Title: Interconnectedness between spirituality and sustainable development goals: evidence from an Indian perspective

Authors: Shubham Kumar; Tapas Kumar Giri

Addresses: Department of Sustainability, CSR and Ethics, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Shillong, India ' Department of Sustainability, CSR and Ethics, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Shillong, India

Abstract: The deficiencies in the current management practices in terms of rising inequalities, waning corporate ethical environment and absence of cultural context have become the crucial causal antecedents of change. In cultural context, the multidimensional space of spirituality adds ethics, notion of self-development and environmental activism in management discourses. The objective of this paper is to elucidate the strong interconnectedness between Indian spirituality and sustainable development goals and to bring better understandings and perspectives for the novel paradigm shift in management. Indian spirituality and philosophy outline the underlying ontological framework required to counter ambiguity for contemporary sustainable development agenda and help to develop organic perception for sustainable development goals. Indian spirituality brings an enriching perspective on the methods of improving ecological consciousness, communitarian roots and compassion at workplace among others.

Keywords: management paradigm; spirituality; philosophy; India; ethics; culture; ecology; society; sustainable development goals; SDG; communitarian roots.

DOI: 10.1504/IJICBM.2020.105553

International Journal of Indian Culture and Business Management, 2020 Vol.20 No.1, pp.133 - 149

Received: 23 Feb 2019
Accepted: 20 Apr 2019
Published online: 03 Mar 2020 *

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