Business ethics in theory and in practise

• Bernard BOUGON
  Partner FVA Management
  

Summary

What is business ethics all about ? Keeping to the law ? Company charters ? In practise, the answer is less simple. It would be useful to have a clear idea - a good theory - of what ethics actually are. Bernard Bougon defines ethics on three levels : individual, membership group and universal ethics. It is difficult to link up these levels in a business context, which leads us to rule out any absolutist theory of ethics.

Summary translated from French by B&A CONSEIL.

• The entire article was written by Pascal LEFEBVRE and translated by B&A CONSEIL.

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