JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Course Objectives:

• To enable students to understand the various practices of Business ethics followed in an organizations.
• To provide an understanding about profession, professionalism.
• To orient students about ethical dilemmas faced by individuals in organizations.
• To learn about ethics in different organizational culture.
• To understand ethical aspects in Global business context.

Course Outcomes

Students will be able to

• Learn the code and principles of business Ethics.
• Know about the significance of professional ethics.
• To look into the ethical aspects in business decision- making.
• Learn various models of ethics.
• Evaluate various Global ethical practices in Organizations.

UNIT - I: Introduction to Ethics

Meaning of ethics, Objectives of ethics, ethics and morality, moral standards, moral development, Business Ethics -Meaning, objectives, scope, arguments, code of ethics and principles, data Ethics and society. Introduction, fake news as in ‘Uncivilising Process’, information ethics to data ethics, data ethics to the ethics of digitization, ethical responses to data issues.

UNIT - II: Theories and Professional Ethics

Meaning, relevance, foundation of Theories of Business Ethics, Teleological theories, Deontological Theories. Professional Ethics - meaning, difference between professional ethics and personal ethics, professional ethos, significance of professional ethics.

UNIT - III: Ethical Dilemma

Introduction, ethical dilemma-conflict of interest, mutual Self - enrichment, pure self-interest, models of ethical decision making-utility, rights, justice and caring models (URJC Model), Janus-Headed Model/The DU Model/Whiteheadian Model, comprehensive decision making, Good ethical decisions, white collar crime.

UNIT - IV: Managing Organisational Ethics

Organisational culture, importance, types, cultural audit, reasons for unethical behaviour, ethical climate, ethical risk, leadership and ethics, group dimensions, ethics audit-benefits, tools and framework.

UNIT - V: Global Ethics Management

Global culture, values, practices, economic foundation of business ethics, multinational corporation, avoiding, forcing, persuasion or education, infiltration, negotiation or compromise, accommodation and collaboration.

Suggested Readings:

• John G.Cullen, Business, Ethics and Society, Sage Texts, 2022.
• Shailendra Kumar & Alok Kumar Rai, Business Ethics, Cengage, 2019.
• O.C.Ferrell, John Fraedrich and Linda Ferrell, Business Ethics,Cengage,12e,2019.
• Marianne moody Jennings, “The Legal, Ethical and Global Environment of Business”, 2009, South western Cengage learning, New Delhi.
• Andrew Crane, Dirk Matten, Sarah Glozer, Laura J. Spence, Business Ethics, Managing Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability in the Age of Globalization, Oxford University Press, 2019.
• Sandeep K. Bansal, Sanjeev K. Bansal, Rama Bansal, Business Ethics and Corporate Governance, Kalyani Publishers, 2019. BBA SEMESTER – I