<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> Business ethics (also known as corporate ethics) is a form of applied ethics or professional ethics that examines ethical principles and moral or ethical problems that arise in a business environment . It applies to all aspects of business conduct and is relevant to the conduct of individuals and entire organizations . These ethics originate from individuals, organizational statements or from the legal system . </P> <P> Business ethics refers to contemporary organizational standards, principles, sets of values and norms that govern the actions and behavior of an individual in the business organization . Business ethics has normative and descriptive dimensions . As a corporate practice and a career specialization, the field is primarily normative . Academics attempting to understand business behavior employ descriptive methods . The range and quantity of business ethical issues reflects the interaction of profit - maximizing behavior with non-economic concerns . </P>

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