Annexure ‘AAB-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: (MGMT108)

(*L- Lecture *T – Tutorial *P – Practical *SW – Self work

*FW – Field work *PSDA - Professional Skill Development Activities)

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 valuesfor 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

List of Experiments (if any): NA

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

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

2. Understand the relevance of ethics and values in business
3. Apply Gandhian philosophy in business and create practical usage of knowledge management
4. Anal yze relationship between ethics and corporate excellence.
5. Evaluate issues related to Corporate Governance and Social responsibility.
6. Create code of ethics and corporate governance guidelines for successful business.

Mapping of Course learning outcomes (CLOs) with Graduate Attributes (GA).

Course Learning Outcomes CLO1 CLO2 CLO3 CLO4 CLO5 CLO6
Graduate Attributes

Knowledge and Expertise of Business Environment and Management

Self-directed and Active learning

Research and Enquiry ✓ ✓

Information & Communication Technology Skills ✓

Critical thinking and Problem-Solving Abilities ✓ ✓ ✓

Communication Skills ✓

Creativity, Innovation & Reflective Thinking ✓ ✓

 Analytical & Decision-Making Ability ✓ ✓

Leadership & Teamwork ✓ ✓ ✓

Multicultural Understanding & Global Outlook ✓ ✓

Integrity and Ethics ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Social & Emotional Skills ✓ ✓

Employability, Enterprise & Entrepreneurship ✓ ✓ ✓

Lifelong Learning ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Environment and sustainability ✓ ✓

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;

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 (%)

Mapping Continuous Evaluation components/PSDA with CLOs

Bloom’s Level Remembering Understanding Applying Analyzing Evaluating Creating
>
Course CLO1 CLO2 CLO3 CLO4 CLO5 CLO 6
Learning Learn and Understand Apply Anal yze Evaluate Create
Outcomes define basic the relevance Gandhian relationship issues code of
concepts of of ethics and philosophy between related to ethics and
business values in in business ethics and Corporate corporate
Assessment ethics and business and create corporate Governance governance
type/PSDA values. practical excellence. guidelines
and Social
usage of for
knowledge responsibility successful
management business.

Class Test ✓ ✓ ✓

PSDA 1 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
PSDA 2 ✓ ✓ ✓
 Quiz ✓ ✓

Text Reading:
• Kitson Alan and Robert Campbel- Ethical Organisation, Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0),
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24405-8
• L. T. Hosmer : The Ethics of Management, McGraw-Hill Higher Education; 5th edition, ISBN: 978-0071244527
• S. K. Chakraborty : Values and Ethics for Organisation, Oxford University Press, 1999 ISBN: 9780195647648
• C S V Murthy: Business Ethics Text and Cases, 2018, Himalaya Publishing House ISBN:978-81-8318-148-1
• S K Bhatia: Business Ethics and Corporate Governance, 2004, Deep and Deep Publications, ISBN: 978-8176295925
• Goel P: Ethics and Corporate Governance, 2017, Kalyani Publishers. ISBN: 978-93-272-7462-2