Professional ethics — Winter 2021

Enlist at least four characteristics of quality of working life. How alternate work schedules helps to improvise and achieve standard quality of working life?

Define Engineering Ethics. Distinguish between ethics, laws and morals.

Mention the need for businesses to act ethically.

Justify: “Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder and thus one must accept the way it is” correlates the law of humility of karma.

Generalize your views over incorporation of Bhagwat Gita’s moral values and ethics into one’s work life?

Presume that pawan is a senior officer working for cyber security agency. He comes to know that his junior officer has been a victim of honey trapping through social media. In all of this, his phone was hacked and confidential files were leaked. The entire department has come together and wants pawan to take strict actions against junior officer for his behavior. That junior officer is highly skilled and is an asset to organization. He is also close to pawan as he had mentored him throughout and respects him a lot. Moreover, any action against him might attract media attention and bring a bad repute to the entire organization at large. i. What are the ethical issues involved and options available to pawan in such a situation? ii. Suggest a course of action that pawan would take to resolve it.

Mention the business ethics in Islam keeping into context the indian ethical traditions.

Mention principles of professional ethics.

Provide some appropriate ways for creating an ethical working environment.

Discuss at least seven notable features of ancient Indian education system.

Mention principles of personal ethics.

Describe how failure of personal character can be considered as one of the sources of ethical problems stating one real life scenario.

Briefly describe three two laws of karma by providing appropriate examples.

Briefly describe the normative theory of business ethics.

Briefly elaborate below statements in context to why they cannot be considered business ethics: i. Ethics is different from religion. ii. Ethical Standards are different from cultural traits.

Explain Kohlberg’s Model of Cognitive Moral Development in brief.

Elaborate your views over the Gandhian principles of trusteeship in context to business ethics.

Enlist roots of unethical behavior and the factors that contribute the employees to think in an unethical manner.

Neelam is working as senior HR manager at Zion IT company. Mention the code of personal ethics she needs to possess as an employee of the organization.

Enlist main pillars of character for any ethical decision maker.

Distinguish between personal and business ethics by providing appropriate example.

Define white-collar crime (WCC). Enlist few of the most white- collar offenses observed in recent times. Mention the penalties for WCC’s.

In recent times, education system has adopted a concept of tutorship wherein passed out students or seniors tutor their juniors. Provide your views by correlating it with ancient indian education system.

Justify: “Integrity and Transparency are the touchstones of Business Ethics”.

Briefly describe the ethical models that guides decision making.