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Professional Ethics in Management Sciences: UR-450-Course Outline

UR-450-Curriculum of Life & Living-V

Course Goals

  1. To develop Good Muslim Professionals in the field of Management Sciences
  2. To highlight the role of ethics in personality development
  3. To inculcate Professional-Ethics in Management Sciences
  4. To provide ethically-equipped professionals to meet the challenges in the field of Management Sciences

General Objectives

  1. To learn basic ethical values needed to build ethical conduct
  2. To help in development of moderate balanced personalities
  3. To explore relevance between ethics and professionalism
  4. To build capacity to think critically on ethical issues in respective professions

Teaching Methodology

  1. Interactive lectures linked to theory & practice
  2. Activity-Based Learning (ABL)
  3. Experiential Learning (EL)
  4. In-House Seminars/ Workshops.
  5. Presentations/ Exhibitions
  6. Community Projects/ Study Visits
  7. Online audios/videos

Course Contents Professional Ethics: Part-I

  1.  
  2. Introduction to Professional Ethics
  3. Definition and meaning of ethics
  4. Importance and classification of ethics
  5. Major characteristics of Islamic ethics
  6. Universality of Islamic Ethics and Morality
  7. Distinction of Islamic ethics to secular ethics
          1. Universal Islamic Ethical Values

    1. Unity (Tawhid)
    2. Preservation of religio-cultural freedom (Din)
    3. Equity, justice, fairness (‘adl)
    4. Protection and promotion of life (Nafs
    5. Protection of reason (‘aql)
    6. Protection and dignity of gene and genealogy (Nasl)
    7. Protection of property (Maal)

3.  Strategic Time Management

  1. Time: An Importance of Time in Islamic Paradigm
  2. Time Quadrants Matrix
  3. Sleep / Rest Management

4.  Stress Management

  1. Workload Management
  2. Prioritization of professional tasks and assignments
  3. Anger Management
  4. Conflict Management

5.  Strategic Teamwork

  1. Consultation
  2. Respect of Opinion
  3. Planning
  4. Execution

6.  Leadership

  1. Vision
  2. Decision Making
  3. Leniency
  4. Counseling

7.   Personal-Professional Life Management

  1. Obligation and Rights of Personal-Professional Life
  2. Challenges/Hurdles
  3. Way Forward
  4.  

Course Contents Professional Ethics: Part-II

            1. Scientific Issues
  1. Introduction to Ethics
  2. Ethics Approaches
  3. Ethics in Business
  4. Moral Anatomy and Ethics Theories
  5. Ethics in the market place, generosity, competitiveness and fairness
  6. Marketing and Advertising Ethics
  7. Fundamentals Human Rights
  8. Rights in Business
  9. Employees Rights, Bill of Rights, Drug Testing and Privacy
  10. Human Rights
  11. Institutional Liberty and Environments
  12. Code of Ethics and Institutional Ethics
  13. Natural Justice and Qualitative Values
  14. International Business Ethics
  15. Grievances, Remedial  SOP and Arbitration
  16. Labor Law and Evidence Law
  17. Types of Business
  18. Industrial Safety & Accident Prevention

Recommended Books

Specific Objectives

  1. Specific Objectives:
  1. To develop sensible, responsible, truthful, and accountable professionals who can perform leading roles in their respective fields
  2. To construct a creative and innovative approach with commitment to professional and moral responsibility
  3. Attitude/Behaviour:
  4. To think critically on ethical issues and their solutions.
  5. To apply the Islamic ethical values in their professional fields.
  6. To develop the competencies needed for creation of a fair social order.
  7. To develop innovative solutions
  8. To become entrepreneur with lawful (halal) ways and avoid unlawful, haram ways
  9. To analyze critically from an Islamic perspective traditional practices in professional life

Skills:

  1. To understand the basic concepts of ethics and morality and professional life from Islamic perspective
  2. To develop leadership qualities needed for social change and professional excellence