Business Ethics and Corporate Governance Course is based on text and video learning materials by Academy Europe.

For a very long time, there has been a real and a significant need for a good textcourse on business ethics and corporate governance.

This textcourse covers the issues related to corporate governance, business ethics, risk management and ethical decisions.

It tries to answer questions like,

• What is corporate governance?
• What is ethics and business ethics?
• How is risk managed in corporate governance?

This textcourse is primarily intended for students of management in undergraduate, graduate and diploma courses in universities and colleges. However, we know that many such students are already managers anyway, who are undertaking part-time and distance education programmes of study. Hence, this course is written with the manager and the potential manager in mind.

When we look at the general scenario of Continuing Education in our country, we see that there is a tremendous potential and opportunity for providing flexible forms of learning, that complement the professional practices of managers and executives. For instance, when the learning has to be implanted by stand-alone resources (such as this textcourse), one has to devise innovative means of imparting knowledge and skills. We have attempted to do precisely this: by presenting the learning material through a content exposition approach. In this approach, we begin with an introduction to the topic of the unit; then, we outline the learning objectives of the unit; and then we present the details of the contents in simple and easy-to-learn manner. At the end of each unit, we have a summary for quick recollection. Finally, we have carefully posed review questions to check your progress as you complete each unit of learning.

Obviously, how well a job we have done will be determined by you, the reader, as you go through the materials herein. We would be most grateful for critical comments and constructive suggestions to continually improve and refine the learning resources and educational value of this textcourse.

How This Course Is Organized

This course is divided into five units:

Unit 1

This unit explains the ethical concepts and its different models. It also explains the

different ethical theories and role of ethical actions in organizations. In addition, this unit

defines the concept of social responsibility.

Unit 2

This unit discuss ethical behaviour as applicable to organizations. It also explains the

significance of ethical leadership.

Unit 3

This unit discuss the process of decision-making in organizations and the decision making

models. It also discusses the ethical dilemmas faced by organizations and the social

responsibility of business.

Unit 4

This unit deals with ethics in the areas of marketing, finance, human resource management,

and information technology.

Unit 5

This unit gives a general overview of ethical issues in relation to the environment. It

generally discusses the issues of corruption, gender ethics and sexual harassment.

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