Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Amritapuri Campus,
AmritaVishwaVidyapeetham
Department of Commerce and Management
Course Plan June-Nov 2019
15BUS302– Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility (3-0-0-3)
S5 BBA
1. Faculty Information
Name : Venugopal J S
Teaching Assistant, Commerce and Management, Amritapuri
Email : [email protected]
Contact No: 9447847706
2. Course Overview
The primary objective is to help students understand the relevance of ethics in their personal
as well as professional life.
3. Course Syllabus
Unit 1: Ethics: nature – objective - business ethics: nature – need – relationship between
ethics and business - stages of ethical consciousness.
Unit 2: Ethics in business in Indian perspective
Importance of ethical behaviour in personal and professional life - law of karma – meaning -
how it operates.
Unit 3: The ethical organization and its corporate code
The ethical organization - an overview – characteristics - corporate moral excellence -
stakeholder’s corporate governance.
Definition of corporate code - development of corporate code – implementation.
Unit 4 Corporate Social responsibility & Environment ethics Environmental issues in India –
greening - greening initiatives - India in 21st century.
An overview stakeholders - Internal stakeholders – employee – shareholders – management - External
stakeholders – consumers – suppliers – creditors – competitors - community.
Unit 5 Ethical Dilemmas - workplace, functional areas & ethical issues in global business
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Dilemmas at work - ethical dilemmas: power - authority and trust – secrecy - confidentially and loyalty -
resolving dilemmas manager - employee.
Ethical issues in: marketing – operations – purchase - human resource – finance - accounting and other
functions.
Multinational organization - reasons Company go global - ethical issues – political-sales & marketing –
advertising – technology - economics activities - regulatory actions in acquisitions of global business &
social obligation.
Skill Development Activities:
• Make a survey of local political influence on Business.
• Make report on the recent ethical issues.
• Make an environment impact assessment for an upcoming project in your local area.
• Prepare a report based on CSR activities of one of the companies near your locality.
• Presentation on preparing Corporate Code of different companies
TEXTBOOK:
Hartman & Chatterjee, Perspectives in Business Ethics
REFERENCES:
1 John R Boatright, Ethics and the conduct of business
2 Illustrations and supporting articles from business journals
4. 15BUS302 Course Outcomes (CO)
CO1 To acquire a basic and clear understanding of philosophical ethics.
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CO2 To understand the principles of moral decision making in global business.
:
CO3 To acquire clear understanding of an ethical organization, Corporate moral excellence,
: corporate code
CO4 To understand the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility.
:
CO5 To identify the trade-offs that face an ethical manager.
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5. Lecture Plan
Lectures Topics Keyword Objective CO PO/PSO*
(hrs)
Unit I CO1 PO1
Business Ethics
- Introduction,
Nature, To understand
Objective, the concept
1-5 Relationship Business ethics and relevance
between ethics of ethics in
and business, business
stages of
ethical
consciousness.
Unit II To get an idea CO1 PO1
Ethics in of Indian
business in perspective of
Indian business ethics
perspective – and law of
importance of Karma.
ethical
Ethical behaviour,
6-15 behaviour in
Karma
personal and
professional
life, law of
Karma – its
meaning and
how it operates
Unit III CO1 PO1
The ethical
organization
and its
corporate code
– The ethical
organization –
an overview,
To understand
characteristics,
the concept of
corporate
stakeholders –
moral Corporate Code,
16-20 both internal
excellence, Stakeholders
and external –
stakeholders’
and also the
corporate
Corporate code
governance
Definition of
corporate code,
development of
corporate code,
implementation
of corporate
code.
21-30 Unit IV Corporate Social To understand CO2 PO1
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Corporate
Social
Responsibility
and
Environment
Ethics –
Environmental
issues in India,
greening,
greening
initiatives, India
in 21st Century
An overview of Responsibility (CSR), CSR and
stakeholders – Environmental greening
Internal stake ethics, Greening initiatives of
holders organizations
(employees,
management,
shareholders) –
external
stakeholders
(Consumers,
suppliers,
creditors,
competitors,
community,
government)
31-45 Unit V Ethical Dilemma To understand CO2 PO1
Ethical about the
dilemmas – ethical
workplace, dilemmas in
functional areas workplace and
and ethical also to
issues inn understand the
global business ethical issues in
Dilemmas at different
work – power, functional units
authority and of an
trust – secrecy, organization
confidentiality
and loyalty –
resolving
dilemmas
(managers,
employees)
Ethical issues in
marketing,
operations,
purchase,
human
resource,
finance,
accounting and
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other functions
Multi-National
organization –
Reasons
Company go
global –ethical
issues, political,
sales and
marketing,
advertising,
technology,
economic
activities,
regulatory
actions in
acquisitions of
global business
and social
obligation.
5. Evaluation and Grading
Internal External Total
Components Weightage Examination
First Periodical 15% conducted for 100 Internal +
Second Periodical 15% 50% Marks External=100
Assignments, Tests 20% Weightage: 50%
6. Continuous Evaluation
Quizzes = 15marks
Tutorials & tests = 20marks
Assignment = 10 marks
*Programme Outcomes (PO)(As given by NBA and ABET)
PO1: Critical Thinking: Take informed actions after identifying the assumptions that frame our
thinking and actions, checking out the degree to which these assumptions are accurate and valid,
and looking at our ideas and decisions (intellectual, organizational, and personal) from different
perspectives.
PO2: Effective Communication: Speak, read, write and listen clearly in person and through electronic
media in English and in one Indian language, and make meaning of the world by connecting
people, ideas, books, media and technology.
PO3: Social Interaction: Elicit views of others, mediate disagreements and help reach conclusions in
group settings.
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PO4: Effective Citizenship: Demonstrate empathetic social concern and equity centred national
development, and the ability to act with an informed awareness of issues and participate in civic
life through volunteering.
PO5: Ethics: Recognize different value systems including your own, understand the moral dimensions
of your
Decisions, and accept responsibility for them.
PO6: Environment and Sustainability: Understand the issues of environmental contexts and
sustainable development
PO7: Self-directed and Life-long Learning: Acquire the ability to engage in independent and life-long
learning in the broadest context socio-technological changes.
BBA Programme Specific Outcome (PSO)
PSO1:
PSO2:
PSO3:
15BUS302Course Outcomes (CO)[sample for electric circuits given below]
CO1 To acquire a basic and clear understanding of philosophical ethics.
:
CO2 To understand the principles of moral decision making in global business.
:
CO3 To acquire clear understanding of an ethical organization, Corporate moral excellence,
: corporate code
CO4 To understand the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility.
:
CO5 To identify the trade-offs that face an ethical manager.
:
CO – PO Affinity Map
PO
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PS01 PSO2 PSO3
CO
CO1 3 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
CO2 3 3 - - 2 - - - - - - - - - -
CO3 3 3 3 2 2 - - - - - - - - - -
CO4 3 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
CO5 3 2 1 3 - - - - - - - - - - -
CO6 3 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
3-strong, 2-moderate, 1-weak
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