Gender, Human Rights and Ethics
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Smita Mishra Panda
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Course Name : Gender, Human Rights and Ethics
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.
Course Outcomes
CO1: Understanding the complexity of issues and challenges relating to gender, human rights and ethics. PO1 (3), PO10 (2), PO12 (3) (Engg); PO1 (3), PO8 (3), PO9 (2) (MBA).
CO2: Be sensitive to gender, human rights and ethics within an organizational context. PO9 (3), PO10 (2) (Engg); PO3 (2), PO6 (3) (MBA).
CO3: To integrate concerns related to gender, human rights and ethics into the policies, processes and systems in an organization. PO9 (2), PO10 (3), PO12 (3) (Engg); PO2 (2), PO5 (3) (MBA).
Course Syllabus
Module 1
- 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 2
- 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 3
- 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
Session Plan
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 - True equality is when both women and men have a voice - 13 mins
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
3.22 mins on The Future of Gender Equality in Work by ILO
4.22 mins video on Gender Based Analysis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6w-d1mmjFU
Free Readings
Gender and Development - Concepts and Definitions
Gender and Organisational Change Training
Project
-Gender Responsive Governance in times of COVID 19
https://in.one.un.org/gender-responsive-governance-in-the-times-of-covid-19/
- SDG - Gender Equality Goal 5
https://in.one.un.org/page/sustainable-development-goals/sdg-5/
- Gender, Sustainability and Environment
Women_Environment_and_Sustainable_Development_A_Ca
- Good Practices of Gender Mainstreaming in India
Good Practices for Gender Mainstreaming
- Gender Equality Case Study
Gender Equality - Kerala Case Study
For 1st Sem (Sec A and B) courses - projects for assessment
Gender-Human-Rights-framework-for-project
Session 6
Basic concepts on human rights; history of human rights; current significance
PPT Human Rights_Basic Concepts
Videos on Basic concepts of human rights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew993Wdc0zo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpY9s1Agbsw
Videos on History of Human Rights
Session 7
Violation and legal framework for the protection of human rights
PPT
Video on the Paris Principles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEgD7pdXt_c
Video on Protection of Human Rights Act 1993 (for reference, bilingual)
Session 8
Human rights and sustainability framework
PPT HR and sustainability framework
Video on Human Rights and Sustainable Development
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHHy1gDn4x8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lc_dlVrg5M&list=TLPQMjgwOTIwMjAuBkg3TPylKg&index=2
Session 9 & 10
Human rights in the organizational context
PPT HR in workplace
Slideshare on labour laws in India https://www.slideshare.net/AnshuSingh2/ppt-on-labour-laws-in-india
Video on Why should your company care about human rights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCtNx3hHZ08
Video on UN Reporting Framework: Salient Human Rights Issues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LswDupgiZug
Books:
1.Arihants UGC NET Human Rights and Duties
2.Kapoor, S. K. Central Law Agency’s Human Rights under International Law and National Law
Ciapham Andrew, 2015, Human Rights: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press
Smith Rhona, 2015, Textbook on International Human Rights, Oxford University Press
Free Online Sources:
https://www.humanrightscareers.com/…/10-human-rights-study-books-you-can-download
Session 12
Theoretical perspectives – utilitarianism, virtue ethics, duty ethics
PPTs - Duty Ethics
Video on Utilitarianism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FrZl22_79Q
Video on virtue ethics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMblKpkKYao
Video on deontology (duty) ethics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWZi-8Wji7M
Project (self exploration through case studies)
Session 13
Ethical relativism
PPT - Ethical Relativism
Video on Moral relativism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RU7M6JSVtk
Project (self-exploration through case studies)
Session 14 & 15
Ethics in organisations
Video on ethics in the workplace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mUxMpMTT28
Project (self-exploration through case studies)
Family Loyalty vs. Meritocracy_1
Books
Frankena, WK, 1973, Ethics (2nd Edition), Pearson.
Singer, P. 2011, Practical Ethics (3rd ed), Cambridge University Press.
Smart, JJC and Williams, B. 1973, Utilitarianism: For and Against, Cambridge University Press.
Case Studies
Case Studies
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Professor Smita is presently Director Research at the Centurion University of Technology and Management, Odisha. She has a background in Social Anthropology and Development Planning. A gold medalist from the University of Delhi, she has several national and international awards to her credit. She received her Ph.D from the Asian Institute of Technolgy, Bangkok (Thailand) […]