BUSINESS ETHICS

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

COURSE OUTCOMES(COS) :

 

Course Outcomes

 

 

Learning and

teaching

strategies

 

Assessment

Strategies

CO 32: Develop the concept of applying ethics while conducting business in students.

CO 33 : Appraise the students with dilemmas that a person faces at work and ways to resolve it.

CO 34: Equip the students to take up social responsibility and ethical decisions. 

CO 35: Formulate skills among the students to enable them to manage diversity at workplace

CO 36: Investigate the major ethical issue concerning business.

Approach in

teaching: Class

room Lecture

(Theory/ Using

Power Point

Presentation)

 

Learning

activities for the

students:

Role Play activities/

/Group

Discussions/ Class

presentation

Class

participation,

tutorial

assignments and

presentations,

class tests, C A

Test, Semester

End Exams.

 

9.00
Unit I: 
Introduction to Business Ethics
 
• Definition, Meaning of Business Ethics
• 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 value
9.00
Unit II: 
Ethical Behaviors
 
• Ethical Dilemmas: Meaning, reasons, examples
• Reasons of Unethical Behavior, Reasons for Ethical behavior
 
9.00
Unit III: 
Approaches to Social Responsibility
 
• Social Responsibility: Definition, meaning Forms of Socially Responsible Behavior 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: 
• Jones, Gareth R. and George, Jennifer M., Contemporary Management, McGraw- HillCollege 
• George D, Richard T., Business Ethics. Prentice Hall of India
• Sherlekar, S. A., Ethics in Management, Himalaya Publishing House
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
References: 
 
• Rituparna, Raj, A Study in Business Ethics, Himalaya Publishing House, 
• Hartman, Laura, Perspectives in Business Ethics,  Burr Ridge, IL: McGraw-Hill.
• Weiss, Business Ethics, Thomson Learning
 
e-RESOURCES
 
JOURNALS
• Journal of Business Ethics
• Indian Journal of Corporate Governance
• Harvard Business Review
 
 
 
Academic Year: 
2022-2023
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