Monthly Plan
- Access everything in the JPASS collection
- Read the full-text of every article
- Download up to 10 article PDFs to save and keep
Yearly Plan
- Access everything in the JPASS collection
- Read the full-text of every article
- Download up to 120 article PDFs to save and keep
Log in through your institution
Purchase a PDF
Purchase this article for $34.00 USD.
Purchase this issue for $54.00 USD. Go to Table of Contents.
How does it work?
- Select a purchase option.
- Check out using a credit card or bank account with PayPal.
- Read your article online and download the PDF from your email or your account.
journal article
Once Again: Why Should Business Be Ethical?Business & Professional Ethics Journal
Vol. 17, No. 4, Selected Papers from the 1998 Conference of the Australian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics [Winter 1998]
, pp. 39-60 [22 pages]
Published By: Philosophy Documentation Center
//www.jstor.org/stable/27801073
Read and download
Log in through your school or library
Alternate access options
For independent researchers
Subscribe to JPASS
Unlimited reading + 10 downloads
Purchase article
$34.00 - Download now and later
Journal Information
Business and Professional Ethics Journal is a peer-reviewed forum for interdisciplinary research that explores the systemic causes of ethical challenges in business and professional life. Established in 1981, it originally published articles and reviews with a focus on ethical problems encountered by professionals working in large organizational structures. Over the years it has published special issues in cooperation with a number of professional associations, including the Society for Business Ethics, the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, the Australian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics, and the Canadian Society for the Study of Practical Ethics. Contributors include leading scholars in business and practical ethics from several countries.
Publisher Information
The Philosophy Documentation Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing affordable and sustainable access to scholarly materials in philosophy, applied ethics, religious studies, classics, and related disciplines. Established in 1966, it publishes essential reference materials, peer-reviewed journals, book series, conference proceedings, and research databases. It hosts a large collection of electronic resources, and provides membership and authenticated online access services for professional organizations in several countries.
Rights & Usage
This item is part of a JSTOR Collection.
For terms and use, please refer to our Terms and Conditions
Business & Professional Ethics Journal © 1998
Philosophy Documentation Center
Request Permissions
Which of the following are reasons a business should be managed ethically?To attract customersTo avoid lawsuitsTo maintain a good reputation
Making decisions that we know are different from what is right erodes ourself-esteem.
Which set of ethics codes defines an organization’s guiding values, creates an environment that supports ethically sound
Get answer to your question and much more
Insiders, such as lower-level employees, who report concerns about a company’s accounting or auditing practices are called:
Get answer to your question and much more
Corporate policy refers to the position a firm takes onsocialandpoliticalissues.
Identify which of the following would classify as Internet plagiarism.
Get answer to your question and much more
An employee ordering personal goods from a website during work hours without permission from his employer is: unethical
Societies set the standards for moral behavior, known as
Get answer to your question and much more
Ethicsare standards for moral behavior, that is, behavior accepted by society as right versus wrong.
Get answer to your question and much more
Who sets the standards of right and wrong as defined by ethics? Society
Companies that try to act in a socially responsible way are likely to focus on such activities as:
Get answer to your question and much more
Increasing the diversity of their workforceUsing recyclable packagingCorporate social responsibilitya business’s concern for the welfare of society.Corporate social responsibility is based on aconcern for the welfare of society