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Бизнес етика, или защо приятелството си е приятелство, а сиренето е с пари?
Business Ethics, or Why Friendship is Friendship but Cheese Costs Money

Author(s): Valentina Dramalieva
Subject(s): Economy, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Economic development
Published by: Институт по философия и социология при БАН
Keywords: Aristotle on friendship; applied ethics; business; business ethics; business game; ethical conduct; ethical standards; friendship

Summary/Abstract: The article is based on a lecture given by the author as a PP-presentation on the occasion of her election to the academic rank of professor in 2015. The reference to the popular proverb “Friendship is friendship but cheese costs money”, does not evoke the usual opposition of ethics and business, but, quite to the contrary, illustrates business ethics. It is assumed that the statement gives a good idea of: (1) business ethics – i.e., the possibility to apply ethical standards to business; (2) the specificity of this application; (3) the specificity of ethical standards applied to business. The elucidation of these three questions not only clarifies important issues of business ethics but shows that the proverb is relevant to them. This ultimately helps understand (4) the actual place of friendship in business and why, even for friends, cheese costs money. The structure and content of the article follow this logical order. The conclusion refers to some hazards associated with the extrapolation of the understanding of friendship in business to all human relationships.

  • Issue Year: XXVI/2017
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 21-34
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: English, Bulgarian