Understanding Social Issues : 1.1. Social Issues: Concept, Characteristic and Causes of Social Problems, 1.2. Social Issues vis-a-vis corporate environment: Casteism, Agitation in Youth, Corruption, Black money, Terrorism, Sexual Harassment at Workplace & their impact on Society, 1.3. Social Cost of Development.
Business Ethics : 2.1. Basic Framework – 2.1.1. Values, norms & beliefs 2.1.2. Culture, Cultural differences, Hofstede’s Dimensions of Cultural Differences, cultural discrimination 2.1.3. Morality : Moral norms, moral values, Characteristics of moral standards, Kohlberg’s model of cognitive moral development, Moral Theories 2.1.4. Concept of Ethics, Ethics & law 2.1.5. Business Ethics: Meaning, Factors affecting Business Ethics 2.1.6. Applied Ethics, Code of Ethics vs code of conduct vs code of practice 2.1.7. Whistle blowing, 2.2. Ethical Decision Making – 2.2.1. Understanding Decision Making 2.2.2. Personal Values and Ethical Decision Making
Ethical Mind : 3.1. Types of Mind, 3.2. Basics of Mind Management, 3.3. Objective & Subjective Mind, 3.4. Training the Mind, 3.5. Self-Development, 3.6. Effects of Past Tendencies
Corporate Social Responsibility : 4.1. Concept, Definition & Scope of Corporate Social Responsibility, 4.2. Corporate Social Responsibility and the Law, 4.3. Corporate Social Responsiveness, 4.4. Corporate Social Performance, 4.5. Diverging Views on Social Responsibility (Arguments for & against), 4.6. ISO 26000, 4.7. Criterion for Determining the Social Responsibility of Business, 4.8. Areas of Social Responsibility of Business, 4.9. Social Responsibility & Indian Corporations
Framework for rating CSR : 5. Framework for rating CSR – 5.1.1. Understanding CSR Ratings 5.1.2. Global Rating Initiatives (GRI) 5.1.3. Infosys Sustainability Solution 5.1.4. Tata Group’s CSR Rating Framework, 5.2. Unethical Behavior in Organizations – 5.2.1. Understanding Unethical Behavior 5.2.2. Individual Factors Contributing to Unethical Behavior 5.2.3. Organizational Factors Contributing to Unethical Behavior
Corporate Governance : 6.1. Meaning & definition of Corporate Governance, 6.2. Principles of Corporate Governance, 6.3. Issues in Corporate Governance, 6.4. Professionalization of Corporate Governance, 6.5. ‘Good’ Corporate Governance, 6.6. Corporate Governance Practices in India