One who holds the principles of Dhamma firmly within their heart shall, in their perception and resolution of problems, never resort to means that lead toward unwholesome or harmful ends.
Consider, for instance, when an organization finds itself in a state of financial loss — such a person would not seek to compensate through corrupt or immoral means, such as fraudulent conduct or the trafficking of illicit substances, as a method of resolving the crisis.
Furthermore, in the very act of deliberating upon solutions, one must maintain mindfulness as the governing faculty, never allowing emotion to reign supreme — for to give rise to anger, to speak ill of others, or to inflict harm upon those around one, would only serve to compound the problem into ever greater complexity and entanglement.
It is therefore clear that to be a truly good administrator, competence alone is wholly insufficient. One must be anchored by the principles of Dhamma within one’s heart — discerning what is wholesome and what is unwholesome, what is worthy of action and what must be relinquished.
For a person to possess the wisdom to think in such a manner, their mind must remain bound and grounded in the principles of Dhamma at all times.
From the book “Principles of Buddhist Administration method,” page 6
