The indian value systems - are we loosing it slowly

India is a country which is based on high and ethical value systems. We are always conscious of the good and bad deeds and know that we have to undergo the consequences for all our deeds. One of the best virtues we follow is "loyalty". This may be our loyalty to our parents, friends, our school, our teachers and our work place. We are not only loyal to the workplace, we even worship the place or tools or even the animals which help us to earn our livelihood. That is why we celebrate the Sankaranti - which is the thanksgiving for the Sun god, the bullocks and cows which help us to raise our food. Not only that, we worship the workplace on Ayudhapooja (literally means doing worship to the tools) once a year. This is so deeply ingrained that you can see the drivers doing a small pooja before they take the vehicle out everyday.

We always consider that the loyalty to the company is an absolute necessity because this is what feeds our families. But very slowly the people are loosing out on this highly regarded principle. Nowadays people talk about loyalty to their profession rather than to the company. What a crap it is. Yes you are producing something so in return you are getting paid, but is that all the relationship you have with the company which is giving you the scope to grow more and more.

The whole of Sunday, I was feeling so upset about one of my employees who was nurtured to such a level by the personal involvement of my husband. What does this person do - not only did he ditch the company at a crucial time, but was subsequently found to be working for 2 masters (even before his relief he had joined the other company - one month before the actual relief), used his junior to do some R& D for his next assignment and I understand is now using that data in his current work. What a worst kind of back stabbing. More than for the company, it is worst kind of betrayal of trust for Ramani. How many quarrels and subsequent heart burn both of us would have had on account of this person. But I admire Ramani, despite this kind of incidence, he says he hasnt lost his faith in humanity and will continue to trust people. Life is just built on trust and it should not be soured by one rotten apple.

Does this person who got a great break, great coaching and owe so much to what he is today to us, can he sleep well at the end of day - I dont know. For me personally I would rather starve than to betray anybody. What kind of morals will this person teach his son - Is he creating another mirror image of him in his son. I know this industry is filled with such people and so many of you would have come across many people like this, and may have the same lament as I am. What do we do in such a situation (forget about the legal actions - that is another story) - but it is the value system, which we take pride in, is what is greatly affected. In fact, the parents of the teenagers induce their offspring to jump ship from one company to another saying that that the other company is paying more, having more opportunities, etc. Dont these parents realise that if they encourage their offspring to have only money as a focus in life, later in the day, the same offspring is going to ditch these parents on the same count. Where are we heading.

Can somebody tell me how and where we are going wrong in our social behaviour and teaching good things to our children.

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