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Most recently during the Kilachand Memorial Lecture, Murthy encouraged more thinking, rather than debating on this particular topic of work life balance to have a solution. During this lecture, he also advocated for compassionate capitalism and fairness in business – arguing that society should have a fair chance to welfare and not endure corporate greed.
Most recently during Inches of Compassionate Capitalism, he gave Javed a new perspective that ‘no one can force anyone to work for a certain number of hours in a company’. In my opinion, there is nobody who can say ‘you should do it, you should not do it,’ the Infosys co founder told Javed in the interview. After Murthy’s strong comments, the Infosys leader now claims that like all other issues, debate around work hours should also be introspected rather than debated.
Murthy Walks The Talk
He also drew attention to the fact that he had devoted the number of hours that he said was under contention weeks before, “I can say that I used to get to the office at 0630 and leave at 2030, that’s a fact. I have done it. So, nobody can say that no, that’s wrong. And I have done it for 40-odd years,” alluding to the self-imposed 70-hour work week that he did.
Murthy underscored that pondering on this decision from the side of the working population is essential, “These are not issues that one can discuss and debate. These are issues that one can think about, one can digest and one can arrive at a particular conclusion and do whatever they want,” he concluded.
Every Decision Is Affected By The Little One
The aged 78 years man who has held high offices in the business world went on to say that the actions that one takes in his or her lifetime are shaped by the existence of a child, “That child can only be better off if I work harder if I work smarter, if I generate more revenue, if I pay more taxes,” he added.
Companies losing credibility stemmed from the notion of corporate greed and Murthy reiterated this issue as undermining the belief in capitalism, people think free markets demolish their poor welfare, further deepening the split between the affluent and the impoverished. He called upon other Indian business executives to “mend” this situation. Alone in mantra, he States, “Compassionate capitalism is about fairness, transparency, integrity, accountability and putting the interest of the society ahead of one’s self.”
