Aristotle and Business
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- Aristotle and Business
- Moral Virtues
- People can develop virtues in business such as; Courage, Patience, truthfulness
- ROBERT SOLOMAN - Said virtues such as honesty, courage, integrity, charm, wittiness etc. are essential to business
- MACINTYRE - Virtues have no place in business. The virtue concept is at odds with the acquisition of profit
- Aristotle sees having too much ambition as being an excess but is it needed in business?
- Intellectual Virtues
- Skills developed are a prerequisite of a life in business e.g. technical skill, scientific knowledge, practical wisdom and intelligence
- JENNIFER JACKSON - Development of virtues like truth and justice help a person to run a successful business. Business also helps you to develop virtues
- Community
- A business is a community in which people spend much of their working lives
- A business may be an important part of the wider community e.g. jobs, funraising
- Mining, Clarks Village, Bournville
- JENNIFER JACKSON - Business is a way of bringing people together in a community and allowing them to aim towards a happy life
- DOBSON - Aristotle's idea of the community is at odds with business since it is overly concerned with profit
- Friendship
- People forge long lasting friendships in business
- Friendship plays an important role in creating business links and maintaining contacts
- Utility Friendships aid production
- Moral Virtues
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