Annexure ‘CD – 01’

FORMAT FOR COURSE CURRICULUM

L T P/S SW/FW No. of TOTAL

PSDA CREDIT
Course Title: Business Ethics and Governance Credit Units: 3 UNITS
2 - - 2 2 3
Course Code: MGMT 108

Course Level: UG

Course Objectives: The aim of the course is to build knowledge and understanding Business Ethics among the student. The course seeks to give detailed knowledge
about the subject matter by instilling them basic ideas about Business Ethics, Values and Governance.

Pre-requisites: Nil

Course Contents/Syllabus:
Weightage (%)
Module I Introduction to Business Ethics 20% Weightage

Concept and nature of ethics; ethics, values and behaviour; development of ethics, relevance of ethics and values in
business, Arguments against business ethics.
Module II Work life in Indian Philosophy 20% Weightage

Work life in Indian Philosophy: Indian ethos for work life, Indian values for the work place, Work-life balance, Ethos of
Vedanta in management, Hierarchism as an organizational value.
Module III Ethics & Corporate Excellence 30% Weightage
Relationship between Ethics & Corporate Excellence, Corporate Mission Statement, Code of Ethics, Organizational
Culture, TQM. Gandhian Philosophy of Wealth Management, Philosophy of Trusteeship,
Gandhiji’s Seven Greatest Social Sins, Concept of knowledge management and wisdom management.
Module IV Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility 30% Weightage
Corporate Governance-Meaning, features, importance, Principles and issues, Corporate Governance in India, Corporate
Social Responsibility-Social Responsibility of business with respect to different stakeholders, Arguments for and
 against social responsibility of business, Social Audit

Course Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:

 Learn and define basic concepts of business ethics and values.

 Understand the relevance of ethics and values in business
 Apply Gandhian philosophy in business and create practical usage of knowledge management
 Ana lyz e relationship between ethics and corporate excellence.
 Evaluate issues related to Corporate Governance and Social responsibility.
 Create code of ethics and corporate governance guidelines for successful business.

Pedagogy for Course Delivery:

The course will be taught using theory and case-based method. Blended mode of teaching-learning will be adopted. The students would be provided with e-
content in form of audio/video material, e-notes / course material. Instructor would lay emphasis on explaining basic concepts included in the course. PSDAs
shall form part of internal assessment.

List of Professional Skill Development Activities (PSDA):

1. PSDA1- Home Assignment (Project)- Develop a Code of Ethics for a specific industry.
2. PSDA 2- Presentation and Viva- Case study on CSR practices in an organization;

Lab/ Practicals details, if applicable:

List of Experiments:

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Assessment/ Examination Scheme:

Theory L/T (%) Lab/Practical/Studio (%)

100% -

Theory Assessment (L&T):

Continuous Assessment/Internal Assessment End Term Examination
(40 %) (60 %)
Components (Drop Class Test Quiz Project Viva Attendance
down)
 Linkage of PSDA with Internal Assessment PSDA 1 PSDA 2 - External Assessment
Internal Assessment
Component, if any
Weightage (%) 10 5 10 10 5 60%

Lab/ Practical/ Studio Assessment: NA

Continuous Assessment/Internal Assessment End Term Examination

(____ %) (____ %)

Components (Drop down

Weightage (%)

Text Reading:
1. Kaur Tripat, Values & Ethics in Management, Galgotia Publishers.
2. Chakraborty S.K., Human values for Managers
3. Murthi CSV, Business Ethics-Text and Cases, Himalaya Publishing House
4. Chakraborty S.K., Ethics in Management: A Vedantic Perspective, Oxford University Press.

Mapping Continuous Evaluation components/PSDA with CLOs

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Course CLO1 CLO2 CLO3 CLO4 CLO5 CLO 6
Learning Learn and Understand Apply Ana lyz e Evaluate Create
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