2nd Semester Integrated BBA LL.B (Hons) - Business Ethics - Notes, Question Papers and Syllabus

Business Ethics

Definition of Philosophy, Ethics, Ethos, Culture, etc. - Structure of Ethics – The

Three Components of Business: Economic, Legal and Ethical - Definition of

Business Ethics – Importance of Business Ethics.

Unit II


Factors Affecting Business Ethics: Economics, Law, Environment, Technology,

Development, High Finance, Human Resource, Consumers, Caste and Gender -

Essence of Indian Culture – Indian vs. Western Culture - Indian Work Ethos – Indian

Perspective of Values for Managers.


Unit III


Approaches: Teleological Approach, Deontological Approach and Utilitarian

Approach - Approaches of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, John Stuart Mill, Immanuel

Kant, Jeremy Bentham, Karl Marx, etc. - Process of Ethical Decision-Making in

Business – Lawrence Kohlberg’s Theory on Moral Cognitive Development – Whistle

Blowing – Law vs. Ethics – Relativism vs. Universalism - For and Against Business

Ethics.


Unit IV


Structure of Ethics Management: Ethics Committee, Ethics Officers, and the CEO –

Communicating Ethics: Communication Principles, Channels, Training Programmes,

and Evaluation – Ethical Audit – Transparency International


Unit V


Marketing Ethics – HRM Ethics – Ethics in IT – Ethics in Financial Management –

Ethics in Production Management – Environmental Ethics – Gender Ethics.