a) They abide by the [...]
There lies a far deeper meaning to the ritual worship in the Muslim month of Ramadan. Prayers, fasting, giving charity are actually the tools for inner transformation applying all of one?s physical and financial resources. The essence is to reconfigure the individual?s bearing from being a ‘taker’ to a ‘giver’. Giving or service restores the [...]
