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Lesson on Business ethics from Aristotle

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"173035871"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;">&NewLine;<p> One would always think that what would a person who is dead for over 2000 years know about modern business and ethics&period; Well&comma; Aristotle is considered to be the most knowledgeable and practical philosophers of all time&period; He always questioned the use of ethics in leadership and day-to-day life&period; Though his teachings would give us a broader understanding of the overall concept of ethics and virtue&comma; it is important to take note of some of his prominent discussions on the subject of business ethics&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;">In his Nicomachean Ethics&comma; Aristotle realizes that the role of the leader is to create a healthy working environment in which all members of an organization have the opportunity to realize their own potential&period; According to his theory&comma; any organization that demonstrates ethical ways of doing business will eventually benefit its shareholders&comma; its employees&comma; and the economy in general and will help them achieve their long term goals&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;">According to Aristotle&comma; the highest good for humans and the heights aim of all practical thinking is eudaimonia&comma; a Greek word often translated as well-being or happiness&period; He asserts that an excellent human will be a person who lives his life beautifully and in well being&period; Aristotle says that such a person would also be a serious human being&period; In relation to the business ethics&comma; he says that the ethical role of the leader is not to enhance their own power but to create the conditions under which followers can achieve their potential too&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;">His theories have brought about a lot of questions in the minds of entrepreneurs and business owners&comma; one of them being&colon; am I behaving virtuous&quest; Further&comma; a feeling of equality and justice comes into our mind&comma; when we ask ourselves&colon; How would I want to be treated if I were a member of this organization&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;">In relation to the above questions&comma; he also raises a lot of useful inquiries about rewarding in organizations based on the ethical principle of recognizing people proportionate to their contributions&period; The point that he is trying to make is that a leader who ignores ethics&comma; virtue and wisdom will never flourish in the long run&period; Even while planning an enterprise or business&comma; as business owners we should be able to analyze the overall objectives and sync it with the value of ethics and virtue&period; The bottom line being that&comma; we need to ask ourselves probing questions that help us keep a check on our ethical business behaviors&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&num;nicomacheanethicsaristotle &num;greek &num;aristotle &num;workingenvironment &num;lesson &num;wisdom &num;equalityandjustice &num;businessethics &num;eudaimonia &num;virtue &num;NicomacheanEthics &num;leadership<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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