Universal Human Values and Professional Ethics

Understanding the need, content and process for Value Education, Classification of Value Education: understanding personal values, social values, and moral values & spiritual values; Understanding the difference between ideology and values, Self-Exploration–content and process; Natural Acceptance; Understanding Harmony with self, Society and Nature, Meaning and nature of human values; Significance of human values in life; Relation between values and ethics.

Understanding the relationship among: Self, Identity and Personality; Understanding human being as a co-existence of the ‘I’ and the ‘Body’, Understanding the needs of Self (‘I’) and ‘Body’ - Sukh and Suvidha, Understanding the Body as an instrument of ‘I’ (I being the doer, seer and enjoyer), Understanding the characteristics and activities of ‘I’ and harmony in ‘I’, Understanding the harmony of I with the Body: Sanyam and Swasthya; correct appraisal of Physical needs, meaning of Prosperity in detail, Programs to ensure Sanyam and Swasthya.

Understanding Happiness and Prosperity - basic Human Aspirations, Right understanding, Relationship and Physical Facilities, Understanding harmony in the Family, Understanding values in human-human relationship; meaning of Nyaya and program for its fulfillment to ensure Ubhay-tripti; foundational values of relationship, Understanding the meaning of Vishwas; Difference between intention and competence, Understanding the meaning of Samman, Difference between respect and differentiation; Understanding the harmony in the society (society being an extension of family): Samadhan, Samridhi, Abhay, Sah-astitva as comprehensive Human Goals, Visualizing a universal harmonious order in society- Undivided Society (Akhand Samaj), Universal Order (Sarvabhaum Vyawastha )- from family to world family.

Nature; Characteristics and scope of professional ethics; Types of professional ethics; Understanding the harmony in the nature, and scope of professional ethics Interconnectedness and mutual fulfillment among the four orders of nature- recyclability and self-regulation in nature, Understanding Existence as Co-existence (Sah-astitva) of mutually interacting units in all-pervasive space, Holistic perception of harmony at all levels of existence.

Implications of Holistic Understanding of Harmony on Professional Ethics: Value based Life and Profession; Issues in Professional Ethics – The Current Scenario; Natural acceptance of human values, Definitiveness of Ethical Human Conduct, Basis for Humanistic Education, Humanistic Constitution and Humanistic Universal Order, Competence in Professional Ethics, Holistic Technologies, Production Systems and Management Models – Typical Case Studies, Strategies for Transition towards Value-based Life and Profession.