To say that one should do something is another way ofsaying it is ethical. If they were married, they would not bebachelors. It is like asking, “Why are bachelorsunmarried?” They are unmarried by definition. To see why, it is best tostart with the question raised by the first one: why should business people be ethical?Why Should One Be Ethical? There is already something odd about this question. These arguments are confused and mistaken on several levels. Character is formed inchildhood, not while reading a college text or sitting in class. But they still insist that there is no point in studying ethics. A third group of managers grant that ethical duty goes further than what is required bylaw. They see no need to be ethical in any further sense, andtherefore no need for any background beyond business and law. But why should they beconcerned about ethics, as long as they are making money and staying out of jail? Other managers recognize that they should be ethical but identify their ethical duty withmaking a legal profit for the firm. They see why theyshould make a profit, and most agree they should do so legally. They may simply say that they have no reason to be ethical. But isit necessary for them to study ethics? Managers who answer in the negative generally base their thinking on one of threerationales. Why Business Ethics? John Hooker Carnegie Mellon University April 2003 Everyone agrees that business managers must understand finance and marketing.
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