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The nature of business ethics was incorporated into society as away of implementing a structured protocol of how businesses should function to benefit both the supplier as well as the consumer. Ethical practices in business were needed based on different circumstances such as labor laws, envionmental pollution, monopolies, and the overall attitude of the employer. Before laws were incorporated into busineses companies did as they pleased without any accountability of their actions. Business ethics was established by the government to incorporate guidelines of how businesses practices should be structured and monitored. Before governmental intervention there were no laws implemented to define how businesses should be conducted. The implementation of rules and regulation along with business ethics helped regulate and monitor employers to abide by the new laws in order to remain consumer and enviornmentally friendly. Business ethics does not only effect how business is conducted but it also protects the employees to feel comfortable in the types of business transactions the conduct on a daily basis. For example I work at San Francisco health Plan which is a non- profit state mandated HMO who provides healthcare for approximately 50,000 low-income and undocumented residents of San Francisco. Our mission is " providing superior, affordable healthcare that emphasizes prevention and promotes healthy living, we strive to improve the quality of life for the people of San Francisco" although most of my employment history has been within healthcare organizations which tend to set high standards of patient care there are other types of businesses who have shifted from ethical practices.
Another aspect of business ethics is the differentiation of business which is to promote capital and ethics which aid in right and wrong. If you think about it how can any business be morally correct when the primary goal is capital? The evolution of business ethics has come along way with great resistance from multi-billion dollar companies and corporations who's primarily purpose is to monopolize the world for capital gain and reconition of power making it impossible for smaller business owners to compete. Another fact is big businesses pay little taxes and receive perks by funding campaign contributions.
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Updated: Thursday, 21 April 2005 2:57 PM EDT
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Updated: Thursday, 21 April 2005 2:57 PM EDT
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