Course Code : 18302

Course Title : Business Ethics & Corporate Governance

Semester : Ill
Credit : 2
Duration : 20 hrs.

Course description
The course covers the underlying concepts of Corporate Governance and business ethics which
are relevant to the contemporary business environment. The students will be able to develop an
understanding of the ethical influences on economic, financial, managerial, and environmental
aspects of the business. The course will further develop and enhance the ability to critically
analyze ethical issues in business and frame business policies accordingly. The students will
also review different regulatory processes essential to the understanding of the principles of
corporate governance in India with the help of contemporary case studies, videos and articles in
the related area.

Course Outline:

Session Topic Reference Readings

1 Introduction and overview of business ethics, Ethics,
morality and societal framework
2 Indian Thoughts for Business
3 Ethics in business and ethical dilemmas
4 Business systems and environments
5 Ethics in the marketplace and consumer protection
6,7,8 Ethics in HRM, Marketing, Finance, Operations, etc.
9 Meaning of Corporate Concept of Corporate Analysis of Cadbury's & Birla
Governance – Cadbury and K. Birla reports Report
10 Role of the regulatory framework – SEBI, TRAI, RBI
and Role of Board of Directors Corporate
governance – the Indian scenario.
11 Corporate Governance Mechanism- Indian Scenario
12 Corporate Governance Models -Anglo- American
Model, German Model, Japanese Model
13 Corporations in the new world order
14 Ethics, Corporate Governance,
15 CSR and sustainability TCS Ethical & CSR Policy
16 Evaluations

Text Book:
1) Ethics in Business and Corporate – S. K. Mandal (2nd Ed). Tata-McGraw
Governance Hill.
Reference Books:
1) Business Ethics: Concepts & Cases - Manuel Velasquez (PHI).
2) Business Ethics - A. Crane and D. Matten (2nd Ed–
Oxford Univ Press)
3) Corporate Governance - H. R. Machiraju ( 2nd Rev Ed –
Himalaya Pub House)
4) Report of the Committee on the - 1992 – Adrian Cadbury.
Financial Aspects of Corporate
Governance -
5) Report on Corporate Governance - Narayan Murthy Committee – 2003.
: SEBI
6) A report on Corporate Governance - Kumar Mangalam Birla Committee
1999.

E-books:
1) http://www.sasurieengg.com/e-course-material/MBA/II-Year-Sem-
4/BA7402%20BUSINESS%20ETHICS,CORPORATE%20SOCIAL%20RESPONSIBILITY%
20AND%20GOVERNANCE.pdf
2) https://www.icsi.edu/WebModules/PP-EGAS-2016%20-
%20Full%20Book%20(2)%2002feb2016.pdf
3) https://mail.google.com/mail/#sent/1643583b8c43f96d?projector=1&messagePartId=0.4
4) https://mail.google.com/mail/#sent/1643583b8c43f96d?projector=1&messagePartId=0.2