Business Ethics and Corporate Sustainability

Paper Code: 
BCS 416
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

To acquire knowledge of ethics, emerging trends in good governance practices and sustainability.

Unit I: 
Introduction

Ethics, Business Ethics, Corporate Governance, Governance through Inner Consciousness and Sustainability • Failure of Governance and its Consequences

9.00
Unit II: 
Ethical Principles in Business

• Role of Board of Directors • Organization Climate and Structure and Ethics • Addressing Ethical Dilemmas • Code of Ethics; Ethics Committee; Ethics Training; Integrity Pact • Case Studies and Contemporary Developments.

9.00
Unit III: 
Sustainability

• Meaning and Scope

• Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Sustainability

• Sustainability Terminologies and Meanings

• Why is Sustainability an Imperative

• Sustainability Case Studies

• Triple Bottom Line (TBL)

9.00
Unit IV: 
Corporate Sustainability Reporting Frameworks

• Global Reporting Initiative Guidelines

• National Voluntary Guidelines on Social, Environmental and Economic Responsibilities of Business

• International Standards

• Sustainability Indices

• Principles of Responsible Investment

• Challenges in Mainstreaming Sustainability Reporting

• Sustainability Reporting Case Studies

9.00
Unit V: 
Legal Framework, Conventions, Treaties on Environmental and Social Aspects

Principle of Absolute Liability – Case Studies

Contemporary Developments – Integrated Reporting

(Including New Corrigendum to Study Material of Ethics, Governance & Sustainability)

References: 

Corporate Governance-ICSI & Taxmann Publication

2. Corporate Governance: Principles Policies and Practices,-A.C Fernando(Dorling Kindersley India (Pvt Ltd)

3. Corporate Governance: Sanjiv Agarwal (Snow White Publications (P) Ltd

4. Corporate Governance: P.V Sharma & S Rajini(Contemporary Issues and Challenges(Vedams Books (P) Ltd)

5. Law of Corporate Governance:Principles and Perspective-K R Sampath(Snow White Publications P Ltd)

6. Business Ethics Decision Making and Cases, (O.C Farell , John Paul Fraedrich & Linda Ferell) An imprint of Dreamtech Press New Delhi

7. Business Ethics and Communications-Ashok K Nadhani (Taxmann Publications Pvt Ltd)

8. Scanner: Arun Kumar (Suchita Prakashans(P) Ltd )

 

Academic Year: 
2016-2017
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