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It was Adam Smith who first confronted the interrelationship between ethics and self-interest in economic behaviour.
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Eatwell, J. (1998). Ethics and Self-Interest. In: Jones, I., Pollitt, M. (eds) The Role of Business Ethics in Economic Performance. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230379794_2
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