Educational Social Responsibility, Ethical Leadership and Sustainable Development: Some Spiritual Concerns*

Rapid loss of spiritual values in the society is a matter of grave concern to the educational institutions in India. The inculcation of values and spirituality in education system is the dire need of the day. Eastern ethical flavour is required to be added in the contemporary leadership theories drawn from western perspective. Educational Social Responsibility (ESR), a new keyword based on the philosophy of ‘work’ and ‘ethics’, may prove to be a behaviouristic approach to spiritual revival in education system. ESR is very much helpful in achieving sustainable development through ethical leadership by formulating and implementing social responsibility activities for the weaker sections of the society. An attempt has been made in this article to examine the spiritual concerns of the educational institutions at work place and suggest measures for greater benefits to the society and sustainable development of the educational institutions.