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Dr.J.K.Patel Institute of Management
SEM IV, Finance Divisions A & B
Subject: BE & CG
Three Assignments:
No. Questions from Chapters: 1, 2 & 3 of the Text Book
I Q.1: Why you would consider the study of ethics important for
todays
business practices? Give five examples of the areas of
business
operations where ethical practices play dominant role in the
success of
the business?
Q.2: Define morality and moral standards. What are the
characteristics of moral standards? Why it is important to
establish
moral standards for ethical judgment?
Q.3: Discuss the sources of ethical dilemmas and methods
ofresolving the same. Give three examples of ethical dilemma that
you
might have come across in your social or work life.
Q.4: Why ethical decision making is different? Analyse the steps
of
ethical decision making, identify the shortcomings and suggest
some
modification based on your understanding of moral standards
and
ethical behaviour.
Q.5: Briefly out line the following concepts: utilitarianism,
rule-
utilitarianism, moral-rights, contractual rights, correlative
duties,
distributive justice, ethics of caring and ethics of virtue.Q.6:
Distinguish between legal rights and moral rights. Discuss,
with illustrations, how rights and duties regulate our ethical
behaviour
in a group.
Q.7: Critically discuss the concept of Justice of fairness.
Q.8: Ethics help to harmonize and reconcile the conflicting
interests of
various shareholders in a business. Justify the statement and
illustrate
your answer with examples.
Q.9:What should be the aim while establishing ethics in a
business?
List a few important concerns of business ethics in
practice.
Q.10: Compare and Contrast the management of ethics in the
internal
and external environments of business. Why is the ethical
management
of the external environment often regarded as the controlling
factor
for the success in a green-field project?
II Questions from Chapters 4, 9 &10 of the Text Book
Q.1: Law of Agency specifies the legal duties of employees
(agents)
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towards their employers(Principals) and prohibits the agents
(employees) from to act in conflicts of interests with those of
the
principal(employer). To what extent, this type of legal stand
help or
vitiate the atmosphere of ethics in the organization?
Q. 2: Moral and ethical issues of individuals in an organization
are,thus influenced by and dependent on the nature of work
organization
and its work culture. Justify this statement. If possible,
illustrate with
an example of the business world.
Q.3: How do the following influence an individuals ethical
behaviour
in the organization: code of conduct and service rules, ethics
policy
and the organizations path means and goal equations?
Q.4: Define corporate governance, and identify the model role
and
purpose of corporate governance with reference to that
definition.
Q.5: Briefly identify and outline commonly accepted principles
of
corporate governance?Q.6: What is the role of corporate
governance codes? Name three
important code of governance practice prevalent in the business
world.
What are the six perspectives of corporate governance principles
of
OECD?
Q.7: As matter of best practice, what are the clauses of Cadbury
codes
that must be complied with? Briefly outline these clauses.
Q.8: What are the purposes of SEBI guideline of Clause 49
for
corporate governance? What are the five themes that have
been
addressed under clause 49 of Indian Listing Agreement?Q.9: What
are the salient points of MCAs Corporate Governance
Guidelines, 2009?
Q.10: Identify the six principles of the Indian ethos that are
said to be
relevant and important for holistic corporate governance.
Discuss their
implications for the corporate governance process.
III Questions from Chapters 11 & 12 of the Text Book
Q.1: List some important areas of focus for ethical management
and
corporate governance of business in general. Identify the
ethical
themes under each of these focused areas.
Q.2: Critically discuss the role of leadership in the ethical
governance
of a company. What are the common challenges that a leader may
face
while addressing to the ethical path of governance and
sacrificing
financial business goals to create social value and brand
image?
Q.3: Why it is said that the competitive environment is at
times, the
cause of ethical violations in business? What do you understand
by
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positive competition? What are the demerits of monopolistic
business
vis--vis competition?
Q.4: Critically discuss why regulatory compulsions failed to
contain
the mal practices in business despite having a comprehensive
coverage
for investor protection.Q.5: What do you understand by
sustainability? Why do management
philosophers overemphasis the concept of sustainability in
corporate
governance?
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