Circles within a Circle: The Condition for the Possibility of Ethical Business Institutions Within a Market System

How can a business institution function as an ethical institution within a wider system if the context of the wider system is inherently unethical? If the primary goal of an institution, no matter how ethical it sets out to be, is to function successfully within a market system, how can it reconcile...

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Main Author: Allinson, Robert Elliott (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2004
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2004, Volume: 53, Issue: 1, Pages: 17-28
Further subjects:B the profit motive
B Market System
B economic motivation
B Lexicostatistics
B Production
B Adam Smith
B Self-interest
B Capitalism
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