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This document provides information for students taking the Business Ethics course at Allama Iqbal Open University for the Autumn 2019 semester. It includes: 1. A checklist of course materials including the textbook, course outlines, and assignments. 2. Details on the two assignments, including topics, formatting guidelines, and warnings against plagiarism. 3. An outline of the nine units that will be covered in the course, focusing on topics like normative ethics theories, economic justice, and globalization. 4. Contact information for the course coordinator is provided in case any materials are missing from the package.

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This document provides information for students taking the Business Ethics course at Allama Iqbal Open University for the Autumn 2019 semester. It includes: 1. A checklist of course materials including the textbook, course outlines, and assignments. 2. Details on the two assignments, including topics, formatting guidelines, and warnings against plagiarism. 3. An outline of the nine units that will be covered in the course, focusing on topics like normative ethics theories, economic justice, and globalization. 4. Contact information for the course coordinator is provided in case any materials are missing from the package.

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Final: 13-9-19

ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD


(Department of Business Administration)

BUSINESS ETHICS (8512)

CHECKLIST

SEMESTER: AUTUMN 2019

This packet comprises the following material:

1. Textbook (one)
2. Course Outlines
3. Assignment No. 1 & 2
4. Assignment Forms (2 sets)

In this packet, if you find anything missing out of the above mentioned material, please
contact at the address given below:

The Deputy Registrar


Mailing Section, Services Block
Allama Iqbal Open University
H-8, Islamabad
Phone: 051-9057611-12

Ms. Mobashira Alvi


Course Coordinator
ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY ISLAMABAD
(Department of Business Administration)
WARNING
1. PLAGIARISM OR HIRING OF GHOST WRITER(S) FOR SOLVING
THE ASSIGNMENT(S) WILL DEBAR THE STUDENT FROM AWARD
OF DEGREE/CERTIFICATE, IF FOUND AT ANY STAGE.
2. SUBMITTING ASSIGNMENT(S) BORROWED OR STOLEN FROM
OTHER(S) AS ONE’S OWN WILL BE PENALIZED AS DEFINED IN
“AIOU PLAGIARISM POLICY”.
Course: Business Ethics (8512) Semester: Autumn 2019
Level: MBA (3 ½ and 2 ½ Years) Total Marks: 100
Pass Marks: 50
ASSIGNMENT No. 1
Note: Attempt all questions.
Q. 1 What is ethics? Define the concept of morality and role of integrity and personal
values in organizations. (20)
Q. 2 Write notes on following in detail: (10+10)
 Egoism
 Utilitarianism

Q. 3 Write notes on following in detail: (10+10)


 Rawls’s Theory of Justice
 Corporate Moral Agency
Q. 4 Do you believe advertising is un-ethical? Provide examples to justify your answer
and what do you believe how organizations should work in this area? (20)
Q. 5 Capitalism is the seed to non-ethical decision making, discuss with examples. (20)

ASSIGNMENT No. 2
Total Marks: 100 Pass Marks: 50
This assignment is a research-oriented activity. You are required to obtain information
from a banking/financial organization and prepare a report of about 1000 words on the
issue allotted to you to be submitted to your teacher for evaluation. Discuss your topic by
giving examples of organizations and markets etc. in Pakistan.
You are required to select one of the following issues according to the last digit of your
roll number. For example, if your roll number is P-3427182 then you will select issue
No.2 (the last digit). All the issues carry equal marks.

List of Issues:
0. Deception and Unfairness in Advertising
1. Conflict of Interest
2. Ethics and Ecology
3. Case of Enron
4. Bribes and Kickbacks
5. Case of Lehman Brothers
6. Utilitarian View and Libertarian Approach
7. Whistle Blowing
2
8. Normative Theories of Ethics
9. Capitalism and Ethics

The report should follow the following format


1. Title page
2. Acknowledgements
3. An abstract (one page summary of the paper)
4. Table of contents
5. Introduction to the issue (brief history & significance of issue assigned)
6. Practical study of the organization (with respect to the issue)
7. Data collection methods
8. SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities & threats) relevant to the
issue assigned
9. Conclusion (one page brief covering important aspects of your report)
10. Recommendations (specific recommendations relevant to issue assigned)
11. References (as per APA format) and Annexes (if any)
GUIDELINES FOR ASSIGNMENT No. 2
 1.5 line spacing
 Use headers and subheads throughout all sections
 Organization of ideas
 Writing skills (spelling, grammar, punctuation)
 Professionalism (readability and general appearance)
 Do more than repeat the text
 Express a point of view and defend it.
WORKSHOPS
The workshop presentations provide you opportunity to express your communication
skills, knowledge & understanding of concepts learned during practical study assigned in
assignment No. 2.
You should use transparencies and any other material for effective presentation. The
transparencies are not the presentation, but only a tool; the presentation is the
combination of the transparencies and your speech. Workshop presentation transparencies
should only be in typed format.
BUSINESS ETHICS (8512)
Unit-1: INTRODUCTION
1.1. Nature of Ethics
1.2. Moral versus Non-Moral Standards
1.3. Religion and Morality
1.4. Morality and Personal Values
1.5. Individual Integrity and Responsibility

Unit-2: NORMATIVE THEORIES OF ETHICS


2.1. Consequentialist Theories
2.2. Non-consequentialist Theories
2.3. Egoism and Utilitarianism
2.4. Kant’s Ethics
2.5. Moral Decision Making

Unit-3: ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND CAPITALISM


3.1 Utilitarian View and Libertarian Approach
3.2 Rawls’s Theory of Justice
3.3 Capitalism: Concepts and Arguments
3.4 Criticisms of Capitalism
3
Unit-4: ETHICS INCORPORATIONS
4.1 Corporate Moral Agency
4.2 Rival Views of Corporate Responsibility
4.3 Debating Corporate Responsibility
4.4 Institutionalizing Ethics within Corporations

Unit-5: ETHICS FOR CONSUMERS


5.1 Product Safety
5.2 Other Areas of Business Responsibility
5.3 Deception and Unfairness in Advertising
5.4 Debate over Advertising

Unit-6: THE ENVIRONMENT


6.1. Business and Ecology
6.2. The Ethics of Environmental Protection
6.3. Achieving Our Environmental Goals
6.4. Delving Deeper into Environmental Ethics

Unit-7: THE WORKPLACE


7.1. Civil Liberties in the Workplace
7.2. Hiring and Promotions
7.3. Discipline and Discharge
7.4. Wages and Labor Unions

Unit-8: MORAL CHOICES FACING EMPLOYEES


8.1. Obligations to the Firm
8.2. Abuse of Official Position
8.3. Bribes and Kickbacks
8.4. Gifts and Entertainment
8.5. Conflicting Obligations
8.6. Whistle-Blowing
8.7. Self-Interest and Moral Obligation

Unit-9: GLOBALIZATION OF ETHICAL DECISION MAKING


9.1 Capitalism, Economics and Business Ethics
9.2 Global Business Practices
9.3 Sustainable Development
9.4 International Monetary Fund (IMF)
9.5 World Trade Organization (WTO)
9.6 The Multinational Corporation (MNC)

Recommended Book:
Business Ethics: A Textbook with Cases By William H. Shaw



AIOU–AS-470(19)/PPU–13-9-2019–100.

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