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The development of what we know as business is traced: from Aristotle’s contempt for all economic enterprise, through the Christian redefinition of “work”, into the Enlightenment with Adam Smith, into the United States with Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, the Industrial Revolution, and the emerging centrality of the corporation. In the foundations of the financial system, the problems that struck in the 21st century can be glimpsed.
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Newton, L. (2014). Can Business Be a Moral Enterprise?. In: Business Ethics in the Social Context. SpringerBriefs in Ethics. Springer, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00870-7_1
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