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Business and Professional Ethics in Transitional Economies and Beyond: Considerations for the Insurance Industries of Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary

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This paper examines several key aspects of the ethical environment facing the insurance industries of Poland, The Czech Republic and Hungary as they complete the transition from Communist insurance systems built upon state-owned monopolies to viable private domestic insurance markets, and then seek to harmonize their markets with the single insurance market of the European Union. Since many types of ethical problems encountered during the transition are unlikely to diminish significantly as a result of either privatization or regulation of the insurance markets of these countries, measures are identified that should help to improve the ethical environments of these markets.

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  1. College of Business and Public Administration, Drake University, Des Moines, IA, 50311, U.S.A.

    Robert W. Cooper

  2. Belk College of Business Administration, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, 28223, U.S.A.

    Mark S. Dorfman

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Cooper, R.W., Dorfman, M.S. Business and Professional Ethics in Transitional Economies and Beyond: Considerations for the Insurance Industries of Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary. Journal of Business Ethics 47, 381–392 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1027382407028

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