Commercial, industrial, or professional dealings
Simple and to the point. Put another way, business is the things people do to make money. For more about what businesses are and what they do, see this Wikipedia entry. It is more difficult to find a similarly simple definition of ethics, but we have tried. Reduced to their most fundamental, ethics are:
Principles of right conduct
For a lot more on this subject, please see the following Wikipedia page. This Know More Media column will cover the intersection of those two subjects. Boiled down to its most basic meaning, Business Ethics are:
The principles of right conduct which govern commercial, industrial, or professional dealings
For a more complete definition, you could start with this Wikipedia page. Or you could just continue to read this column. We intend to cover this subject matter from all angles, helping both business people and consumers understand the meaning of “right business conduct.” It is a critical subject for both groups and we hope to make all aspects of business ethics as clear as they can be made, primarily by example. Stick with us.
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