An Ahimsa Crisis: You Decide: Ahimsa & Ethics In Business: A Pre-Requisite

The primary objective of any business is to make money and to maximize the profit or return on investment. There is nothing wrong with this objective. A business is not a charity. Business people provide necessary goods and services to their clients and to the society. Just consider the occupation of farming. A farmer grows food to make his living but at the same time fulfils the basic needs of humanity; in securing his personal livelihood, he sustains other communities with employment, food, and goods.

Gandhi Ji said, “Business without morality is a deadly sin,” and “There is enough in this world for every one’s needs but not enough even for one man’s greed.”

In the pursuit of maximum - some say insane and obscene levels of profits - some businesses lately have been engaging in and resorting to unethical practices which cause nothing but himsa to a large number of people, animals, birds, and plants.