SYLLABUS PGPM-COMPULSORY PAPER BUSINESS ETHICS Sub.

Code: IILM-BE Total Marks: 100 Practical Assessment: 40 Marks Unit: 1- Business Ethics- An Overview Nature of Ethics, Nature of Business Ethics, Need for Business Ethics. Unit: 2- The Ethical Organization and its Corporate Code The Ethical Organization, Characteristics of an ethical organization, Definition of corporate code Unit: 3- Ethics and Rule of Law Relationship between Law and Moral standards Unit: 4- Business Ethics and Environment Environmental Ethics Unit: 5- Ethical Issues in Strategic Management Ethical Issues in Strategic Management, Ethical decision making model, Stakeholder theory Unit: 6- Ethical Issues in Marketing Management Ethical issues in Marketing Strategy, Ethical issues in Marketing mix Unit: 7- Ethical Issues in Operations Management Quality Control, Ethical problems in operations management, An analytical framework for ethical issues in Operations Management Unit: 8- Ethical Issues in Purchase Management Ethical issues in purchasing, Code of Ethics. Unit: 9- Ethical Issues in Human Resource Management The principal of ethical hiring Unit: 10- Ethical Issues in Finance Ethical issues in Mergers and acquisitions- Hostile takeovers (Poison pill, Greenmail, Golden Parachute, People pill, Sandbag, management buyouts)- Insider trading- Money laundering. Credits: 03 Minimum Pass Marks: 40% Theory Examination: 60 Marks

Unit: 11- Ethical Issues in Accounting and Other Functions Ethical audits, Ethical issues in Information Technology, Importance of Software audits Unit: 12- Ethical Dilemmas at Workplace Dilemmas at work, Ethical Dilemmas, Resolving Dilemmas Unit: 13- Ethical Issues in Global Business Ethical issues in MNCs Unit: 14- CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Definition, a Historical Perspective, Corporate Responsibility, the Role of Business in Society Unit: 15- CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Corporation-An overview, Corporate Governance-An overview, Board Structures and Styles, Roles and Responsibilities of Board of Directors, Codes and Laws Unit: 16- CASE STUDIES Corporate Governance at Infosys, Ford, Johnson and Johnson, Bhopal Gas Tragedy, The Case of Insider trading (HLL-BLLIL Merger)

SUGGESTED READING: 1. Business Ethics: A Global & Managerial Prospective by Fritzsche, David J McGraw-Hill Publications 2. A Study in Business Ethics by Rituprana Raj Himalaya Publishing House 3. The Ethical Organization: Ethical Theory & Corporate Behavior by Kitson, Alan & Campbell, Robert. McMillan Press Ltd. 4. The Theory and Practice of Managerial Ethics by Sadri,Sorab, Dastoor, Dhun S & S. Jayashree. Jaico Publishing House.

5. Organizational Ethics and the Good Life by Hartman, Edwin M.

Oxford University Press 6. Business Ethics by Barry,Norman. McMillan Press Ltd.