Spiritual Intelligence as a Tool for Ethical Decision Making in Business Management

Sangeeta Chauhan, Dilip Jhunjhunwala

Abstract: The purpose of this research is to determine if spiritual intelligence helps managers at Indian firms make more moral decisions. The ethical behaviour of Indian company managers and employees is studied in relation to spiritual intelligence and human values. Management from all levels in India's healthcare, banking, manufacturing, and information technology sectors contributed data. Being spiritually intelligent enables one to reflect on one's life, find one's true purpose, and make ethically sound judgements by increasing one's awareness of, integration of, and adaptive use of one's non-material and transcendental life components. Emotional and cognitive intelligences have been extensively explored in leadership contexts. However, there is a lack of literature on spiritual intelligence and ethical business decisions made by Indian corporations. To fill that gap, data was collected from various sectors to determine the interplay between spiritual intelligence, value-based leadership, and ethical philosophy. Respondents with a high SQ regularly exhibited the community's long-term values: honesty, empathy, and social responsibility. Managers' ethical views were more congruent with those of the company, but employees' views were different, as shown in the research. Human resource professionals, leadership development programs, and lawmakers may all benefit from the study's findings by incorporating spiritual intelligence development into corporate ethics training to foster more ethical work environments.

Keywords: Spiritual Intelligence, Ethical Decision-Making, Business Ethics, Indian Organizations, Human Values, Managerial Ethics, Value-Based Leadership, Organizational Behavior, Ethical Leadership, Sustainable Management, Transcendent Motivation

How to Cite?: Sangeeta Chauhan, Dilip Jhunjhunwala, "Spiritual Intelligence as a Tool for Ethical Decision Making in Business Management", Volume 14 Issue 7, July 2025, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 1615-1621, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=SR25726184835, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21275/SR25726184835