Vztah etického a ekonomického chování

The relationship of ethical and economic behaviour

Tomáš Sigmund

Politická ekonomie, 2015, vol. 2015, issue 2, 223-243

Abstract: Altruism and the ethical relationship to other people affect behaviour of subjects in economic environment. Economy tries to capture this behaviour, there are various models, but it hasn't been successful in fi nding one model describing various types and cases of altruistic behaviour. Business ethics faces a similar problem as it lacks a defi nition of what exactly ethical behaviour means. This paper claims impossibility of fi nding a unanimous defi nition belongs to ethics and is its characteristic feature. In the area of economic behaviour that is not a problem, but a chance for innovative behaviour.

Keywords: altruism; homo economicus; innovation; corporate social responsibility; business ethics; selfishness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 M14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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