http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-business-ethics.htm
I’m really agree with the idea in this passage. Business ethic is really important to a company, even to a country. To a company, if it does something unethical, it would be fined or face the problem of bankrupting. To a country, if it does something unethical, it would be repelled by the globle trade system and may ended up disrupting.
In my opinion, the unethical behavior is always driven by self-interest. The word “ethic”, I think, is behavior that benefits other people else besides the one who conduct the behavior. In the light of this statement, unethical business always sacrifices other public’s interest to satisfy itself’s. And the common ending is that the business is stifled by what it did unethically.
So what to do to accord the definition of “ethic”, or “business ethics“? (mentioned in the article. “Business ethics is the behavior that a business adheres to in its daily dealings with the world.”) For example, an automobile manufacture should do its best to make their cars safe so that the consumers won’t get badly hurt due to the quality problems. The child labor should not exist so that children will not be under heavy labor or get hurt. We can see that companies ought to run their business and profit in the premise of not violating others’ legal rights and most of their interest. (In some cases, part of their interest should be sacrificed to achieve higher goals that benefit them more.)
In conclusion, business ethics are of great significance to maximise everyone’s benefit and to make a harmonious business environment.
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