This presentation provides VENUS model of paths towards GOAL: Goal (s), Objectives, Achievement, Leadership styles. Further VENUS model is linked with the Indian idea of 'hierarchy of deeds'.

1. GOAL and Ethics*
Subhash Sharma
Indus Business Academy (IBA), Bangalore
* Presentation at International Dialogue on Management, Leadership, Human
Development and Ethics, at Indus Business Academy (IBA), Bangalore, Feb. 20-
21, 2017
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2. GOAL Model of Leadership
GOAL: Goal (s), Objectives, Achievement and Leadership styles
GOAL and Ethics
Key Question:
What Path is taken for Achievement of Goals and Objectives?
Path – Goal Theory of Leadership/ Means – Ends Theory of Leadership
Desire to Destination (D to D) Model of Leadership:
Desire -----Deeds ------Destination
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3. Paths Towards GOAL: VENUS Model
• VENUS Paths Towards GOAL
V: Virtuous
E: Ethical
N: Neutral to ethics
U: Unethical
S: Sinful
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( New Ideas in Strategic Thinking & Management, Subhash Sharma, p. 167)

4. Foundational Concept for Understanding the Path: Conceptual
Foundations of the VENUS Model
Hierarchy of Desires and Deeds 3 G Model
Tamasik
Rajasik
Sattavik
G1: Greed
G2: Goodness
G3: Gracefulness
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Hierarchy of Deeds,
(Western Windows Eastern Doors, Subhash Sharma, p. 175)

5. VENUS Model and Hierarchy of Deeds (D)
V: Virtuous D++ (High Synergy)
E: Ethical D+ (Synergy)
N: Neutral to ethics D
U: Unethical D- (Negergy: Negative energy)
S: Sinful D-- ( High Negergy)
• Virtue Ethics (VE) in Ethics Theory corresponds to Virtuous and Ethical
Deeds/ Actions. Utilitarian Ethics tend to be N types (Neutral to Ethics)
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6. Ethics Typology of Deeds
• I. Virtue Ethics based Deeds/Actions
• II. Deontology Approach to Ethics (Duty based approach)
• III. Teleological /Utilitarian Approach
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7. Sources of Ethics: Linkage with Developments in Human Thought
Religion (s)
Science
Spirituality
Enlightenment/
New Consciousness
Question: Is idea of Ethics rooted/ anchored in Religion, in Science, in Spirituality or in Enlightenment/
New Consciousness? Accordingly we arrive at various perspectives on Ethics, Values, Attitudes (E-V-A).(C) SS_IBA_International Dialogue_Feb. 20_21, 2017
( Arrows of Time: From Black holes to Nirvana Point, Subhash Sharma, p. xvi )
“Black holes”
“Nirvana Point”/
“ Brahman consciousness”/
“Cosmic consciousness”
Philosophy

8. Sources of Ethics: God, Nature, Self (GNS) and Cosmos
God: God/ Faith as Source of Ethics
Nature: Nature/ Philosophy and Science as
Sources of Ethics
Self: Self/ Spirituality as Source of Ethics
Cosmos: Cosmic consciousness as Source of Ethics
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9. Nature as Source of Ethics
Big Fish Eats the Small Fish
Kautilian Ethics Darwinian Ethics
King should protect the weak Survival of the Fittest
(Anti- Weak idea)
(Matsya Nyaya) (Colonialism)
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10. Nature as Source of Ethics
Fall of Apple and Rise of Flame
Fall of the Fittest Rise of the Weakest
Ethics of Liberation
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11. Sources of Ethics: Five Thought Curves
• Typology of Individuals and Their Sources of Ethics
Theist Agnostic Atheist Enlightened New
Consciousness
God/Religion/ Nature/Philosophy Nature/Science Self/Spirituality
Scriptures/
“Church” Research Inner-search
(Organized Religion)
Top Down model of
Ethics
(I) (II) (III) (IV) (V)
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12. Shift in Human Thinking from Commandments to New Consciousness
Commandments Codes Conscience Consciousness
Morality (M) Ethics (E) Values (V) Attitudes (A)
Religion Philosophy & Science Conscience
Consciousness
Generally codes are Basic framework:
based on Analytic/ “Hierarchy of Deeds”
Rationality model
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13. Shift in Thinking in Sources of Ethics
Commandments Constitution Consciousness
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14. Typology of Ethics in Terms of Kautilayan, Gandhian and Darwinian
• Kautilayan: Protection of the weak
• Gandhian: Purity of Means
• Darwinian: Survival of the Fittest to leave behind the rest
Towards A New Vision of Ethics (A New Consciousness Vision:
Arrival of the Best to Lead the Rest
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15. As You SOW, So you Reap
SOW: Self, Other, World
SO-SO Window
Other is:
Enemy
Competitor
Friend
Brother/
Sister
Other is Self, Self is
Other (Oneness)
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(New Ideas in Strategic Thinking & Management, Subhash Sharma, p.44)

16. Typology of Ethics Based on SO-SO Window
Ethical Evolution of Self, Society, Nations and the World
Enemy Competitor Friend Brother/Sister Oneness
(I) (II) (III) (IV) (V)
Ethics of Hate, Ethics of Ethics of Ethics of Ethics of
Terrorism and Competition Cooperation Connectivity Oneness
Violence (HTV) (Vedantik Ethics)
Violence to Vedanta
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17. Four Lions Model for Ethics in Management, Leadership and Human
Development

18. Four Lions as Four Forces
• I. Fore of Market
• II. Force of State
• III. Force of People/Capillary action
• IV. Force of Self
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19. Four Forces Model and Corresponding Thinkers and Corresponding
Ethical Systems and an Integral View of Ethics: WWED Perspective
Adam SmithKarl Marx
Mahtma Gandhi
Swami Vivekananda
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“Western Windows”
“Eastern Doors”

20. Concluding Comment
• Top Down and Violent Models of Ethics Need to be Moderated
through Capillary Action and Vedantic Models of Ethics
WWEDCC Model of Integral Approach to Ethics
WW: Western Windows
ED : Eastern Doors
CC : Consciousness Corridors/ Cosmic Corridors
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