Programme

PGPX

Term

IV

Academic Year

2021-22

Course title

Ethics in Business Management

Area

PGPX Area

Credits

0.50

Instructor(s)

Prof. Achal Raghavan (VF)

Course Description & Objectives

Description and Objectives: The course will address and analyze various aspects of Ethics as applicable to today’s business organizations. This will be done primarily by examining real-life ethical dilemmas and challenges in business, through case studies. No attempt will be made to “preach” what is right and wrong. At the end of this course, the student should be able to understand, and take managerial action on the following aspects of modern business: The increasingly stringent expectations of society and stakeholders regarding business performance, corporate social responsibility and ethics The role of the corporation and the individual manager in fulfilling these expectations The systems and processes that can be set up in a company to help employees manage ethical issues in a consistent manner