Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Professional Ethics (4 credits) Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026

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Syllabus for Professional Ethics (4 credits)

Vocational skill course · Philosophy · Semester 3 · SY BA · 4 credits · 100 marks · 60 hours

The University sets this paper under Scheme II only, so your college may not run it.

Practise with the Semester 3 past papers. Papers in the subject folders were set on this syllabus. The year folders hold older papers, so check each topic against this one.

Module 1: Introduction Human Values & Professional Ethics

1 Morals, Values, professional Values and professional ethics
2 Civic Virtue: Respect for Others, Living Peacefully, Caring, Sharing, Honesty, Courage, Valuing Time
3 Organizational ethics, rights and Duties, Ethical Dilemma at work place

Module 2: Ethics in Profession

1 Media Ethics- Truth and Objectivity in Journalism; Ethics in Social Media, Ethics in Advertising
2 Medical Ethics - Doctor-Patient Relationship, Informed Consent and confidentiality
3 Case study

Module 3: Corporate Ethics

1 Ethics in Business and Corporate: Corporate social responsibility;
Affirmative action
2 Ethics in Administration and Law: Ethics in Public/Civil services;
Lawyer- client relations.
3 Case study

Module 4: Ethics in Technology

1 Ethics in Engineering: Ethics of technology; Sustainable Development.
2 Ethics in IT/Cyber: Right to privacy, Intellectual Property rights, Ethical issues in digital Marketing
3 Case study

Reading List

1 Chadwick, Ruth. Professional Ethics. In E. Craig (Ed.), Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. (London: Routledge. 1998)
2 Frey, R.G. and Wellman, Christopher Heath (ed.) : A Companion to Applied Ethics, (John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2008)
3 Fullerton, G.S. Introduction to Philosophy, (Andrews UK Limited, Luton, 2012)
4 Joshi, H.M. Traditional and Contemporary Ethics: Western and Indian. (Bharatiya Vidya Prakashan, Delhi, 2002)
5 Lillie, William. An Introduction to Ethics. (Methuen, London, 1966)
6 Singer, Peter. Practical Ethics, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 1990.
7 Sinha, Jadunath. Manual of Ethics, New Central Book Agency (P) Limited, Calcutta, 1998
8 Naagarazan. R.S. Professional Ethics and Human Values. New Age International (P) Limited, Publishers, New Delhi, 2006
9 Tandon, Nirmala. Contemporary Indian Ethics, English Edition Publishers, Mumbai, 2003
10 Titus, Harold. Ethics Today, Eurasia Publishing house Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 1966
11 Collins, Denis (2019). Business Ethics: Best Practices for Designing and Managing Ethical Organizations. Los Angeles: SAGE. Edited by Patricia Kanashiro.
12 G. Subba Rao and P.N. Roy Chowdhury, 2017, Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude for Civil Services Examination, G.K Publication
13 Sirohi R.K.: Administrative Ethics, Prabhat Prakashan, 2021
14 R.F. Smith. Ethics in Journalism 6th edn. (Blackwell, 2008)
15 M Neelamalar, “Media Law and Ethics” PHI learning Pvt. Ltd, 2010
16 Foreman, Gene (2015). The Ethical Journalist: Making Responsible Decisions in the Digital Age. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. Edited by Daniel R. Biddle, Emilie Lounsberry & Richard G. Jones.
17 and Ohlin,“Cyber War: Law and Ethics for Virtual Conflicts”, Oxford, 2015.
18 Deborah orlik, Ethics for the Legal Professional
19 Richard Zitrin, Liz Ryan Cole, Timothy Casey(ed) Legal Ethics in the Practice of Law (5 th edn)
20 Ghosh, Yashomati. Legal Ethics & the Profession of Law. Lexis Nexis, 2014
21 Tom Beauchamp and LeRoy Walters (ed.) Contemporary Issues in Bioethics 5th edn.
22 Deborah Bowman, John Spicer, Rehana Iqbal, Informed Consent
23 Tom Beauchamp and James Childress. Principles of Biomedical Ethics
24 Mike W. Martin and Roland Schinzinger, Ethics in Engineering, 1983.
25 Manjikian, Mary. “Cybersecurity Ethics: An Introduction”, Routledge, London 2022.
24 Joseph Migga Kizza, Computer Network Security and Cyber Ethics, (4th edn), Mcfarland and Company Inc., 2014

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