And complicating all of these areas is the question of the proper scope of the government's involvement. In each of these areas, business professionals make errors, some of them dishonest. Contracts are broken, lies are told, employees are treated arbitrarily, employees steal, confidential information is revealed, cons are pulled, politicians are blackmailed, bad checks are written. But despite the errors and immoralities that occur in the complex world of big business, the crucial fact is that the same fundamental moral appraisal of business applies. A university is more complex than a one-room school house, but the same positive moral appraisal of education applies to both, no matter how many more opportunities for errors and corruption the complex nature of the university allows.
Business is essentially good.
Ethics is about what is valuable, and business is the production and trade of one key category of values. Please send comments, questions, and suggestions about the website to webmaster Shawn Klein .