Business Ethics

Paper Code: 
BSG 117
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course aims at helping students think about some of the important ethical implications of the day-to-day happenings and practices of Indian industry and business.

 

 

9.00
Unit I: 
Business Ethics
 
 

Business Ethics: Definition, Meaning
Business Ethics and Stakeholders
Utilitarian, Moral Rights, and Justice models of business Ethics
Sources of Organization’s code of Ethics: Societal Ethics, Professional Ethics, Individual Ethics and values

 
 

 

9.00
Unit II: 
ETHICAL BEHAVIORS
 
 
Ethical Dilemmas: Reasons of Unethical Behavior,

Reasons for Ethical behavior
Social Responsibility: Definition, meaning
Forms of Socially Responsible Behavior

 

9.00
Unit III: 
Approaches to Social responsibility
Obstructionist Approach, Defensive approach, Accommodative approach, Proactive Approach
Reasons for Social Responsibility
Social Audit
Techniques for promoting Ethics and Social Responsibility: ethical Control systems (ethics ombudsman), Developing Ethical Culture.
9.00
Unit IV: 
Managing Diverse Workforce:
Diversity (meaning), Sources of diversity.
Ethical principles for managing Diversity:
Distributive justice, procedural justice
Advantages of effectively managing diversity
Reasons for unfair treatment of Diverse employees
Techniques for managing diversity effectively: increasing diversity awareness, increasing diversity skills
Sexual Harassment meaning, Forms of Sexual Harassment
Techniques for eradication of Sexual Harassment

 

9.00
Unit V: 
Global ethical issues:
Environmental ethics, Ethics in Multinational businesses, Social and ethical issues in genetic engineering,
Ethical concerns in Marketing: Advertising, Sales Promotion, Public relations, Publicity
Essential Readings: 

1. Jones, Gareth R. and George, Jennifer M., Contemporary Management, McGraw-HillCollege, New Delhi, January 2007.
2. De George, Richard T., Business Ethics. Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi
3. Sherlekar, S. A., Ethics in Management, Himalaya Publishing House, Mumbai, 2005, 5thed.
4. Rituparna, Raj, A Study in Business Ethics, Himalaya Publishing House, Mumbai, 2005, 5thed.

References: 

1. Hartman, Laura, Perspectives in Business Ethics, , Burr Ridge, IL: McGraw-Hill, 2004
2. Weiss, Business Ethics, Thomson Learning, USA, 2004, 3rded.
3. Harman, Laura P., Perspectives in Business Ethics, McGraw-Hill International

 

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