ETHICS AND LAW

Ethics and Law

Ethics and Law

To make the relationship between law, business, and ethics still more complex, while there are times when societal mores and ethics lead to the enactment of law, there are also times when morality and business law diverge. For example, it is a long-standing principle of common law that there is no duty to rescue, so that if you see a man about to step in front of a fast-moving car, you have no obligation to reach out and stop him—though most of us would feel we had a moral obligation to do so (Jennings, ...