Business Ethics
Project Work -1
What are the unethical practices that managers engage in, in different functional areas of business? For example, among others, some practices are discrimination while recruiting or promoting employees in HR; misleading consumers by unfair price fixation and manipulative advertising; insider trading to obtain unfair financial advantage or violating environmental laws to reduce manufacturing cost. These actions are considered unethical by either society or legality, or both of these. Researches the functional areas assigned to your group and write a detailed project report containing the following:
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Description of types of unethical practices specific to a particular functional area of management. Illustrations from Indian companies depicting unethical practices that have faced legal action thereof. You may mention some Indian examples also. What are the Indian laws (you can mention some non Indian laws for comparison) which safeguard the interest of organizations, consumers and stakeholders? Collect some data (interviews and questionnaires) from practicing managers to do a reality check.
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Work Place Ethics Human Resources Work Place Ethics Marketing
Group 1 &2
Group 3 &4
Work Place Ethics Advertising Work Place Ethics Finance
Group 5 & 6 Group 7 & 8
Work Place Ethics Health and Safety Group 9 & 10
Project Work -2 ( group 11 & 12)
Are Indian organizations sustainable and green or is their growth at the cost of degrading the environment? Write a Status Report on CER on the sector assigned to your group containing the following:
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The Green Status of Indian companies in the specified sector. CER laws relevant to the sector in India (you can compare them to global CER laws). Cases of Eco-Preneurs ( Indian SMEs practicing CER and the impact on growth) Barriers in practicing CER (in India) in the specific sector.
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You will make a presentation (15minutes) in class so make appt also. A Written long report will also be submitted