SESSION PLAN

Course name : Business Ethics & Corporate Social Responsibility Course Instructor: Dr Sikta Pati Course Code : SM04 Semester : II Course Objectives : 1. To provide knowledge on recent global developments and the impact of growth of future Corporate world 2. To explain students about the linear relationship between ethical practices and profitability of business. 3. To counsel the participants and acquaint them with the techniques of incorporating ethical principles in business 4. To enable them to apply best practices of ethics in the corporate world for sustainable development of humanity and the business activity. 5. To integrate Social and Organizational Values 6. To Drive Social Responsibility Throughout the Organization 7. To Manage Risk and Decision Making Pedagogy: Class Room lecture, Group Discussions, case study , Video Clips, Quiz , Assignments / Presentations by Students, mid-sem exam, and end-sem exam Session Details : Issues to be Discussed Reading Material

Session 1st 2nd

Topic

Ethics & Business Ethics & Business

Why ethics in Business

Text Book Chapter-1

Business Ethics & its Text Book Chapter-1 issues Moral Development & Moral Reasoning Moral Responsibility & Text Book Chapter-1 Blame Kohlbergs stages in moral development & Gilligan theory Prisoners Dilemma

3rd

Ethics & Business

4th 5th

Ethical Principles in Utilitarianism-Weighing Text Book Chapter-2 Business Social Costs & Benefits Rights & Duties Ethical Principles in Justice & Fairness, Text Book Chapter-2 Business Types of Justice

Assignment/ Exercise/Case Analysis Exercise - Video Clips followed by discussions Case Study Merck & Company & River Blindness Business Ethics in Saudi Culture Case Study WorldComs Whistleblower National Semiconductor Gun Manufacturers & Responsibility Assignment 1- Slavery in the Chocolate Industry Case Study Ford Pinto Car Walt Disney Case Study Conflict Diamonds Exon Mobil

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Ethical Principles in Ethics of Care, Ethics of Text Book Chapter-2 Business Virtue

7th

Integrating Utility, Jus- Applications in the cor- Text Book Chapter-2 tice, Rights & Duties, porate world Care and Virtue

Case Study H B Fuller & the street Children of Central America Malden Mills Assignment 2 Unocal in Burma

8th

Integrating various ethical principles & developing ethical code in business Code of Ethics

Ethics in compliance; Study Material ethics in Finance, HR, Marketing & Production. Concept and applications Study Material to various industries Secondary data collected by students Perfect competition, mo- Text Book Chapter-3 & nopoly; oligopoly and 4 public policy

Case Study- Brians Franchise Exercise Develop an ideal Code of Ethics

9th 10th Ethics in market place

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12th

Ethics, business & its external & internal exchanges-the individuals in the organization and the environment, consumer production & Marketing Corporate Social Responsibility Introduction & overview

Dimensions of pollution & resource depletion; Ethics of job discrimination

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Corporate Social Responsibility & CSR Strategy, Triple Bottom Line (TBL), UN Global Compact Integrating Social and MDG Goals, Achieve- Handouts to be given Exercise Discussion Organizational Values ments and Guide to prior to session on Handouts MDG Action Video clips on live cases Driving Social Respon- Integrating CSR with the Handouts to be given Exercise Discussion sibility Throughout the Brand and all stakehold- prior to session on Handouts Organization ers, Networking and Video clips on live casPartnerships es Managing Risk and Social Cost-Benefit Handouts to be given Exercise Discussion Decision Making Analysis, Types of Risks prior to session on Handouts and Risk Avoidance and Mitigation Group Presentations will Group Presentations 2

Case Study Drug Company Monopolies and Profits Assignment3 Playing Monopoly : Microsoft Text Book Chapter-4 & Exercise Material to 5 be collected by students on Rules & Regulations on Job Discrimination in India and presentations / discussions in class Handouts to be given Exercise Discussion prior to session on Handouts Video clips on live cases

be based on Project 17th Group Presentations Work assigned to the 18th Group Presentations students a month in ad19th Group Presentations th vance. 20 Group Presentations Evaluation : 1. Case Presentations / Class Participation 10 marks 2. Group Assignments 10 marks 3. Quiz 2*5marks 10 marks 4. Mid-Sem 20 marks 5. End-Sem 50 marks Basic Reading: Business Ethics, Concepts & Cases by Manuel G Velasquez Reference Books: 1. Corporate Social Responsibility Concepts and Cases The Indian Experience Ed by CV Baxi, Ajit Prasad. 2. Case Studies on Business Ethics and Corporate Governance Ed by R. Harish Internet Site/ other ressources: www.ebscohost.com, www.emeraldinsight.com