GENERAL TOPIC: ETHICS, BUSINESS AND SOCIETY

What is the relevance of ethics for common living? How does ethics affect our society? Can a business driven by moral values and vision be sustainable? What is the role of ethics in society and in business? Responding to those significant questions, a postor competition is being planned for students, who will be the future citizens of India.

The larger framework of this competition is to explore the significance of ethics in the society at large and in the business world in particular. So, you are requested to choose one specific topic which you are convinced of and demonstrate it using charts, diagrams and minimum of text. Choose one particular area, find arguments for or against and come to a reasoned and deliberate opinion. Some of the sub-topics you can argue for or against are the following:

• Role of ethics in character building
• Ethics is purely subjective!
• There cannot be an objective ethics.
• Ethics fosters collective identity
• Topics of your own choice (related to ethics and society)
• For more topics see the website https://kuru.in/topics

Workshop

An online workshop, which will be helpful for making the poster, will be conducted for those who register before Dec 10, 2022. In order to register for the workshop, send an email with your full name, bio details, educational backaround and contact address to jrdtf@xlri.ac.in.You may also register at the website [link to Registration Page].

Instructions

• Take any one specific point to prove in the poster. Try to be focused and specific.
• Demonstrate your argument persuasively, bringing out logically consistently reasons or premises.
• You may use charts, diagrams, pointers, quotes and maps creatively.
• Indicate connections, relations between various elements in the poster.
• Have sections of Introduction, Main Contents, Conclusion, References, About the Author (including name, email id and photo), etc.
• Use text minimally and creatively.
• The decision of the organizing committee is final.
• Model posters can be found on the website. https://kuru.in/topics
• Final instructions and conditions will be found on the website.
• If you are participating in the essay writing competition, you cannot draw poster on the same theme.
• Open only to students.

Organized by JRD Tata Foundation for Business Ethics - XLRI, Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur

Email: jrdtf@xlri.ac.in