Irony of "Corporate Ethics"
No, the irony of the term "Corporate Ethics" (or "Business Ethics") is not the oh-so-tired joke about it being an oxymoron.
The irony of the modern usage of the term is that, most places you look, it's become a synonym for "corporate law-breaking." Check out the Washington Post's Business Ethics Page. See anything that DOESN'T involve criminal charges?
Clue for the uninitiated: this is ironic because, on Day 1 of Business Ethics 101, the first thing you learn is that ethics is not the same as law. I have no idea whether anything can be done to rescue the term "ethics" from it's current deflationary usage.
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Update, Nov. 16 2008:
I've updated the link to the WP's business ethics page, above. They seem to have moved the page.
The irony of the modern usage of the term is that, most places you look, it's become a synonym for "corporate law-breaking." Check out the Washington Post's Business Ethics Page. See anything that DOESN'T involve criminal charges?
Clue for the uninitiated: this is ironic because, on Day 1 of Business Ethics 101, the first thing you learn is that ethics is not the same as law. I have no idea whether anything can be done to rescue the term "ethics" from it's current deflationary usage.
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Update, Nov. 16 2008:
I've updated the link to the WP's business ethics page, above. They seem to have moved the page.
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