Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Course Outline
Week Module
Week 1 Definition and Introduction to Ethics
Historical background
Brief outline of ethical theories
Week 2 Values ,Ethics and Reasoning
Business and organizational ethics
Week 3 Moral versus Non-moral standard
Morality and Etiquettes
Morality and Law
Week 4 Values and its sources
Experience
Culture
Science
Religion
Week 5 Principles: Self interest, Utility, Duty
Consequential and Non consequential Principles
Week 6 Self interest (Egoism)
Misconception about egoism
Psychological egoism
Egoism in organizational context
Critical Inquires
Week 07 MID TERM EXAMS
Week 8&9 Utility(Utilitarianism)
Act Utilitarianism
Rule Utilitarianism
Utilitarianism in organizational context
Critical Inquires
Week 10 Duty: Kant’s Ethics (Deontological/Non Consequentialist ethics)
Apriory judgments
Good defined as good will
Perfect and imperfect duties
Categorical imperative
Kant in Organizational Context
Critical Inquiries
Week 11 Personnel Management: Basic Issues and New Challenges
Week 12 Hiring
Screening
Tests
Interviews
Week 13 Promotions
Wages
Week 14 Working Conditions
Health and Safety
Management Styles
Week 15 Obligations to the firm and Conflicts of Interest
Financial Investments
Gifts and Entertainment
Week 16 Obligations to Third
Whistle blowing
Week 17 Needs and Function Of Work
Employee Responsibilities
Parties
The Question Of Self Interest
Week 18 Final Term Examinations
Recommended Books:
Moral Issues In Business (3rd Edition) by Vincent Barry
BOOKS FOR FURTHER REFERNCE:
Business Ethics & Managerial Values, by S.K. Bhattia
The essence of Business Ethics by Peter Prattey
Business Ethics: The State of Art by R.Edward Freeman