Corporate Social Responsibility ,Human Values and Ethics

Syllabus

Course Code: MS 204

Corporate Social Responsibility, Human Values and Ethics

UNIT-I

Introduction: Values, Concepts, Types and Formation of Values, Business Ethics: Ethical theories; Ethical Decision Making; Corporate Social responsibility (CSR): A Historical Perspective and emerging theories of CSR; CSR and regulatory issues: Companies Law 2013, Business Responsibility Report (SEBI), NVG Guidelines (Ministry of Corporate Affair) (10 hours)

UNIT-II

Ethical Dilemma, Implications of failed corporate responsibilities: Worker rights and health, , Human rights, Stockholders Right and Corporate Governance; Unethical Issues in Sales, Marketing, Advertising and Supply Chain; Intellectual Property Rights, Corruption in Business and Administration, Technology and Privacy in the workplace: Big Data and analytics, Ethical and Regulatory Framework.                                                                                                           (12 hours)

UNIT-III

International Frameworks of CSR and Sustainability: Global Compact, Caux Round Table, OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, GRI, SA8000 Standard, BS/ISO Guideline on CSR Management (ISO-26000), Social Audit, ILO tri-partite declaration of principles on multinational enterprises and
social policy.                                                                                                                                  (10 hours)

UNIT-IV

Sustainable Development: Challenges of Sustainable Development, CSR as a Strategic Business tool for Sustainable development; Kyoto Protocol and Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Managing Environmental Quality, Green IT initiatives, Voluntarism, Judicial activism, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) analysis and other emerging trends in Corporate Social Responsibility. 

                                                                                                                                                    (10 hours)