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Business Ethics: An Indian Perspective

Business Ethics: An Indian Perspective

Author(s):
  • A.C. Fernando
    • Author: A.C. Fernando
    • ISBN:9788131711736
    • Price: Rs. 450.00
    • Pages:532
    • Imprint:Pearson Education
    • Binding:Paperback
    • Status:Available


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    Business Ethics: An Indian Perspective introduces ethical concepts that are relevant to resolving moral issues in business. It sensitizes readers on ethical principles and develops reasoning and analytical skills needed to apply ethical concepts to business decisions. The book is interspersed with a lot of case studies, more specifically Indian scenarios making it relevant for Indian students. Chapter topics cover ethical theories underlying business, application of ethics in day-to-day business, ethics and the environment and ethics in consumer protection. It also features ethical issues in various managerial functions such as finance, human resource and marketing. A separate chapter on the IT sector specifically addresses the ethical dilemmas of today’s upcoming industry.

    Table of Content

    PART I: Theorising Ethics
    1. Business Ethics: An overview
    2. Concepts and Theories of Business Ethics
    3. The Ethical Dilemmas, Sources and Their Resolutions
    4. Ethical Decision Making in Business
    5. Globalization and Business Ethics
    6. Creating an Ethical Organization
    PART II: Ethics in Practice
    1. Corporate Ethics: Good Governance
    2. Corporate Ethics: Investors’ Rights, Problems and Protection
    3. Handmaid of Ethics: Corporate Social Responsibility
    4. The Ethics of Consumer Protection
    5. Environmental Ethics E-waste – The Latest Contributor to Environmental Degradation
    6. Role of Various Agencies in Ensuring Corporate Ethics
    7. Ethics and Indian Business
    PART III: Ethics in the Business Disciplines
    1. Marketing Ethics
    2. Ethical Issues in Human Resource Management
    3. IT Industry – An Overview and Ethical Perspective
    4. Financial Management – An Overview and Ethical Perspective

    Salient Features

    • An Indian perspective is presented through detailed discussion and studies of ethics practiced in Indian businesses including ethics in consumer protection, environmental ethics and corporate ethics.
    • Detailed discussion of issues in the financial, marketing and human resource disciplines of businesses.
    • Coverage of the IT industry exploring the emerging cyber crimes and the Indian laws governing them.
    • Numerous contextually relevant cases that show ethics in practice in large and small real-world companies.
    • Many cases on unethical behaviour in today’s corporate organizations leading to active discussions.
    • An appendix on the right to information act in India that provides detailed information about the scope, functioning, and practical tips on the exercising the act.