Spirituality and Ethics: A Literature Review

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to review spirituality and ethics literature and to examine how spirituality relates to ethics and leaders/employees’ ethical behaviors at work. Within this scope, the papers in the years of 2008 – 2018 were examined and the relationship between spirituality and ethics were laid out empirically and conceptually. Also, spirituality and ethics were examined in regard to decision making, sustainability, the role they can play in world problems, religion, and secularism.  This paper puts forward the effect of spiritualty on ethics and ethical behaviors in the organization, providing recommendations and suggestions to incorporate spirituality to help ethics spread at work.

Keywords

• Spirituality,Ethics,Workplace,Decision Making,Sustainability

Ruhsallık ve Etik: Bir Alanyazın Taraması

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı, ruhsallık ve etik alanyazınını gözden geçirmek ve ruhsallığın etik ve liderlerin/çalışanların işyerinde ahlaki davranışlarını nasıl etkilediğini araştırmaktır. Bu kapsamda 2008 - 2018 yıllarını kapsayan makaleler incelenmiş, ruhsallık ile etik arasındaki ilişki ampirik ve kavramsal olarak ortaya konulmuştur. Ayrıca, karar verme, sürdürülebilirlik, dünya sorunlarında oynayabilecekleri rol, din ve laiklik açısından ruhsallık ve etik incelenmiştir. Bu çalışma, işyerinde etik ve ahlaki davranışlar üzerinde ruhsallığın etkisini ortaya koymakta, etiği iş hayatına yaymak için ruhsallığın işe dâhil edilmesi adına öneriler ve tavsiyeler sunmaktadır.

Keywords

• Ruhsallık,Etik,İşyeri,Karar Verme,Sürdürebilirlik

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