BBI Syllabus

6.
5 Business Ethics and Corporate Governance

Objectives:
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
To understand ethical issues in business.

To highlight the role of Corporate Governance practices in maintaining Transparency in business
transactions.
To highlight the importance of commitment to values and ethical conduct of Business.
To increase awareness about the statutory and legal compliances involved in corporate
governance.
No of Lectures
Business Ethics: Meaning, Nature (15)
and sources. , Unfair Business
Practices: features and Reasons.
Whistle Blowing policy and Laws
related to protection of Whistle
Blower, Insider Trading, Clause
49.
Values: Meaning, Types Teaching
from scriptures like . Gita,
Quran, Bible w.r.t Indian value
systems in business.
Corporate Governance:
(15)
Meaning, Principles, significance.
Corporate Governance reports of
Narayan Murthy Committee,
Cadbury Committee, Kumar
Mangalam Birla committee,
Malhotra
Committee., CII code, Narshiman
Committee
Corporate Governance in
globalized Economy, Corporate
Governance in banking and
Financial Institutions.
Code of conduct in Business
(15)
Houses- Meaning, Features of a
good
Code of Conduct, Conduct of
conduct for Bank.
Corporate Social Responsibility:
Meaning, Scope and Significance.
CSR of Business towards various
groups and CSR towards social
Unit 4
Organizations.
Corruption: Meaning, Causes,
Effects.
Frauds and Scams in Banks,
Insurance companies. Financial
Markets
( current case studies and
supreme court judgments)
Measures to overcome fraud
and corruption
Zero Tolerance of corruption
Competition Act, Ethical
Approach in IPR with respect to
Designs,
Patents and Copyrights , Ethics
and IT.
(15)
Reference Books
1. S.K. Bhatia, Business Ethics and Corporate Governance Deep and Deep Publications
.2. S.K. Mandal, Ethics in Business and Corporate Governance Tata Mcgraw Hill Co.
3. U.C. Mathur, Corporate Governance and Business Ethics: Text and Cases, Macmillan.
4. A.C.Fernando, Corporate Governance, Principles, Practices and Policy Pearson Education, India.
5. Jeremy Moon Corporate Governance and Business Ethics Edward Elgar Publication 2010.
6.2 CENTRAL BANKING

Module - A: Rationale and Functions of Central Bank
1. Evolution and Functions of Central Banking Evolutions of Theory and Practice of Central Banking,
Development of Central Banks in Developed and Developing countries.
2. Functions of a Central Bank : Banker to Government, Banker to Banks, Monetary policy Functions,
Currency Issue and Management, Payment system function, Maintaining Internal and External values of
currency, Regulation, Facilitation and supervision of Financial System, Promotional Functions to support
growth and other National objectives, Development of Financial Markets, Institutions and
communication policies.
3. Contemporary Issues: Desirability, Autonomy and independence, Credibility, accountability and
transparency of a Central Bank, conflict with fiscal policies.
Module - B : Central banking in India

1. Reserve Bank of India: Organizational evolution, Constitution and Governance, Major organizational
and Functional Developments over the time, Recent Developments, RBI Act.
2. India Specific Issues: Banking Regulation Act, FEMA, Banking Ombudsman Scheme, Financial Sector
reforms, other financial regulators and division of functions. Institutions setup by RBI; NABARD, IDBI,
DFHI, IRBI, UTI.
3. Glossary of Central Banking Terms.
Module - C: Monetary Policy and Credit Policy
1. Monetary Policy: Objectives, Reconciling dual objectives, The Taylor Rule, Indicators of Policy,
instruments of policy (Bank Rate, OMO, CRR, SLR etc.), policy Transmission mechanism and channels,
transparency of policies, Lags in policy.
2. Credit Policy: Objectives, Theory and Practice, Instruments.
3. An over view of Fiscal Policy: Importance of Budgets, Union Budget, State Budget, Finances of Union
and State Governments, Finance Commission.
4. Striking balance between inflation and growth through monetary and fiscal policies.
Module - D: Supervision and Financial Stability
1. Indian Financial System: Constituents of Indian Financial Markets and their Regulation. Evolution of
Bank Regulation and supervision.
2. Financial Stability: Financial Development Vs Financial stability, Risks to Financial stability, early
warning signals and remedial action, Liquidity Management, Regulation and supervision of Banks, Risk
Management in Banks, The Basel Norms, Prudential Norms, Effect of liberalization and Globalization on
Financial Stability, Linkage to International Financial Stability, International standards and codes. Role of
Supervisor under Basel-II

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6.

5 Business Ethics and Corporate Governance

To understand ethical issues in business.

6.2 CENTRAL BANKING

Module - B : Central banking in India

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