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Spring 2006

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 22, Number 2

Categories: Business | Spring 2006

Business Ethics in A New Key

Tibor R. Machan, Chapman University

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JournalofPrivateEnterprise,VolumeXXI,NumberZSpring2006BusinessEthicsinANewKeyTiborR.MachanChapmanUniversityMiseducationAboutBusinessInourdayweliveinperpetualtensionbetweenconvictionsthatpromiseushappinesshereonearthandonesthatcallusawayandaskustorenouncethatverysameworld.AsIonceentitledacolumnIwroteforanewspaperinBirmingham,Alabama,`WePraiseMotherTeresaandthenHittheShoppingMall."Mostofusare,inotherwords,torn.Itisnotouressentialnaturethatproducesthistension.No,thereisapossibilityoflivingharmoniouslywiththeworldinwhichweare,admittedly,unique.Butthenbirdsareunique,asarefish,asaremanyotherlivingbeings.Sothisitselfshouldposenoinsurmountableproblem.Inourcase,however,thereisthepossibilityofbeingwrong.Humanbeingsmustlearnabouttheworldandsometimestheylearnbadlyoraretaughtthewrongthings.Thisisespeciallythecasewhenitcomestoourattitudeaboutbusiness,astaughtinourcollegesanduniversities.BusinessEthicsMisconceivedSometimeagoNewsweekmagazinerana"MyTurn"column(1989)byprofessorAmitaiEtzioniofGeorgeWashingtonUniversitywhotaughtatermofbusinessethicsattheHarvardBusinessSchool.Theauthor,whohaswritten,amongotherworks,abook(1988)highlycriticalofneo-classicaleconomics,spenttheentirepiecelamentingthemeagerinteresthisMBAstudentsshowedinthesubjecthewastryingveryhardtoexplaintothem.Etzioni'smaincomplaintintheNewsweekpieceisthathe"clearlyhadnotfoundawaytohelpclassesfullofMBA'sseethatthereTiborR.Machan1

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Title	Business Ethics in A New Key
Authors/Creators:	Tibor R. Machan, Chapman University
Year:	2006
Volume:	22
Number:	2
Pages:	1 - 33
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Business Ethics
Keywords:	Ethics, Education, Teaching, Economic analysis

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Machan, Tibor R. / 2006. "Business Ethics in A New Key." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 22(2): 1-33.