Indian Ethos and Business Ethics

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BAT-781
Total Contact Hours: 45 Hours
4 0 0 4
MBA
Prerequisite Knowledge of Ethics in corporate life.

Marks 100
Internal 40 External 60
Course Objective
To lay a strong foundation of knowledge of Ethical principles in Management.
Unit Course Outcome
This course has been designed to create a mindset of value system among the
1 students who are the future managers. Business ethics make the students open to
inherent ethical principles of business.
2 The students will be exposed to ethical problems and issues in various situations.
It is to produce a balance, pleasant, flexible and effective managers in todays
3
liberalized and democratic ambience.

Content of the Syllabus

Unit-I
INDIAN ETHOS AND VALUES:

Model of management in the Indian socio-political environment Indian work ethos Indian
heritage in production and consumption Indian perspective of values for managers Secular
Vs. Spiritual values in management

INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS ETHICS

Definition of Ethics and Business Ethics Importance of Business Ethics Causal chains in
business ethics Ethical Dilemma, Ethical Relativism, Ethical Gap Factors affecting the
business ethics: Economics, Law, Environment, Technology, Development, High Finance,
Human Resource, Consumers, Caste and Gender

Unit-II

APPROACHES AND PROCESS OF ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING Approaches:

Consequentialist theories, Deontological theories, and Virtue ethics approach Process of
ethical decision-making in business Individual differences and ethical judgement - Cognitive
barriers to a good ethical judgement Whistle Blowing.
 Unit-III

ETHICS MANAGEMENT
Role of organizational culture in ethics Structure of ethics management: Ethics Committee,
Ethics Officers, and the CEO Communicating ethics: Communication Principles, Channels,
Training programmes, and evaluation Ethical Audit Corporate Governance and ethical
responsibility Transparency International and other ethical bodies.

Text Books

1. Chakraborty, S.K., Foundation of Managerial Work- Contributions from Indian Thought,

HPH, 1998
2. Drucker, P., Managing in Turbulent Times, Pan books, London, 1983.
3. Kumar, S. and Uberoi, N.K, Managing Secularism in the New Millennium, Excel Books,
2000.

Reference Books

4. Griffith, B., The marriage of east and west, Colling, 1985

5. Gandhi, M.K., The story of my experiment with Truth, Navjivan Publishing House,
Ahmedabad, 1972
6. Chakraborty, S.K., Ethics in Management: Vedantic Perspectives, Oxford University Press,
Delhi, 1995 7. Trevino and Nelson, Managing Business Ethics, John Wiley and Sons, 1995

Indian Ethos and Business Ethics

BAT-781

University School of
Business

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NOTE FOR THE PAPER SETTER

The syllabus has been divided into three units. Paper setter will set 3 questions from each
unit and 1 compulsory question spread over the whole syllabus consisting of 5 short answer
questions. Compulsory question will be placed at number one. Candidate shall be required to
attempt 6 questions in all including compulsory question and selecting not more than 2
questions from each unit. All questions carry equal marks.