BUSINESS ETHICS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Module 1 AN OVERVIEW OF BUSINESS ETHICS
Definition and Nature of Business ethics, Need and benefit of business ethics, History of
the development of business ethics, Arguments for and against business ethics,
Economic issues, Competitive issues, Legal and Regulatory Philanthropic issues,
Framework for ethical decision making – Individual factors, organizational factors,
Corporate Governance — a dimension of ethical making,

Module 2 INDIVIDUAL & ORGANISATIONAL FACTORS
Moral philosophy — definition and different perspectives, Teleology and Deontology,
The relativist perspective, Virtue ethics, Justice and Fairness, The of care, Integration of
the various perspectives, Cognitive moral development, Moral reasoning, The role of
Corporate Culture and Leadership, structure and business ethics, Interpersonal
relationships in organization, The role of opportunity and conflict

Module 3 EXTERNAL CONTEXT
Ecology: The dimensions of pollution and resource depletion, the ethics of control, the
ethics of conserving depletable resources. Consumers: -Markets and consumer
Protection, The due care theory, the social costs view of duties, Advertising Ethics,
Consumer Privacy

Module 4 INTERNAL CONTEXT — EMPLOYEE
Job discrimination — its nature and extent, Discrimination — utility, rights and justice,
Affirmative action, Gender issues, The employee’s obligation to the firm, Thee firms
duties to the employees, The employee Rights, Need for organizational ethics program,
Code of Conduct Ethics training and communication, systems to Monitor and enforce
ethical standards, The ethics audit,

Module 5 BUSINESS ETHICS IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY
Ethical perceptions and international business, Global values, the multinational
corporation and various ethical issues, cross cultural, cross religion & cross racial
issues.

Module 6 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Meaning, Accountability issues, current context of CG in India, Board objectives and
strategies, role of independent directors, board structure, performance evaluation of
board, training and development of directors. Accounting standards & accounting
disclosures.

REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Hartman, Laura P; Perspectives In Business Ethics; Mcgraw-Hill
2. C.V. Baxi, Corporate Governance, Excel Books.
3. O C Ferrell-Business ethics-Biztantra.
4. P.S.Bajaj,Raj Agarawal :-Business Ethics Biztrantra
5. Steiner And Steiner; Government And Society; Mcgraw-Hill
6. Velasquez – Business Ethics: Concepts & Cases, Prentice Hall Of India
7. Prasad – Corporate Governance, Prentice Hall Of India
8. Gopalaswamy – Corporate Governance, New Age International (P) Ltd.,