| Course Name | Business Ethics & Corporate Governance |
| Course Code | 24BUS302 |
| Program | BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration), B.B.A. (Honours/ Honours with Research) |
| Semester | 5, 7 |
| Credits | 4 |
| Campus | Mysuru, Kochi |
Introduction – Concepts of ethics – Importance, Ethics and morality, Ethics and law, Ethics and ethos, Business Ethics – Meaning, scope, and benefits, Ethical theories, Values and its relevance in Management, role of Ethics in Business and Indian Value system, Various approaches to ethics-Indian examples.
Ethical Corporate Behaviour- stages of ethical behaviour, Ethical leadership with examples, Ethical Decision Making, Work ethics: nature and scope, Ethical issues at the workplace, Ethics and cultural issues, Environmental Ethics, Ethical dilemma, ethical displacement.
Ethics in Functional Areas: Operations, Marketing, Finance, HR & Information Technology, Recent challenges in ethics, Ethics in different countries.
Corporate Governance – concepts, relevance and importance – emergence of corporate governance in 21st century – Corporate Governance initiatives in India and abroad. Corporate Governance failures with examples, General ethical issues and the court verdicts in the domain of business ethics, obligation to stakeholders.
Theories of corporate governance – models – social audit – Ethical Issues-Corruption, – whistle blowing-competition-privacy-trade secrets, corporate governance in public sector undertakings and banks, Harassment & Discrimination.
Course Objective:
The primary objective is to help students understand the relevance of ethics in their personal as well as professional lives.
Course Outcomes:
The student will be able:
CO1: To understand the concepts of business ethics and values. CO2: To gain knowledge on ethical behavior in corporates.
CO3: To familiarize with the functional areas in Business Ethics. CO4: To have a basic knowledge of Corporate Governance.
CO5: To familiarize with the theories and practices followed in the corporate sector.
| PO 1 | PO 2 | PO 3 | PO 4 | PO 5 | PO 6 | PO 7 | PO 8 | PO 9 | PO 10 | PO 11 | PO 12 | PO 13 | PO 14 | PO 15 | |
| CO 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| CO 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| CO 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| CO 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| CO 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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