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Who should be responsible for our general well-being? A Gross National Happiness approach to promoting a responsive and sustainable business community / Dorji Wangchuk and Thinley Tobgay

Roles and responsibilities of the business community towards society are underexplored and least understood by the business community as well as by the society in general. In the absence of any guideline on the societal responsibilities of the business community in Bhutan, an intellectual gap possi...

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Main Authors: Wangchuk, Dorji, Tobgay, Thinley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi Mara Selangor 2019
Subjects:
Affection. Feeling. Emotion
Quality of life
Online Access:http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32290/1/AJ_DORJI%20WANGCHUK%20JEEIR%20B%2019.pdf
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spelling my.uitm.ir.322902020-07-22T01:36:58Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32290/ Who should be responsible for our general well-being? A Gross National Happiness approach to promoting a responsive and sustainable business community / Dorji Wangchuk and Thinley Tobgay Wangchuk, Dorji Tobgay, Thinley Affection. Feeling. Emotion Quality of life Roles and responsibilities of the business community towards society are underexplored and least understood by the business community as well as by the society in general. In the absence of any guideline on the societal responsibilities of the business community in Bhutan, an intellectual gap possibly exists between the ideology of Gross National Happiness and the roles of the business community. Thus, this review explores the tangible societal responsibilities of the business community. It also discusses the long-established arguments on the roles of business to society beyond profit-making and maximizing its financial well-being. Using keywords such as the business community, well-being, social responsibilities, Buddhist economics, western economies, and sustainable business, 114 articles were retrieved from the web-based resources. The data generated thus were analysed using the constant comparison analysis of QUAL approach. The finding indicates that the societal responsibility of the business community is an oxymoron conceptually. The paper also addresses the principles of Gross National Happiness as an approach to promoting an active and sustainable business community. However, indepth research is necessary to understand the roles and responsibilities of the business community in the context of Gross National Happiness. Universiti Teknologi Mara Selangor 2019-09 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32290/1/AJ_DORJI%20WANGCHUK%20JEEIR%20B%2019.pdf Wangchuk, Dorji and Tobgay, Thinley (2019) Who should be responsible for our general well-being? A Gross National Happiness approach to promoting a responsive and sustainable business community / Dorji Wangchuk and Thinley Tobgay. Journal of Emerging Economies & Islamic Research, 7 (3). pp. 1-16. ISSN 2289-2559
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topic Affection. Feeling. Emotion
Quality of life
spellingShingle Affection. Feeling. Emotion
Quality of life
Wangchuk, Dorji
Tobgay, Thinley
Who should be responsible for our general well-being? A Gross National Happiness approach to promoting a responsive and sustainable business community / Dorji Wangchuk and Thinley Tobgay
description Roles and responsibilities of the business community towards society are underexplored and least understood by the business community as well as by the society in general. In the absence of any guideline on the societal responsibilities of the business community in Bhutan, an intellectual gap possibly exists between the ideology of Gross National Happiness and the roles of the business community. Thus, this review explores the tangible societal responsibilities of the business community. It also discusses the long-established arguments on the roles of business to society beyond profit-making and maximizing its financial well-being. Using keywords such as the business community, well-being, social responsibilities, Buddhist economics, western economies, and sustainable business, 114 articles were retrieved from the web-based resources. The data generated thus were analysed using the constant comparison analysis of QUAL approach. The finding indicates that the societal responsibility of the business community is an oxymoron conceptually. The paper also addresses the principles of Gross National Happiness as an approach to promoting an active and sustainable business community. However, indepth research is necessary to understand the roles and responsibilities of the business community in the context of Gross National Happiness.
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author Wangchuk, Dorji
Tobgay, Thinley
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Tobgay, Thinley
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title Who should be responsible for our general well-being? A Gross National Happiness approach to promoting a responsive and sustainable business community / Dorji Wangchuk and Thinley Tobgay
title_short Who should be responsible for our general well-being? A Gross National Happiness approach to promoting a responsive and sustainable business community / Dorji Wangchuk and Thinley Tobgay
title_full Who should be responsible for our general well-being? A Gross National Happiness approach to promoting a responsive and sustainable business community / Dorji Wangchuk and Thinley Tobgay
title_fullStr Who should be responsible for our general well-being? A Gross National Happiness approach to promoting a responsive and sustainable business community / Dorji Wangchuk and Thinley Tobgay
title_full_unstemmed Who should be responsible for our general well-being? A Gross National Happiness approach to promoting a responsive and sustainable business community / Dorji Wangchuk and Thinley Tobgay
title_sort who should be responsible for our general well-being? a gross national happiness approach to promoting a responsive and sustainable business community / dorji wangchuk and thinley tobgay
publisher Universiti Teknologi Mara Selangor
publishDate 2019
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32290/1/AJ_DORJI%20WANGCHUK%20JEEIR%20B%2019.pdf
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