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Entrepreneurship and ethics

Tibor R. Machan (Leatherby Centre for Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics, School of Business and Economics, Chapman University, Orange, California, USA)

International Journal of Social Economics

ISSN: 0306-8293

Article publication date: 1 May 1999

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Abstract

In business and the culture hospitable to it, not much is more important than the moral status of entrepreneurship. If the entrepreneur is a rascal, a rogue, the system that gives such a person a home is surely tainted. Critics of capitalism such as Robert Kuttner and Earl Shorris have made this point repeatedly in their various prominently published books. They follow the likes of Karl Marx, only unlike Marx they see nothing redeeming about the free market. (Marx thought it was a vital stage of humanity’s development!)

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Machan, T.R. (1999), "Entrepreneurship and ethics", International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 26 No. 5, pp. 596-609. https://doi.org/10.1108/03068299910216103

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MCB UP Ltd

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