ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY ISLAMABAD
(Department of Business Administration)
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Course: Business Ethics (8420) Semester: Autumn, 2023
Level: BBA (4 Years)
Total Marks: 100 Pass Marks: 50
ASSIGNMENT No. 1
Note: Attempt all questions.
Q. 1 What is ethics? Discuss the different moral and non-moral standards that can be
applied. (20)
Q. 2 Write notes on following in detail: (10+10)
Rawls’s Theory of Justice
Egoism
Q. 3 Write note on following in detail: (10+10)
Rival Views of Corporate Responsibility
Corporate Moral Agency
Q. 4 Outline different civil liberties in the workplace and provide suitable examples for
each. (20)
Q. 5 Is achieving environmental goals a viable idea? Support your points of view 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. Moral Obligation
1. Normative Theories of Ethics
2. Economics and Business Ethics
3. Case of Lehman Brothers
4. Utilitarian Viewvs Libertarian Approach
5. Case of Enron
6. Bribes and Kickbacks
7. Ethics of Advertising
8. Conflict of Obligations
9. Business and Ecology
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.
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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 (8420)
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 Viewand Libertarian Approach
3.2 Rawls’s Theory of Justice
3.3 Capitalism: Concepts and Arguments
3.4 Criticisms of Capitalism
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
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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 Casesby William H. Shaw
