Course Outline

Corporate Governance and Ethics

Course Credit: 1 Trimester: VI (Core)

Faculty: Dr Srirang Jha

Pedagogy: Lectures, Case Studies and Project work/Assignment

Course Objectives:

a) To sensitize the PGDBM students to the key issues in Corporate Governance and associated patterns of Corporate Behaviour
b) To help understand international scenario in Corporate Governance.
c) To help formulate reasoned views on the need for appropriate controls with regard to Corporate Governance

Course Outline:
1 Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility & Ethics
2 Corporate Governance-Indian Scenario
3 International Corporate Governance Scenario
4 Corporate crime
5 Corporate ownership and control
6 Role of Regulators
7 Market, Market makers and Intermediaries
8 Role of Board of Directors, Relation between Board and CEO
9 Code of Corporate Governance
10 Desirable Directions in Corporate Governance, Corporation, Government and Media

Suggested Readings:
Fernando, Corporate Governance, Pearson Education, 2006
Boatwright, Ethics and the conduct of business, Pearson Education, 4th edition
Reed Darryl, Corporate Governance economic reforms and development, Oxford, 2004
Velasquez, Business Ethics concepts and cases, PHI, 2006
Kistson Alan, Ethical Organization, Palgrave, 2006
Chakraborty, S.K, Ethics in Management, Oxford University Press, 2005