Ethical Governance in Parvin E'tesami's Works: From Bozorgmehr's Counsel to Deceptive Peace

Abstract: Parvin E'tesami is one of the most prominent Iranian poets who, through the use of debate and allegory, skillfully represented the social and political concerns of her era. Despite the abundance of research on various dimensions of Parvin's poetry, the systematic extraction of practical governance models from her poems has not yet been addressed. This study employs thematic analysis based on a six-phase framework to examine two pieces: "The Letter of Bozorgmehr to Nushirvan" and "The Deceptive Peace." Following coding and categorization of themes, the acronym "PARVIN" was derived from the initial letters of five extracted themes from the first poem, yielding a model for rulers comprising the components of "prudence, welfare, unity, advocacy for the oppressed, and supervision." Similarly, from the second poem, six themes led to the acronym "HOSHYAR" (meaning "vigilant"), presenting a model for citizens with the components of "vigilance, awareness, constructive skepticism, certainty, self-assessment, and liberation from illusion." The relationship between these two models is one of mutual interdependence and a feedback loop, wherein the ruler's neglect of the "Parvin" model forces the citizen to activate the "Hoshyar" model. This research introduces Parvin not merely as a moral poet but as a social theorist who, through allegory, depicted the intricate relationship between power and weakness. The findings suggest that these two models have the capacity to redefine power dynamics within organizations and to diagnose ethical deviations among managers, and they can serve as an indigenous framework in interdisciplinary studies of literature and management.