Values Archives - Vivek Patwardhan https://vivekvsp.com/category/values/ The Events in Human Resources and Employee Relations space, and in My World through my eyes. Fri, 07 Nov 2025 03:41:13 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 113682794 Tolerance, Reformation And Retribution https://vivekvsp.com/2025/10/tolerance-reformation-retribution/ https://vivekvsp.com/2025/10/tolerance-reformation-retribution/#comments Sat, 11 Oct 2025 16:53:09 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=9710 It was 7:30 in the evening, I had just joined my first job as a Labour Officer, and I had stayed in the office for...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2025/10/tolerance-reformation-retribution/feed/ 11 9710 On Corruption and TCS https://vivekvsp.com/2023/07/corruption-and-tcs/ https://vivekvsp.com/2023/07/corruption-and-tcs/#comments Wed, 05 Jul 2023 11:29:05 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=7902 “Oh, You too TCS? That seems to be the tone of people’s response on reading the TCS story” I waved the newspaper carrying the ‘corruption...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2023/07/corruption-and-tcs/feed/ 8 7902 Working With Values https://vivekvsp.com/2023/04/working-with-values/ https://vivekvsp.com/2023/04/working-with-values/#comments Wed, 26 Apr 2023 06:37:03 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=7815 “Working With Values For Organizational Growth – Lessons Learnt From the Field” Conversations and stories are critical to further our understanding of any topic. Particularly...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2023/04/working-with-values/feed/ 2 7815 Synchronicity, Compliance and Ethical Behaviour https://vivekvsp.com/2022/10/compliance-ethical-behaviour/ https://vivekvsp.com/2022/10/compliance-ethical-behaviour/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2022 18:54:37 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=7551 “Do you believe in synchronicity?” Believe it or not, Lulu, my parrot, is a psychologist. I am absolutely sure of it. This exceptional specimen of...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2022/10/compliance-ethical-behaviour/feed/ 10 7551 The Colour of Banking Celebrations https://vivekvsp.com/2021/10/colour/ https://vivekvsp.com/2021/10/colour/#comments Sun, 10 Oct 2021 22:34:40 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=7068 “White Shirt? Not the right colour of the day. You are supposed to wear whites tomorrow, on Monday the 11th, it’s orange today” Lulu, my...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2021/10/colour/feed/ 4 7068 Work Ethic is Important Because It’s a Choice https://vivekvsp.com/2021/06/work-ethic/ https://vivekvsp.com/2021/06/work-ethic/#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2021 03:16:58 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=6915 Work Ethic interests everybody, me included, from home-maker to heads of institutions, and from workers to CEOs. It was the subject of my talk. I...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2021/06/work-ethic/feed/ 9 6915 upGrad and The Reflection of The Universe https://vivekvsp.com/2021/02/upgrad/ https://vivekvsp.com/2021/02/upgrad/#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2021 05:10:52 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=6624 “Chaos! Over a hundred employees of upGrad resign en masse! Oh!! What a news! See this,” I pointed out the Business Insider news to Lulu,...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2021/02/upgrad/feed/ 6 6624 On Anticipatory Obedience https://vivekvsp.com/2020/10/anticipatory-obedience/ https://vivekvsp.com/2020/10/anticipatory-obedience/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2020 16:44:56 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=6464 “I have stopped reading on HR issues” I told Lulu, my parrot, as I flung the newspaper on the table. “It no longer holds my...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2020/10/anticipatory-obedience/feed/ 11 6464 Contempt Our National Language Of Conversations https://vivekvsp.com/2020/08/contempt/ https://vivekvsp.com/2020/08/contempt/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2020 08:49:08 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=6353 Lulu, my parrot, flew in from the window, landed on the sofa and looked at the newspaper in my hand. “Prashant Bhushan’s contempt case has...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2020/08/contempt/feed/ 11 6353 The Purpose of Education https://vivekvsp.com/2020/07/purpose-education/ https://vivekvsp.com/2020/07/purpose-education/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2020 19:00:03 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=6309 “I was thinking about education and schools. Long back, may be fifteen years ago, I went to a school in London. It was a primary...

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