Values Archives - Vivek Patwardhan https://vivekvsp.com/tag/values/ The Events in Human Resources and Employee Relations space, and in My World through my eyes. Sat, 27 Sep 2025 04:31:27 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 113682794 Their Life After Retirement https://vivekvsp.com/2025/01/life-after-retirement/ https://vivekvsp.com/2025/01/life-after-retirement/#comments Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:44:16 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=9191 What Price To Pay For ‘Progress’ I have always wondered what impact retirement has on the lives of workers. Arvind Shrouti and I decided to...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2025/01/life-after-retirement/feed/ 13 9191 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/2023/04/working-with-values/feed/ 2 7815 The KhubSurat Diamantaire’s Autobiography https://vivekvsp.com/2022/07/autobiography/ https://vivekvsp.com/2022/07/autobiography/#comments Sat, 23 Jul 2022 17:02:44 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=7464 ‘Diamonds Are Forever, So Are Morals’ is the autobiography of Mr. Govind (fondly called Govindkaka) Dholakia written by Arun Tiwari and Kamlesh Yagnik. I received...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2022/07/autobiography/feed/ 5 7464 Seven Lessons in the Classroom Without Walls https://vivekvsp.com/2020/09/seven-lessons/ https://vivekvsp.com/2020/09/seven-lessons/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2020 16:44:11 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=6427 “Seven Lessons,” I told the HR Director who asked me about the lessons which I learnt during my career. She invited me to share them...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2020/09/seven-lessons/feed/ 13 6427 Welding Cracks At Kalyani Technoweld https://vivekvsp.com/2020/01/closure-kalyani-technoweld/ https://vivekvsp.com/2020/01/closure-kalyani-technoweld/#comments Thu, 02 Jan 2020 10:18:11 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=5982 Pune industrialists seem to pick important days to down the shutters without warning and delivering shocks to their employees. We published how Racold closed down...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2020/01/closure-kalyani-technoweld/feed/ 15 5982 Management By Violence: The Shahi Exports Way https://vivekvsp.com/2018/07/violence-shahiexports/ https://vivekvsp.com/2018/07/violence-shahiexports/#comments Mon, 23 Jul 2018 13:37:22 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=5267 I had not heard of Shahi Exports, and chances are that you may not have heard of it too. It is in the news for...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2018/07/violence-shahiexports/feed/ 5 5267 A Precipice In Front, Wolves Behind https://vivekvsp.com/2017/03/value-dilemma/ https://vivekvsp.com/2017/03/value-dilemma/#comments Wed, 29 Mar 2017 08:15:35 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=4797 “Tell me” Lulu, my parrot, said as he flew in and settled on my laptop. This is very typical of Lulu. He settles on the...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2017/03/value-dilemma/feed/ 8 4797 Volkswagen: Ambition to Destruction https://vivekvsp.com/2015/10/volkswagen-ambition-to-destruction/ https://vivekvsp.com/2015/10/volkswagen-ambition-to-destruction/#comments Sun, 04 Oct 2015 01:18:00 +0000 This is not an unfamiliar story: From Ambition to Destruction. Many have played it. Enron did it. Arthur Anderson did it. Satyam did it. Kingfisher...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2015/10/volkswagen-ambition-to-destruction/feed/ 16 3324 The Value Drivers Salman and Snehal https://vivekvsp.com/2014/09/the-value-drivers-salman-and-snehal/ https://vivekvsp.com/2014/09/the-value-drivers-salman-and-snehal/#comments Thu, 11 Sep 2014 05:48:00 +0000 http://maheksanghavi.in/blog/2014/09/11/the-value-drivers-salman-and-snehal/ “Salman Khan ran over a few people on pavement in September 2002. The case will find its way in Guinness Book of Records soon.” I...

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