408F- BUSINESS ETHICS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (INTERNAL PAPER)

1. Fundamental principles of ethics (2)

2. Ethics in international business (6)
Normative and relative ethics, concept and choice.
Legal compliances, Sarham Oxley Act (SOX)
Home and host country’s regulations and compulsions of international agencies
3. Corporate governance beyond legal compliance (4)
4. Human dignity (5)
Meeting stake holders, expectations, competitiveness and fair trade practices
Employee wellness. International Importance of integrity, avoidance of corrupt
practices
5. Importance of doing business on merit. (2)
6. Wider concept of social responsibility
Balance between profit and social / moral obligations and survival. Ethics and human
rights Balanced global environment Kyoto Protocol concern of global warming,
judicious use of natural resources (5)
7. Maintenance of ecological balance (2)
8. Sustainable development (2)
9. Cost benefit analysis of corporate social responsibility and good corporate citizenship
(2)
10. Cases-
Analysis of failure of leading corporate and top auditing firms due to lapses in
ethics and social responsibilities.
Role of international trade and business organizations
Concept of Ombudsman
Books Recommended:
1. Business Ethics, Crane& Matten OUP
2. Corporate Governance2/e Mallin, OUP
3. The Management and ethics omnibus- Chakraborty, OUP
4. Its only Business, Mitra, OUP
5. Values and Ethics for Organizations, Chakraborty, OUP/OIP
6. Perspectives in Business Ethics, Hartman, Chatterjee