Business Ethics

Discuss this oxymoron in the comments below.

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12 Responses to "Business Ethics"

deeD33 says:

July 21, 2009 at 11:54 am

How & why is business ethics an oxymoron?
jyo says:

December 27, 2009 at 1:22 am

irony
Hytakie_sychari says:

August 2, 2010 at 2:03 pm

Ethics on business ? …. as to subject to change w/o notice !,… isn't that the time they change the subject when nobody would notice ?
Carl Well says:

September 20, 2010 at 1:50 am

Business ethics is an oxymoron because people get into business to maximize profit while ethics deals with anything other that profit. However, there is the dilemma about doing the right thing. It seems the one who abides by moral principles is usually poorer while the crook becomes richer. The dilemma arises because ethical behavior is not always rewarded and unethical behavior is rarely punished.
Carl Well says:

September 20, 2010 at 6:50 am

Business ethics is an oxymoron because people get into business to maximize profit while ethics deals with anything other that profit. However, there is the dilemma about doing the right thing. It seems the one who abides by moral principles is usually poorer while the crook becomes richer. The dilemma arises because ethical behavior is not always rewarded and unethical behavior is rarely punished.
Taeddy says:

May 18, 2011 at 1:15 pm

cynical aren’t we?
Karen says:

August 16, 2011 at 5:17 pm

Just thought of this myself this morning, and see you already have it listed. What ethics that do exist in business are always held by the peons in the business, not the ones who run the show.
Santae says:

November 16, 2011 at 11:39 pm

“We were just talking about business ethics.”… “Yes, no wonder we couldn’t hear anything.” -George Carline FTW
Mrqburt says:

January 9, 2012 at 11:47 am

well said but ethics has to do with rules …. and whether broken or not they are there so it is not an oxymoron …duh!
Mrqburt says:

January 9, 2012 at 11:49 am

and every business has rules and whether written on paper or told verbally as in ethics they are rules of behaviour
Sai Mohan says:

January 19, 2014 at 1:44 am

Ethical behaviour is certainly rewarded but rather in a indirect way. When a company runs and make its decision in an ethical way the reputation of the firm increases which in turn leads to the following,
1.Customer loyality
2.Greater Image
3.Low labour turnover rate
4.Increase in sales
5.No government intervention
6.Quality Management.
7.Greater Acceptance of new product

Also for this purpose alone we value goodwill in some basis since it affects the sales of the end product.
Chicken Lady says:

July 17, 2017 at 7:58 pm

Drorgon

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