Business ethics are concerned with the way in which decisions are made and how much consideration is given to the consequences for employees, shareholders, suppliers, the local community and the wider environment. Extremely bad, or extremely good, behaviour is easy to identify and is punished or rewarded accordingly. However most of us and our organisations work closer to the middle of the spectrum where we can choose to seek a more responsible value set or allow existing values to be eroded without necessarily experiencing immediate commercial consequences. There are no right or wrong positions in this middle ground.
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