This document outlines the modules, content, objectives, and assessments of a course on Professional Ethics and Social Responsibility. The course consists of 5 modules that cover philosophy and ethics, ethical issues in the workplace, codes of ethics, sustainable practices, and ethics in different domains. Assessments include tests, case studies, assignments, and a project. The document also provides examples of sustainable business practices and discusses the importance of sustainability, corporate social responsibility, and inclusive development.

1. PROFESSIONAL ETHICS &
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Module IV Sustainable Practices
By Dr. Nancy Girdhar

2. Module 1: Philosophy and Ethics
Module 2: Ethical Issues and Practices at
Workplace
Module 3: Code of Ethics
Module 4: Sustainable Practices
Module 5: Ethics in Different Domain
Course Content

3. Internal Assessment
Component Class Test Case Study Minor
Project
Home
Assignment
Attendance End
Semester
Weightage 10 10 15 10 5 50
Assessment

4. 3. The students will carry out a home assignment by writing a review
of literature on ethical issues and practices in his/ her area of study.
Professional Skills Development Activities:
1. Students will carry out an industrial survey /interview /focus
group discussion to identify and understand the translation of
professional values and ethics in daily work practices. Students will
compile a minor project report based on it.
2. The students will develop a case study based on any major violation
of professional ethics by studying newspaper articles, policy
documents, discussions paper in parliament media interviews and
documentaries etc (Give presentation in team of 3).

5. • To understand the concept of professional ethics.
• To identify ethical issues at workplace.
• To learn to match code of ethics with appropriate
profession.
• To understand theories of ethics.
Course Objectives

6. Books and References
Text:
• John R Boatright, “Ethics and the Conduct of Business”, Pearson Education,
New Delhi, 2003
• Edmund G Seebauer and Robert L Barry, “Fundametals of Ethics for
Scientists and Engineers”, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001
References:
• Laura P. Hartman and Joe Desjardins, “Business Ethics: Decision Making for
Personal Integrity and Social Responsibility” Mc Graw Hill education, India Pvt.
Ltd. New Delhi 2013.
• A Global Standard for Professional Ethics: Cross-Border Business Concerns By
Allen, Catherine; Bunting, Robert Journal of Accountancy, Vol. 205, No. 5, May
2008

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SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES

8. • Green Practices
• Ethics to Handle VUCA Environment
• Importance of Sustainability
• Sustainable Business Practices
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Inclusive Development
Content

9. Sustainable Practices
• Sustainable practices are the
processes services employ to
maintain the qualities that are
valued in the physical environment.
Living sustainably is about living
within the means of natural systems
(environment) and ensuring that
our lifestyle doesn't harm other
people (society and culture).

10. Sustainable Practices
• “The quality of not being
harmful to environment or
depleting natural resources
and thereby supporting long
term ecological balance”

11. • Be Intentional about sustainability
• Water and Electric Conservation
• Develop a Recyclic program
• Use of Solar energy
• Chemical Management rotation
• Purchase only Energy Efficient Products
• Develop Sustainability Work policies
Example of Sustainable Practices

12. • Enhance liveability
• Create opportunities for economic
prosperity
• Foster environment responsibility
• Embrace design excellence
• Demonstrate visionary leadership
and strong governance
Principles of Sustainable Practices

13. • Green ethics offers a set of standards and principles that
we should systematically apply to nature.
• Green ethics is the study of the ethical basis of
environment or discussion of the ethical basis of
environmental protection.
Green Ethics

14. • To overcome the following questions.
1. What are the environment damage produce by the
present generation?
2. What acts must be give up to slow such damage?
Need of Green Ethics

15. • Pollution:
1. Air pollution
2. Water pollution
3. Land pollution
• Resource depletion:
1. Depletion of Species & Habits
2. Depletion of Fossil fuels etc..
Green / Environmental Damage

16. • We should have profound respect for nature.
• We must maintain a harmonious relation with other
species.
• Everyone should take responsibility for this impact on
nature.
• Local & indigenous environmental knowledge should be
respected.
• We must plan for the long term.
Green Ethics Principles

17. • VUCA stands for volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and
ambiguity. It describes the situation of constant,
unpredictable change that is now the norm in certain
industries and areas of the business world.
VUCA Environment

18. VUCA Environment Continued…

19. Volatility
• Volatility is the rate, amount, and magnitude of change.
• It brings drastic, rapid shifts or can bring about
instability for organizations and leaders, but even the
minor shifts that occur daily, such as new and
“immediate” priorities that disrupt plans, or the
increasing need to “multitask,” are changes that increase
volatility.

20. Uncertainty
• Lack of clarity about the challenges
and their current and future
outcomes.
• Uncertainty can result in an over-
reliance on past experiences and
yesterday’s solutions or to analysis
paralysis as we sift through more
and more data.

21. Complexity
• The amount of dependency and interactive effect of
multiple factors and drivers.
• Requires to think in more creative, innovative and non-
linear way; to be able to deal with shades of gray (as
opposed to black and white) solutions.

22. Ambiguity
• The degree to which information, situations, and events
can be interpreted in multiple ways.
• Ambiguity increases doubt, slows decision-making, and
results in missed opportunities (and threats). It re-
quires that leaders think through and diagnose things
from multiple perspectives.

23. • Volatility can be overcome by clear
vision.
• Uncertainty can be overcome by
understanding.
• Complexity can be overcome by
clarity.
• Ambiguity can be overcome by
agility.
Ethics to handle VUCA Environment

24. Communication in a VUCA Environment

25. • Be ethical.
• Be transparent.
• Be open and honest in all
communication.
• Be relevant.
• Share information and perspectives
that are valuable to workers.
• Personalize and be personable.
• Address negative discussion head –
on.
How to overcome communication barriers

26. • Sustainability maintains the health
and bio capacity of the environment.
• Sustainability supports the well-being
of individuals and communities.
• Sustainability promotes a better
economy
- where there is little waste and
pollution, fewer emissions, there are
more jobs, and a better distribution
of wealth.
Important of Sustainability

27. • Sustainability is important for development-
-because of the passage of time the generation changes and with
this change society wants more and more benefits from the
resources which are present in our nature.
Important of Sustainability Continued…

28. Sustainable Business Practices
A business practice that is economically
viable, socially responsible and
environmentally friendly is usually
regarded as being sustainable.
Corporations that include socially
responsible and environmentally sound
policies as core elements in their growth
strategy very often
create sustainable economic values.

29. • Be Intentional About Sustainability
• Partner with Employees
• Water And Electric Conservation
• Supply Chains
• Develop a Recycling Program
• Chemical Management
• Purchase Only Energy Efficient
Products
• Develop Sustainability Work Policies
Sustainable Business Practice Examples

30. • Read the story here
https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-
business/blog/best-practices-sustainability-us-
corporations-ceres
Best practices in sustainability: Ford, Starbucks and
more

31. • Cut emissions
• Prevent pollution
• Use sustainable materials
• Lower energy usage
• Use green-certified office products
• Encourage sustainable behavior
• Network with like-minded organizations
Goals

32. • Saving money. Eco-friendly techs and lower waste in
energy/time can bring significant savings.
• Attracting investors. A reputation of an earth-friendly
business is persuasive enough for savvy investors and new
customers to come.
• Retaining employees. A brand supporting sustainable
practices can attract qualified employees who'll perform
better and be more satisfied with their workplaces, saving
resources for the process of recruitment.
• Creating new jobs. The focus on sustainability can
introduce new job titles such as CVO (Customer Value
Officer), wind energy engineers, passive solar building
designers, and more.
Why sustainability is important

33. How much waste our organization creates ?
What impact it has on the local community ?
How we outreach to customers ?
How our product helps a certain audience ?
What businesses need to become sustainable?

34. 1. Christy Dawn
2. PepsiCo
3. Brown-Forman
4. Nike
5. Ford Motor Company
6. Bank of America
7. Ben & Jerry’s
8. Xylem
9. General Mills
10. Dell
10 strong brand examples of sustainability practices

35. 1. LG
2. HCL
3. Haier
4. Samsung
5. Tata Consultancy Services
6. Oil and Natural Gas Company (ONGC)
7. IndusInd Bank
8. ITC
9. Wipro
10. MRF Tyres
Top 10 Green Companies of India

36. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
• Concepts, key issues, context
• Key CSR drivers
• Implications for enterprise
• Implications for development

37. CSR (Carrol, 1979) - Firms have responsibilities to societies including
economic, legal, ethical and discretionary (or philanthropic). See also
DeGeorge (1999) on the “Myth of the Amoral Firm”
Social Contract (Donaldson, 1982; Donaldson and Dunfee, 1999) –
There is a tacit social contract between the firm and society; the
contract bestows certain rights in exchange for certain responsibilities.
Stakeholder Theory (Freeman, 1984) – A stakeholder is “any group or
individual who can affect or is affected by the achievement of an
organization’s purpose.” Argues that it is in the company’s strategic
interest to respect the interests of all its stakeholders.
CSR Main Concepts
CSR = political economy
The rights and responsibilities assigned to private industry.

38. CSR Key Issues
1. Labour rights:
• child labour
• forced labour
• right to organise
• safety and health
2. Environmental conditions
• water & air emissions
• climate change
3. Human rights
• cooperation with paramilitary
forces
• complicity in extra-judicial killings
4. Poverty Alleviation
• job creation
• public revenues
• skills and technology

39. Global Context & Key Drivers of CSR
1. Liberalization of markets – reduction of the regulatory approach.
2. Emergence of global giants, consolidation of market share.
3. Development of the ‘embedded firm’ and the global value chain.
4. Development of supplier networks in developing countries.
Around the world
• NGO Activism
• Responsible investment
• Litigation
• Gov & IGO initiatives
Developing Countries
• Foreign customers
• Domestic consumers
• FDI
• Government & IGO
Key Drivers

40. • Facilitators: IT (esp
Internet), media, low
cost travel
• Boycotts, brand damage,
influence legislation,
domino effect. E.g. Shell
in Nigeria, Exxon in
Cameroon, Sinopec in
Sudan, Apparel Industry
(Nike, Gap), GMO, Wood
Products, etc.
Key Drivers : NGO Activism

41. Setting this enabling system requires actions to:
• Ensure the required continuum of services .
• Strengthen the capacities of all actors in the
system according to the role they need to play
Inclusive Development
Inclusive Community Approches
• Community Based Rehabilitation
• Inclusive Local Development

42. Interaction b/w Stakeholders of a Service System
Service Providers
(private and public)
Authorities/ policy
makers
(National level and
local level )
Users
(People with disabilities -
represented by DPOs)
Evaluate needs,
ensure access,
consult and ensure
participation of
PwDs in decision-
making
Ask for services,
advocate, take part in
decision-making
Supply services, inform
on needs, take part in
decision-making
Analyse needs,
provide services,
ensure access
Ask for services,
choose services, utilise
services, evaluate the
quality of services
Regulate, allocate
sufficient means, control,
evaluate, identify
innovation, replicate
innovation, guarantee
quality (accreditation)
Regulate, define strategic
orientations, policies
Provide quality services
Use and monitor

43. THANK YOU!