Introduction
The term “ethics”, as it is applied to business and organizations, is difficult to precisely define. The International Business Ethics Institute defines business ethics as “a form of applied ethics” that “aims at inculcating a sense within a company’s employee population of how to conduct business responsibly” (Business ethics primer, 2004). The Institute notes that the term business ethics does not translate well into other (non-English) languages and that it can be hard, even within American culture, to come to a common understanding of the term. As a result, “some organizations choose to recast the concept of business ethics through such other terms as integrity...or responsible business conduct” (Business ethics primer, 2004). Roy & Roy (2004) agree that “ethics is hard to define and includes the overlapping agendas of caring for the environment, corporate governance, sustainability, and personal probity” (p. 22).
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Title: Organizational Ethics
Approximate Word Count: 2950
Approximate Pages: 12 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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