AVI 225 BBA L T P J C

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Corporate Governance and Business Ethics

COURSE OBJECTIVES
 To appreciate sound ethical standards essential in maintaining Hong Kong's
reputation as a modern business centre
 To develop sense of awareness to ethical issues and dilemmas
 To understand moral and ethical treatments in real business situations
 To understand regulatory framework of different categories of corporations
 To understand the importance of regulations governing general and board
meetings to formulate corporate policies and strategies
 To appreciate the importance of controlling the conducts and behaviours of
company directors and officers
COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of this course, the students will be able to
1. Compare and analyse the corporate governance issues involved in business and the
workplace.
2. Compare and analyse the role of stakeholders and corporate managers’ moral obligations
in business decision making.
3. Apply corporate governance best practice principles and recommendations to achieve
appropriate business practice.
4. Analyse and explain economic, social and environmental sustainability issues relating to
business practice.

TEXT BOOKS
A.C. Fernando – Corporate, Governance- principle and practices person Education.
P. Banerjee: Foundation of Ethics in management Excel Books

REFERENCE BOOKS
1. C.S.V.Murti: Business ethics, Himalaya Polishing House.
2. Hartman: Perspective in business ethics, Tata McGraw Hill.
3. S. Sing Corporate Governance – global concept, Excel books.
4. G. Geeta rani & R.K. Mishra: Corporate governance Excel Books.
5. P.S. Bajaj and raj Agrawal: Business Ethics: An India perspective Biztantra.
6. Rutuparna Raj: Business Ethics, Himalaya publishing House.

Course Contents:

Unit-I:
Ethics in Business:Ethics: Introduction, Meaning & definition, Objectives;Business
Ethics:Introduction,Meaning,Definition,Objectives,Nature,Scope,Need & Importance ;
Characteristics of Business Ethics, Sources & Types Of Business Ethics ,Factors influencing
Business Ethics , Functions of Ethics.
Unit-II
Ethics in the Business Discipline: Business Ethics is a Management Discipline; Morality and
Ethics; Values, Norms, Moral Standards, Beliefs and their Role; Ethics in HRM; Ethics in
Marketing; Ethics in Finance & Accounting and Ethics in I.T.

Unit-III
Corporate Governance: Corporate Governance-Introduction, Meaning, Definition; OECD
emphasis; Issues in Corporate Governance; Need of Corporate Governance ; Importance of
Corporate Governance, Benefit of Good Governance to Companies and to the Society; Corporate
Governance Mechanism, Obligations to stakeholders-Shareholders, Investors, Employees,
Customers, Society, etc.

Unit-IV
Business Ethics & Corporate Governance: Introduction, Importance and Need for Business
Ethics in Indian Context; Roots of Unethical Behavior and Issues; Corporate Governance Ethics;
How Ethics can Make Corporate Governance more meaningful.

Unit-V
Corporate Social Responsibility: CSR – Instruction, Meaning &Definition; Objectives; Drivers
and Catalysts of

Mode of Evaluation: The internal and external marks are evaluated separately.

Theory

Components Internal External

Marks 50 50

Total Marks 100

 Code
Course

AVI 225
Corporate
Course Name
Program Outcomes:

business environment

Business Ethics
Governance and

3=major part of course

2= addressed significantly
1
Business Knowledge

1=addressed to small extent

Problem analysis

Design/development of solutions

Conduct investigations of complex problems

Modern tool usage

3
The manager and society

2
Environment and sustainability

3
Ethics

Individual or team work

1

Business Communication

Project management and finance

1

Life-long Learning
PSO1 :- To operate/work and succeed as a leader in dynamic, multicultural local and global

PSO1