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The core of business ethics
Author(s) -
Hasnas John
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
business and society review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1467-8594
pISSN - 0045-3609
DOI - 10.1111/basr.12218
Subject(s) - business ethics , ethical code , core (optical fiber) , nationality , engineering ethics , philosophy of business , information ethics , set (abstract data type) , corporate social responsibility , applied ethics , business , normative ethics , meta ethics , sociology , public relations , political science , law , business model , marketing , computer science , immigration , engineering , telecommunications , programming language
Much of the focus on business ethics literature is on complex questions of corporate social responsibility. Yet, the heart of business ethics consists in a set of fundamental moral principles that are inherent in the activity of doing business in a market. These principles transcend differences in nationality, culture, and religion and supply the building blocks on which the more complex analyses can be based. This set of principles, which constitute the core of business ethics, provides business people with a code of conduct that is the analog of attorneys’ Canon of Ethics and physicians’ Code of Medical Ethics.