Spiritual management is, on the one hand, something that emphasizes thinking about your business choices. It is, in part, about ensuring that as you work and manage, you take the actions that yield both positive business results, as well as spiritual/psychological benefits for both you and your employees. It is about running your business in a way that, similar to medical professionals, does no harm.
But at Technalink, we also understand that sometimes it is not what you do that you must be careful of, it is also what you do not do that can have a profound impact on your business and your spiritual management.
An Allowance For Evil
There’s the old adage, “all it takes for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing.” It simply means that if other people are acting in a negative manner, and others take no action to restrain these acts, then, by allowing these acts to continue, there is no limit to how much damage can be done. It is one of the key components of many faiths around the world, as well as spiritual management itself that is sometimes difficult to accept; just because you’re not doing anything bad, that doesn’t necessarily make you good.
In other words, simply not committing evil acts yourself doesn’t confer the status of a good person upon you, if you are also not doing any good acts yourself. At best, you are merely inconsequential, and at worst, you are enabling evil acts to continue without restraint, silently “agreeing” with these acts through inaction.
Inaction May Be Easy, But It Isn’t Always Right
It can be difficult sometimes to act, especially if that act may impact your business. For example, if you have a highly valued employee who is bringing in many clients, and has been helping push your business forward, you may be tempted to do nothing when you find out this same employee is sexually harassing female employees. Financially, there’s no question at all of what you should do; if the employee is bringing in money, do nothing, let your female employees suffer, and continue to enjoy the revenue this employee brings in.
But from a spiritual management perspective, this inaction is doing irreparable harm. You are hurting yourself by choosing financial gain over your ethics. You are hurting female employees by allowing the harassment to continue. You are sending a message to your entire company that profits matter more than ethics. Ultimately, this may have long term, damaging consequences. But ultimately, it is up to you to decide whether to do the easy thing, or the right thing.
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