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.