Unit 1
Introduction – Concepts of ethics – Importance, Ethics and morality, Ethics and law, Ethics and ethos, Business Ethics – Meaning, scope, and benefits, Ethical theories, Values and its relevance in Management, role of Ethics in Business and Indian Value system, Various approaches to ethics- Indian examples.
Unit2
Ethical Corporate Behaviour- stages of ethical behaviour, Ethical leadership with examples, Ethical Decision Making, Work ethics: nature and scope, Ethical issues at the workplace, Ethics and cultural issues, Environmental Ethics, Ethical dilemma, ethical displacement.
Unit 3
Ethics in Functional Areas: Operations, Marketing, Finance, HR & Information Technology, Recent challenges in ethics, Ethics in different countries.
Unit 4
Corporate Governance – concepts, relevance and importance – emergence of corporate governance in 21st century – Corporate Governance initiatives in India and abroad. Corporate Governance failures with examples, General ethical issues and the court verdicts in the domain of business ethics, obligation to stakeholders.
Unit 5
Theories of corporate governance – models – social audit – Ethical Issues-Corruption, – whistle blowing-competition-privacy-trade secrets, corporate governance in public sector undertakings and banks, Harassment & Discrimination.