The virtues appropriate to business

Article Abstract:

The specificity of business ethics emanates from the special contexts and temptations that business introduces in daily lives. Personal virtues are inapplicable in some cases for people acting in a representative capacity for a business organization. The definition of virtues for a particular activity depends crucially on the aims of that activity. However, honesty is a virtue common to both business and everyday life. Robert Solomon in 'Ethics and Excellence' gives an account of virtues that fails to distinguish the context of business from that of everyday life.

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Virtuous markets: the market as school of the virtuous

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Economists have long acknowledged the character forming effects of the market, particularly its impact on 'virtues.' These virtues refer to the qualities that enable a person to act in an ethically appropriate manner. Virtues such as community and cooperation are observed to be reinforced by the market itself. As a result, the development of the market's moral culture and foundations is enhanced.

Markets (Economics)

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Virtuous peers in work organizations

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Virtuous peers in work organizations have been found to possess two character elements irrespective of the goods produced by these organizations. These include trustworthiness and loyalty to common projects for their own sake. Both character elements are unique human qualities and are considered important in the development of the whole work community and a well-lived life.

Workers

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