Business ethics : an Indian perspective

Cover
Contents
1. Introduction
	The Purpose of this Book The Necessity for Business Ethics
	The Need for Strong Ethical Guidelines
	Earlier Attempts at Ethics in Industry
	Some Implicit but Salient Issues in Ethics and Commerce
	Means and Ends
	Ethics as a Luxury
	Corporate Governance
	Concluding Remarks
	Summary of Chapter
	Multiple Choice Questions
	For Discussion
2. Justification for Ethics
	Introduction
	Money Matters
	Bankruptcy
	Late Payment of Accounts
	Corruption
	Delayed Capital Expenditure
	Bribery
	Secret Commissions
	Shadow Economy
	Tipping
	Corporate Matters
	Corporate Philanthropy
	Ethics and Profit
	Economics, Opportunities and Ethics
	Ethical Investment
	Three Beneficiary Views on Ethics
	Guidelines for Ethical Issues
	Summary of Chapter
	Multiple Choice Questions
	For Discussion
3. Some Basic Principles in Ethics
	Introduction
	Language of Globalisation
	Practical Benefits of Ethics
	Aspects of Ethics
	Relationships and Values imder Constant Test
	Equity of Relationships and Ethical Behaviour
	Ethics and the Vulnerable
	Defences in Product Liability
	Interests of the Smaller Shareholder
	Power and the Professions
	Labels and Victims
	Formal Versus Personal Relationships
	Difficulties in Social-Business Relationships
	Goodwill
	Leadership
	Industrial Relations
	Organisations and Ethics
	Corporate Climate Audits
	Defming the Corporate Climate
	The Advantages of Corporate Climate Audits
	Experts and the Corporate Climate Audits
	Political Issues
	Politics and Casuistry
	Codes for Public Servants
	The Application of Codes Outside the Workplace
	Concluding Remarks
	Summary ojChapter
	Multiple Choice Questions
	For Discussion
4. The Nature aud Theory of Ethics
	Introduction
	The Nature of Ethics
	The Relevance of Indian Moral Teachings
	Definitions
	Ethical Absolutes and Consequentialism ()I Bases of Morality
	Aspirations or Pnnishment
	Principles and Ideology
	The Pervasiveness of Actions
	Right Action and Right Thought
	Relative and Absolute Ethics
	Stages of Moral Development in Humans
	The Naturalistic Fallacy
	Types of Virtue
	John Stuart Mill"s Utilitarianism
	G. E. Moore's Philosophy
	Quantification and Ethics
	Techniques for QuantifYing
	Excellence
	Concluding Remarks
	Summary oJChapter
	Multiple Choice Questions
	For Discussion
5. Origins and Explanations of Ethics
	Physical Factors in Ethical Decisions
	Physical Matters
	Psychological Theory and Ethics
	Sociobiology
	The Benefits of Co-operation
	Cross-cultural Issues
	Culture and Ethics
	Personality and Ethics
	The Effect of Migration on National Character
	Bases of Codes
	Emergent Ethics
	Concluding Remarks
	Summary of Chapter
	Multiple Choice Questions
	For Discussion
6. Legal Aspects of Ethics
	Introduction
	Complying with the Law
	The Legal Weight of Codes
	Ethics as a Contract
	Legal Versus Moral Behaviour
	Some Legal Cautions
	The Hart-Devlin Debate
	Ethnic Differences and the Law
	Legal Pluralism
	Formal and Informal Codes
	Natural Justice
	Governmental Regulatory Bodies
	Concluding Remarks
	Summary of Chapter
	Multiple Choice Questions
	For Discussion
7. Identifying Ethical Issues
	Preventing Ethical Problems
	Being Ethical in an Unethical Environment
	Confronting Ethical Dilernmas
	Economics of Ethical Decision Making
	Approaches to Dilemma Identification and Resolution
	Disposition of Cases: Applying Sanctions
	The 'Decision Tree' .
	Concluding Remarks
	Summary a/Chapter
	Multiple Choice Questions
	For Discussion
8. Fostering Ethical Behaviour
	Fostering Ethics
	Formal Teaching in Ethics
	Other Methods of Teaching Ethics
	Gambling as ao Encouragement to Ethical Behaviour
	Assessing Ethical Performance
	Conuption Index
	Particular Organisations Relating to Ethics
	Ethics aod other Organisations
	Biological Matters
	International Matters
	Whistieblowing
	Concluding Remarks
	Summary a/Chapter
	Multiple Choice Questions
	For Discussion
9. Principles and Cases
	Key Principles of Ethics lSI Preamble lSI Primary Principles Outlined
	Case Study: Medications to Third World Countries
	Case Study: Copyright of Yoga
	Case Study: Baok Takeover
	Further Cases for Consideration
	Commentary on Resolving Cases
	Web based Cases
	Summary o/Chapter
	Multiple Choice Questions
10. Corporate Social Responsibility
	Introduction
	Mapping the Terrain
	Dealing with other CSR Aware Corporates
	A Proposed Framework for CSR
	Examples of CSR Initiatives in India -
	1. ABN Amro Bank NV
	2. Aditya Birla Group
	3. Infosys Technologies Limited
	4. Ballarpur Industries Limited (BILT)
	5. British Gas (BG) India
	6. Intel India
	7. Tata Sons
	8. ABBLtd.
	9. Tata Steel
	Profit and Sustainabillty
	Concluding Remarks
	Multiple Choice Questions
11. A Proposed Code of Bnsiness Ethics
	Code of Conduct for Business in India
Cases
	Case One : The East India Company
	Case Two: The Glass Ceiling
	Case Three: Discrimination on Health Grounds
	Case Four: Trade in Human Organs
	Case Five: The Whistleblower
Answers to Multiple Choice Questions
References and Searches