JAIPURIA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, LUCKNOW

Batch 2022-24 | Academic Year: 2022-23

PGDM Program
Course Outline

Course Code and title 10403 Business Ethics and Sustainability (BES)
Credits 1.5
Term and Year Term III, AY 2022 -23
Course Pre-requisite(s)
Course Requirement(s) Regular reading of a business/economic news paper
Course Schedule (day and time of class) As per time table
Classroom # (Location) As per time table
Course Instructor Prof. Harshit Srivastava
Course Instructor Email harshit.srivastava@jaipuria.ac.in
Course Instructor Phone (Office) Mobile: 97957 78851
Student Consultation Hours 04:30 pm – 05:30 pm
Office location Ground Floor, New Building

1. Course Overview
The purpose of this course is to familiarize students with various concepts related to business ethics and
sustainability with particular emphasis on the evolving role of business ethics and sustainability in society.
Students will also learn tools to help organizational managers address many of the challenging issues of
business ethics facing our society. Ethics is a system of moral principles governing appropriate conduct of a
person or a group. “Good ethics is good business”. Good ethics not only leads to running a business
successfully, but it also provides many ways for growth and development by leaving a good impression about an
organization in the market. Business sustainability is defined as managing the "triple bottom line" - designing
mission driven enterprises that provide a thriving future for business, society and the planet. To achieve this,
managers must adopt a fresh understanding of the role of the business enterprise. The course will draw from
successful ethical and sustainability efforts of leading business organizations, both locally and internationally,
by identifying key success factors that encourage ethical and sustainable business practices.

After completing this course an understanding should be developed for the business challenges and
opportunities inherent in business ethics and sustainability. In particular, it is expected to:
 Bring together students from varied backgrounds and disciplines to appreciate the interactions between
economic and social activity, and the natural world.
 Learn how an organization can manage its way to better environmental and social performance.
 To better understand our individual impact on the world.

2. Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs):

After successfully completing this course, the students will be able to:

CLO1: Explain the importance of business ethics and values to individuals, business organizations, and society.
CLO2: Identify business and environmental sustainability issues faced by organisations and societies.
CLO3: Evaluate measures adopted by organisations for addressing ethical and sustainability issues.

3A. Mapping of CLOs with Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)

CLO 1 CLO 2 CLO 3

PLO1: Communicate effectively
PLO2: Demonstrate the ability to work in teams to achieve desired
goals
PLO3: Reflect on business situations and apply relevant
conceptual frameworks
PLO4: Evaluate different ethical perspectives Introduce Reinforce
d d
PLO5: Comprehend sustainability issues Introduce Reinforce
d d
PLO6: Exhibit innovative and creative thinking 
3B. Mapping CLO with Competency Goals (CG)

CLO 1 CLO 2 CLO3

CG1: Communicate effectively
CG2: Demonstrate the Ability to Work in Teams to Achieve
Desired Goals
CG3: Apply relevant conceptual frameworks to a given business
situation
CG4: Evaluate different ethical perspectives Introduced Reinforced
CG5: Awareness of impact of managerial decisions on issues of Introduced Reinforced
social concern

4. References

1. Joseph, J. & McGregor, A. (2020) Wellbeing, Resilience and Sustainability: The New Trinity Of
Governance, Palgrave Publication
2. Idowu et al. (2020) The Future of the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Business Perspectives for
Global Development in 2030
3. Ethics in the Real World (82 Brief Essays on Things That Matter), Peter Singer, Princeton University Press,
2016
4. Business Ethics and Economic Sustainability (2022), Roman Meinhold, by Routledge Publication.
5. Circular Economy- (Re) Emerging Movement, Shalini Goyal Bhalla
6. Examining the Intersection of Circular Economy, Forestry, and International Trade (2021), by
Badrinarayanan Gopalakrishnan, Taranjeet Duggal and Tavishi Tewary, IGI Global, USA.

5. Session Plan

Session Topic/ Sub Topic Pedagogy/ Session Learning CLO

No. Reading Outcome reference
Reference
1 Introduction to the course and --- ---
assessment plan
2-3 Philosophical foundations of Case-based class Students will learn CLO1
business ethics discussion, different ethical
Thought perspectives
Experiments
4 Linear vs. Circular Economy Case-based class Students will learn the CLO2
implications of linear
economy, circular business
models and its
implications.
5 SDGs and Corporates Case-based class Students will assess the CLO2
(Greenwashing) discussion role of sustainable
development goals in
shaping businesses.
6 CESIM simulation on ethics Simulation Student will learn to use
ethical perspectives in
decision making
7-8 Experts seminar on Business --- Academicians/ CLO1
Ethics and Sustainability Practitioners and Industry CLO2
Professional will deliver
the seminar, followed by
question & answer
9-10 Group Presentations ---- Learning Teams will make CLO3
presentations on the
assigned topic/industry
7. Assessment Tasks

Assessment Description Weightage CLO

Component
iJaipuria Course Students shall complete the iJaipuria course - 5% CLO2
Understanding Corporate Social
Responsibility
Class Participation Students will participate in case discussion 15% CLO2
and thought experiments on ethics
CESIM Simulation on Students shall play the CESIM Simulation on 20% CLO1
Ethics Ethics and accordingly shall be evaluated
based on certain guidelines.
Report and Seminar Student group will choose a firm from the 60% CLO2 (20%)
(Group project) indicative list of industries and prepare a (30 marks for CLO3 (40%)
report and give seminar presentation on the report, 30
same. marks for
seminar)

7. Guidelines for Group Project and Seminar Presentation

List of industries for the group project and seminar presentation is given below:
1. Auto Industry in India
2. Food and beverage Industry in India
3. Chemical Industry in India
4. Hospitality Industry in India
5. Retail Industry in India
6. IT Industry in India
7. Oil and Gas Industry in India
8. Real Estate Industry in India
9. Plastic Industry in India
10. Tobacco Industry in India
11. Construction Industry in India
12. Telecommunication Industry in India
13. Textiles Industry in India

Each Learning Team (LT) will choose a particular firm belonging to any of the above industries and analyse the
chosen firm based on the following parameters:

A. Overview of the firm: LT has to write a brief overview of the firm where they can discuss the firm’s
major statistics (product line, market share, major competitors, leadership/governance, revenue analysis
etc.)
B. Critical evaluation of the firm’s sustainability practices: LT has to document/describe the major
sustainability practices which are currently being followed by the chosen firm and critically evaluate
these sustainability practices.
C. Scope of improvement and challenges from the sustainability perspective: LT has to come up with
suggestions for improvement in the firm from a sustainability perspective. LT is also required to
enumerate and discuss the challenges faced by the firm from a sustainability perspective
D. Evaluation of measures adopted by the firm for addressing ethical issues.

LT shall prepare and submit a written report and give seminar presentation based on the written report. Each LT
will be given about 15 minutes for presentation followed by question and answer.