Decent work
The MG University has modified the earlier 'Business and Ethical values' paper as under and I was asked to make a comment.
INDIAN ETHOS AND VALUES
Module-1
Indian model of Management; Work ethos ; Indian heritage in Production and Consumption
Module -11
Indian insight to TQM; Teaching ethics; transcultural human values in management education
Module -111
Relevance of values in management; Need for values in Global change – Indian perspective ; Values for Managers
Module -1V
Holistic approach for managers in Decision making- Secular Vs Spiritual values in management- Science and human values – Ethical issues relates to globalization
Module -V
Indian Constitution- History, Fundamental rights, Unity in diversity.
Module-1
Indian model of Management; Work ethos ; Indian heritage in Production and Consumption
Module -11
Indian insight to TQM; Teaching ethics; transcultural human values in management education
Module -111
Relevance of values in management; Need for values in Global change – Indian perspective ; Values for Managers
Module -1V
Holistic approach for managers in Decision making- Secular Vs Spiritual values in management- Science and human values – Ethical issues relates to globalization
Module -V
Indian Constitution- History, Fundamental rights, Unity in diversity.
Comments on Indian ethos and Values
SHELLY JOSE
The attempt seems to be to discuss ethics around an Indian ethos which itself is a very skewed exercise since keeping out the ethics of other countries does not make sense .
The syllabus seeks to bring in an Indian ethics as apart from the subject of ethics in toto. Ideally Indian ethics as a module may form a part of a broader syllabus.
The discussion on ethics otherwise revolves around topics such as teleological ethics, deontological ethics, virtue ethics and relativistic ethics.
In the context of globalization a module on Universal moral principles along with cultural relativism and individual relativism is felt to be a must.
Functional areas pose specific ethical challenges as in production, marketing, finance and accounts and HR. Each has their own nature as well.
Discussion on whether ethics is a cultural or a moral issue is another of those fundamental topics.
Also to make it relevant to business the cost of bad ethics and the long term value of ethics are also felt to be needs.
A discussion on the ethical positions of the various economic systems ie capitalism and other systems may not be out of place.
Above all human rights as a part of ethics in the work place and the recognition, acceptance and upholding of the fact that all man-made systems are ultimately for Man and not the other way around would humanize the work place which is a UN agenda subsumed in the broad campaign on 'Decent Work'.
Specific topics of practical use such as the Sarbanes Oxley Act of US and the SEBI guidelines in India in the wake of ENRON debacle are highly desirable.
Environmental ethics cannot be ignored in a discussion on business ethics.
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SHELLY JOSE
The attempt seems to be to discuss ethics around an Indian ethos which itself is a very skewed exercise since keeping out the ethics of other countries does not make sense .
The syllabus seeks to bring in an Indian ethics as apart from the subject of ethics in toto. Ideally Indian ethics as a module may form a part of a broader syllabus.
The discussion on ethics otherwise revolves around topics such as teleological ethics, deontological ethics, virtue ethics and relativistic ethics.
In the context of globalization a module on Universal moral principles along with cultural relativism and individual relativism is felt to be a must.
Functional areas pose specific ethical challenges as in production, marketing, finance and accounts and HR. Each has their own nature as well.
Discussion on whether ethics is a cultural or a moral issue is another of those fundamental topics.
Also to make it relevant to business the cost of bad ethics and the long term value of ethics are also felt to be needs.
A discussion on the ethical positions of the various economic systems ie capitalism and other systems may not be out of place.
Above all human rights as a part of ethics in the work place and the recognition, acceptance and upholding of the fact that all man-made systems are ultimately for Man and not the other way around would humanize the work place which is a UN agenda subsumed in the broad campaign on 'Decent Work'.
Specific topics of practical use such as the Sarbanes Oxley Act of US and the SEBI guidelines in India in the wake of ENRON debacle are highly desirable.
Environmental ethics cannot be ignored in a discussion on business ethics.
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