Beyond the aim of developing knowledge and capability so that a person may perform their work with competence, one must also aim to develop their mind and heart — by teaching them to find merit in the work they perform. That is to say, as they work, their heart simultaneously accumulates merit and wholesome virtue, so that whether or not a superior or anyone else is watching, they will say within themselves: “I will do my work to the very best of my ability.”
They work for the benefit of the organization, for the benefit of humanity, and for the advancement of virtue — not merely in exchange for wages alone. Any organization whose members possess a pure heart, and who dedicate their lives, minds, and hearts wholeheartedly to their work, to the organization to which they belong, and to goodness and virtue in this way — that organization is truly fortunate, for it possesses human resources of immeasurable worth.
From the book Principles of Buddhist Administration Method, page 20
