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This report characterizes the state of affairs in the field of business ethics in Central and Eastern Europe. It reveals the major problems and challenges brought about by the profound reforms to these societies and economies. It also offers some results of surveys looking at public opinion on morals and ethics, as well as on current business practices. In order to give a complex picture, it presents brief lessons from the history of particular countries.
The author, devoting the most attention to the Czech Republic, tries to describe not only the development of business ethics in the theoretical arena but also the first steps taken by the business world itself.
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Bohatá, M. Business Ethics in Central and Eastern Europe with Special Focus on the Czech Republic. Journal of Business Ethics 16, 1571–1577 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005867132040
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