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Business Ethics: Course Objectives

This document provides information about the Business Ethics course. The course has a maximum of 100 marks, with the term end exam accounting for 80 marks and continuous assessment for 20 marks. The course objectives are to help students identify ethical problems in business, generate solutions, understand key issues, and critically assess ethical arguments. The course is divided into 4 units that cover topics like personal and professional ethics, ethical theories, ethics and religion, and corporate social responsibility. Suggested readings on business ethics concepts and cases are also provided.

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Business Ethics: Course Objectives

This document provides information about the Business Ethics course. The course has a maximum of 100 marks, with the term end exam accounting for 80 marks and continuous assessment for 20 marks. The course objectives are to help students identify ethical problems in business, generate solutions, understand key issues, and critically assess ethical arguments. The course is divided into 4 units that cover topics like personal and professional ethics, ethical theories, ethics and religion, and corporate social responsibility. Suggested readings on business ethics concepts and cases are also provided.

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Business Ethics

Course Code: COM-201


M.Com : 2nd Semester

Max .Marks : 100


Term End Exam : 80
Cont. Assessment : 20

Course Objectives: Business ethics is intended to provide the knowledge base for understanding & increasing
the awareness of a wide range of ethical challenges that can arise in business. Therefore, the course is designed to
make students to:
identifying the possible ethical problems in business contexts;
generating ideas for programs and practices to solve ethical problems;
understanding several ethical issues facing businesses and business people; and
Critically assessing ethical arguments relevant to such issues.

Unit I
Ethics, Principles of Personal Ethics, Principles of Professional Ethics, Value & Ethics in
Business, Roots of Unethical Behavior, Ethical Decision Making, Ethics and Morality, Moral
versus non-moral standards, Personal and Business Ethics, Arguments for & Against Business
Ethics.
Unit - II
Ethical Theories in Business: Theory of Utilitarianism, Egoism, Kantian Ethics, Rights and
Duties, Justice and Fairness, The Ethics of Care, Virtue Ethics. Ethics & Religion, Ethics & Law,
Unit III
Ethics & Indian Business. Corporate Social Responsibility, Management Guidance for Social
Responsibility; ISO 26000; Clauses, Guidelines 2010 regarding Social Responsibility.
Unit - IV
Corporate Governance: Historical Perspective of Corporate Governance, Issues, Strategies &
Techniques, Basis to Sound Corporate Governance: Benefits to Society, Benefits to
Corporations; Indian Model of Corporate Governance, Pioneers in Good Governance Practices,
Future of Corporate Governance in India.
Suggested Readings:
1. Manvel G. Velasquez Business Ethics: Concepts and Cases, Prentice Hall of India.
2. A.C. Fernando, Business Ethics, Pearson.
3. William Shaw, Business Ethics, Wordsworth.
4. C.S.V. Murthy, Business Ethics, Himalaya Publisher.
5. Joseph Petrich and John Quinn, Management Ethics, Response Book, New Delhi.

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