Consensus is doing what is most responsible in a situation

"When groups set out to work, they depend on building consensus. But many view consensus as the majority opinion. Teams resort to voting or other methods to determine the majority opinion. Consensus is not all agreeing on something nor is it the most popular proposal. Consensus is doing what is most responsible in a situation. It is choosing an action for the larger good."

-- Cyprian D'Souza, MD, Kanbay India
as read in The Economic Times, Corporate Dossier, 28-Apr-2006

My take:
I havent seen more original thoughts on consensus before. Only with this perspective can we have meaningful democracy in India. Hail !