LECTURE 6B: The Relationship between Law & Ethics

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This video discusses the relationship between law and ethics. It explains that in business settings, ethics must provide the primary guide as people have no moral authority to engage in unethical acts. The profit motive must be tempered both by the duty to obey law and by the duty to act ethically.

 

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Check your understanding with these questions:

  • Regarding the relationship between law and ethics, distinguish the separate realms from the interdependent view