ETHICAL ‘n’ UNETHICAL PRACTICES

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• Wipro started as a vegetable oil trading company in 1947 from an old

mill at  Amalner, Maharashtra , India   founded by Azim Premji's
father.
• When his father died in 1966, Azim, took on the leadership of the
company at the age 21.He repositioned it and transformed Wipro
(Western India Palm Refined Oil Ltd) into a consumer goods company
that produced hydrogenated cooking oils/fat company

• In 1980 Wipro moved into software development and started

developing customized software packages for their hardware
customers.
• Now Wipro Technologies, a division of Wipro Limited , is amongst the
largest global IT services, BPO and Product Engineering companies. 
 Ethics
• Wipro has been awarded the Ethics
in Good Business award for the
year 2002, by the Punjab, Haryana,
Delhi Chamber of Commerce and
Industry (PHDCCI). The award
recognises an organisation’s ethics
and value-based business
performance
Reaching Out to Ombudsperson
Are You Aware?
• Code of Business Conduct & Ethics (COBCE)
• Wipro Policies
§ Security Policy

§ Sexual Harassment Policy (work place harassment)

§ Privacy and Confidentiality Policy

§ Policy against Insider Trading

§ Equal Employment policy

§ Environmental Health & Safety policy

 Unethical
• A 26-year-old chartered accountant
at Wipro named, Anup Kumar
Agarwal commits $4 Million fraud

• Wipro gave gifts to World Bank

employees only, when their own
employees are not getting it? Is
Wipro doing a Charity to poor WB
employees? Then it should do the
same to all other bank employees.
Unethical
• 2 Wipro employees fired over sexual
harassment 
Case Study
•3 employees complained –
asked to leave without proper
reasons
• Investigated by
Ombudsperson with the
Manager
•3 employees transferred from

their jobs[BPO]
•Reason> Poor customer
experience in onsite project
cited as reason
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J.K.Thomas::15::
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K.ABHIJEET::14::
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