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PESRS Syllabus

This document outlines a course on Professional Ethics and Social Responsibility for Sustainability. The course aims to increase awareness of ethical concerns across professions, understand strengths and weaknesses of ethical assumptions, and interpret compassion and fairness in professional roles. The course is divided into 5 modules covering topics such as ethical philosophies, workplace ethics, intellectual property, globalization issues, and research ethics. Course objectives are for students to distinguish ethical and unethical practices, address workplace issues using strategies, and develop as responsible professionals. Pedagogy includes lectures, activities, discussions, and a student project on professional values and ethics.

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PESRS Syllabus

This document outlines a course on Professional Ethics and Social Responsibility for Sustainability. The course aims to increase awareness of ethical concerns across professions, understand strengths and weaknesses of ethical assumptions, and interpret compassion and fairness in professional roles. The course is divided into 5 modules covering topics such as ethical philosophies, workplace ethics, intellectual property, globalization issues, and research ethics. Course objectives are for students to distinguish ethical and unethical practices, address workplace issues using strategies, and develop as responsible professionals. Pedagogy includes lectures, activities, discussions, and a student project on professional values and ethics.

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Annexure ‘CD – 01’

Course Title: Professional Ethics and Social Responsibility for Sustainability


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Course Code: PFE701
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Credit Units: 2 1 - - 2 2

Course Level: PG

Course Objectives:
The subject aims to:
 Show awareness of ethical concerns across a wide range of professions,
 Understand the strengths and weaknesses of various ethical assumptions and arguments,
 Understand various workplace related ethical issues and strategies to address them,
 Interpret personal sense of compassion and fairness in the context of your professional roles.

Pre-requisites: - Nil

Course Contents/Syllabus:
Weightage (%)
Module I: Philosophy and Ethics
Descriptors/Topics: 25%
 Introduction to ethical philosophy: definition, nature, scope, branches.
 Basic Theories (Deontology, Utilitarianism, Virtue Theory, Rights Theory, Casuist Theory)
 Morals, values and Ethics
 Moral Issues, Moral Dilemmas &Moral Autonomy
 Basic Ethical Principles
 Contemporary philosophy: action, ethics, and responsibility
 Linking philosophy and ethics & its implications

Module II: Ethics at Work place


 Professional Ethical Codes
 Work Place Rights & Responsibilities (Whistle blowing, )
 CSR 20%
 Conflicts of Interest
 Managing Boundaries and Multiple Relationships (Socializing with Current or Former Clients, Making Referrals)
 Organizational Loyalty
Module III: Ethical Considerations
 Basics of Intellectual Property Rights
 Confidentiality, Unintentional breaches of Confidentiality 20%
 Principles of Natural Justice
 Working with minors
 Redressal Mechanism- Organizational Complaint Procedure
 Legal aspects of professional ethics
Module IV: Global issues in different sectors
 Current Scenario
 Globalization of MNCs, International Trade, World Summits
 Business Ethics and Corporate Governance 15%
 Environmental Ethics
 Sustainable Development Goals
 Corporate Wars
 Ethics pertaining to discipline: Manufacturing, Marketing, technology- Ethical Hacking, Teaching Ethics, Media
Ethics, Bio Ethics, Legal ethics, Business ethics, management law, journalism
Module V: Research Ethics and Academic Integrity
20%
 Best practices in research / standards setting initiatives and guidelines: COPE, WAME, etc
 Academic misconducts: Falsification, Fabrication and Plagiarism (FFP)
 Redundant publications: duplicate and overlapping publications, salami slicing, Selective reporting and
misrepresentation of data.
 Violation of publications ethics, authorship, and contributor ship
 Use of plagiarism software like Turnitin, Urkund and other open source software tools
 Complaints and appeals examples and fraud from India and abroad

Course Learning Outcomes:


Students will be able to:
 Understand the benefits and limitations of various ethical theories ,assumptions and arguments
 Distinguish between ethical and unethical practices and create a harmonious work environment.
 Evaluate various workplace related ethical issues and apply appropriate strategies to address them,
 Develop themselves as responsible engineers, experimenters, researchers or business men etc.

Pedagogy for Course Delivery: Lectures, PPT Presentation, Activities, , Group Discussion, Role Plays, Situational Analysis, Project etc.

Professional Skill Development Activities (PSDA)


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).
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..

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