Business Ethics

Elementary Conditions of Business Morals

Chester Barnard


Abstract
Describes the classes of business morality, the kinds of conflicts they involve, and ways of resolving these conflicts. Definition of morality; Classes of responsibility readily distinguishable in any large organization and less recognized in other organizations; Conflict between the ethics of personal behavior and those of representative behavior; Methods of resolving conflicts of responsibilities.

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