Gender, Human Rights and Ethics

Course Code (Credit):

CUTM1014 (2-0-1)

Course Objectives:

This course is about gender, human rights and ethics in which the student will be sensitized and exposed to related issues in the context of business and organisations in India. The specific objectives are:

  • To develop an understanding of gender, human rights and ethics in an unequal society like India.
  • Sensitisation of how gender, human rights and ethics are significant in organisations.
  • Integrating concerns related to gender, human rights and ethics in organisations.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Understanding the complexity of issues and challenges relating to gender, human rights and ethics
  • Be sensitive to gender, human rights and ethics within an organizational context
  • To integrate concerns related to gender, human rights and ethics into the policies, processes and systems in an organization.

Course Syllabus:

Module I:

Difference between sex and gender; social construction of gender and its outcomes in the form of behavior, roles, gender based division of labour, hierarchy; gender relations

Gender issues in organisations - significance of relations between structures, practices, context, interactions and power for construction of gender at organisational level.

Gender implications at workplace, management and leadership, Laws and Acts

Comparing different types of organisations; how to create a gender sensitive organisation

Module II:

Introduction to human rights, Meaning and Definition, Types.

Human Rights Law: Protection, violation and the legal framework for their protection - International Human Rights Law, Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Conflicts of Rights and its Significance to Organisations: Challenges of the past and challenges for the future. Persistence of social discrimination and inequality; efforts in the search for justice for past violations, continued struggle for human rights and accountability in an organisational context.

Module III:

Introduction to and study of ethics; Indian and Western ethics

Different ethical systems and perspectives; ethical relativism and its implications, utilitarianism, duty ethics and virtue ethics in organisations.

Critique of various ethical positions and develop their own position in an organizational context.

Text Books:

  1. Frankena, WK, 1973, Ethics (2nd Edition), Pearson.
  2. Singer, P. 2011, Practical Ethics (3rd ed), Cambridge University Press.
  3. Smart, JJC and Williams, B. 1973, Utilitarianism: For and Against, Cambridge University Press.

Session Plan:

Session Topic Reference Link (if any)
Session 1 Basic concepts on sex and gender; social construction of gender; constitutional provisions for gender equality. PPT 1 - Introduction to Gender
1.5 mins video on Gender Equality and Poverty
Session 2 Gender issues in different sectors – Health, Education, Governance, Livelihoods PPT 2 - Gender issues in health
PPT 3 - Gender issues in education
PPT 4 - Gender issues in Governance
1.3 mins video on gender stereotypes and education
Session 3 Approaches to address gender inequality – WID, WAD and GAD PPT 5 - WID WAD GAD
TED talk by Deepa Bhardwaj
Session 4 & 5 Gender and organizational issues PPT 6 - Gender and Organisations
PPT 7 - Gender Equality in Organisations
PPT 8 - Gender Mainstreaming and Attitude in Worksplace
PPT 9 - Gender Sensitisation
Video: Future of Gender Equality in Work by ILO
Video on Gender Based Analysis
Free Readings:
- Gender and Development - Concepts and Definitions
- Gender and Organisational Change Training
Project:
- Gender Responsive Governance in times of COVID 19
- SDG - Gender Equality Goal 5
- Women_Environment_and_Sustainable_Development_A_Ca
- Good Practices for Gender Mainstreaming
- Gender Equality - Kerala Case Study
For 1st Sem - Projects:
- Gender-Human-Rights-framework-for-project
- Gender Human Rights - Class list (Sec A & B)
Session 6 Basic concepts on human rights; history of human rights; current significance PPT Human Rights_Basic Concepts
PPT History of Human Rights
PPT Current Significance
Video 1
Video 2
Video on History
Video on History 2
Session 7 Violation and legal framework for the protection of human rights PPT - NHRI_Paris Principles
Video on Paris Principles
Video: Protection of Human Rights Act 1993
Session 8 Human rights and sustainability framework PPT - HR and sustainability framework
Video 1
Video 2
Session 9 & 10 Human rights in the organizational context PPT - HR in workplace
Slideshare on Labour Laws
Video: Why companies care
UN Reporting Framework
Books:
- Arihants UGC NET Human Rights and Duties
- Central Law Agency’s Human Rights (Kapoor, S. K.)
- Human Rights: A Very Short Introduction (Andrew Clapham)
- Textbook on International Human Rights (Rhona Smith)
Free Sources:
Human Rights Careers
Session 11 Basic concepts in ethics PPT - Introduction to Ethics
Video on Ethics defined
Session 12 Theoretical perspectives – utilitarianism, virtue ethics, duty ethics PPTs - Duty Ethics, Utilitarianism, Virtue Ethics
Video on Utilitarianism
Video on Virtue Ethics
Video on Deontology (Duty)
Project:
- Fraudulent Books
- Gifts from the Boss's Friend
- Gifts from the Sales Representative
Session 13 Ethical relativism PPT - Ethical Relativism
Video on Moral Relativism
Project:
- Mining Data
- Office Affair
- On-time Delivery
Session 14 & 15 Ethics in organisations Video on Ethics in Workplace