Ethics beyond the code of conduct - understanding the ethical dilemmas of entrepreneurs

Title: Ethics beyond the code of conduct - understanding the ethical dilemmas of entrepreneurs
Creator: Robinson, D A
Creator: Van der Mescht, Hennie
Creator: Lancaster, Jonathan C S
Date Issued: 2003
Date: 2003
Type: Article
Identifier: vital:6102
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008672
Description: Entrepreneurs choose a particular way of life with the dual aim of maximising profit and gaining a sense of self-satisfaction. In these endeavours, entrepreneurs typically live with the threat of competition and the risk of business failure, while attempting to do their best within the limitations of their resources. This qualitative study first examines existing theories of ethics and ways of applying business ethics and thereafter investigates entrepreneurs' actual experiences by means of in-depth interviews and the use of phenomenology. It finds that entrepreneurs are not guided by any specific code of conduct, and must decide for themselves what is right. It describes the entrepreneurial business ethic, some of the types of dilemmas that they experience and the methods that they have developed to deal with the dilemmas.
Format: 16 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: Robinson, D.A. and van der Mescht, H. and Lancaster, J.C.S. (2003) Ethics beyond the code of conduct - understanding the ethical dilemmas of entrepreneurs. Meditari Accountancy Research, 11 . pp. 113-128. ISSN 1022-2529

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RU Department of Education

van der Mescht, Johannes Willem Frederik (Hennie) (Professor Emeritus)

Lancaster, Jonathan (Assoc Prof)

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