The ABC's of business ethics: definitions, philosophies and implementation. (Ethics in the Workplace)

Industrial Management | January 1, 1995| | Copyright

What is ethics? Ethics is concerned with moral obligation, responsibility, and social justice. The word ethics comes from the Greek words "ethikos" and "ethos," meaning custom or usage. As employed by Aristotle, the term included the idea of character and disposition. Thus, ethics reflects the character of the individual and more contemporarily perhaps, the character of the business firm, which is a collection of individuals.

There are several ways to define ethics. John Rawls, author of A Theory of Justice, said that ethics is justice. In other words, ethics includes ...

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