Business Ethics Quarterly

Volume 10, Issue 1, January 2000

Anniversary Issue

Business Ethics
Oxymoron or Good Business?

Given that so many people think business ethics is oxymoronic, it might be prudent to investigate why and to determine what if any truth or partial truth they see. Thus, as a hueristic device, I propose to seriously examine the claim that business ethics is a contradiction in terms, and see what follows if business ethics is oxymoronic.