오상(五常)의 경영이념 연구

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to extract human-oriented sustainable management philosophy from Five Constants (Humanity, Courtesy, Righteousness, Wisdom, Trust, Harmony) and to suggest frame to apply to today’s principle of corporate management. First, Humanity means that people should be born again to a true man and love each other, such that it operates as an ultimate value of human lives. Likewise, in the basis of business organization, humanity virtues (human respect, communication, consideration and love) ought to be the root as human-oriented management philosophy. The principle of Courtesy is the norms of together-behaving human ethics in human relations. Also, it is the standards about corporate ethics and responsibility and codes of conduct to be practiced. Righteousness is the concrete behavioral models that each man must execute. It is the principle of right management as a right mode of being of profit seeking and constitutes the major framework in the organization together with Humanity. Wisdom means the individual’s recognition and knowledge and involves cognition of five senses and all behaviors arising from five senses. Trust is supported by belief when justification stands properly and it is expressed by words and put into practice. Nowadays, employees’ trust to organizational leaders’ wording is the core factors of organizational management by which employees work spontaneously and enthusiastically. The principle of Harmony is to acknowledge the existence of other people and respect other values and is the kernel of management principle by embracing the coexistence of discrepancy and diversity. Based on the aforementioned interpretations, this article suggested frames of organizational operation on the ground of Five Constants and Harmony. Business should be based on the overall framework of Humanity(human orientation) and Righteousness (right management) and the internal operating system of organization must be operated by the fusion of three components of Wisdom (knowledge), Courtesy (ethical management) and Trust (trustworthy management). In addition, when the operating principle is practiced by virtue of Harmony which is a common factor of three components. business can continue desirable existence and growth and bring forth performances.