BUDDHIST ETHICS FOR EXECUTIVES

Abstract

This article aimed to study ethics for administrators. Executives in public and private sectors must have ethics then manage the organization successfully because ethics are the principle that will make people in the organization behave correctly and appropriately. Therefore, the public and private sectors encourage personnel especially executives to follow ethical principles. But for patching, encouraging everyone in the organization to follow ethical principles are not easy. However, there are Buddhist principles which are ethics for executives that are easy to follow, everybody in organization could easily use to encourage personnel to follow. That ethics are Gharavasa-dhamma 4 included 1. Sacca: Conducting themself as an honest with truth, 2. Dhama: restraint, training habits, controlling oneself as not to break the rules, 3. Khanti: patience, determination to reach the goal and 4. Caga: sacrificing own interests for public. These four Buddhist ethics are considered basic ethics that executives in all levels and every organization should follow.