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Business Perspectives: Does Business Corrupt a Moral Person?

I am very familiar with the ethics that govern my practice as a primary care practitioner and Doctor of Physical Therapy, first, do no harm. Pretty clear cut. In all you do, do no harm or the very least amount of harm possible.  Of course, there are situations where Utilitarianism ethical reasoning is applied and if the pros outweigh the cons and ultimately the patient benefits, some harm can be accepted. Be truthful, transparent, and act with integrity. Also, pretty clear cut. I have found business ethics to be much grayer and morally challenging as the dynamic of personal gain is introduced.  To begin to understand the ethics of business (the study of moral matters pertaining to business), I first had to understand the purpose of business: to produce a good or service for trade (Klein, 2021). Ethical business cornerstones include the trade of business being voluntary and consensual and agreed upon without force or fraud (Klein, 2021). The introduction of profit, or how well ...