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Business Ethics and Social Responsibility

Abstract

Business ethics implies the rights and wrongs in the process of production and consumption of goods and services. Surely, all of the individuals and institutions have duties and responsibilities for the environments in which they exist. For instance, a company has responsibilities toward external environments (state, environment, society etc.) as much as its own workers, stakeholders, partners. In essence, social responsibility is a necessity of business ethics. In other terms, business ethics covers social responsibility. Honesty and trustworthiness etc. are the foundation of conventional business ethics and valid for all professions. In present study, business ethics and social responsibility are considered under the general title of “business”, then, it is focused on business ethics, academic ethics, media ethics and social responsibility and environmental ethics.

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business ethics social responsibility