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Business ethics quotations

Following are some business ethics quotations by prominent figures. Youre sure to find a favorite among these inspirational and stimulating thoughts. Stay tuned for more to come! Being good is good business.Anita Roddick 1942-, British founder of The Body Shop If ethics are poor at the top, that behavior is copied down through the organization. Robert Noyce, inventor of the silicon chip The time is always right to do what is right.Martin Luther King 1929-1968, American leader of civil rights movement and Nobel Peace Prize winner It is a commonplace executive observation that businesses

exist to make money, and the observation is usually allowed to go unchallenged. It is, however, a very limited statement about the purposes of business. Daniel Katz and Robert L. Kahn in The Social Psychology of Organizations (1966) If you build that foundation, both the moral and the ethical foundation, as well as the business foundation, and the experience foundation, then the building won't crumble. Henry Kravis Relativity applies to physics, not ethics. Albert Einstein 18791955; German-born American theoretical physicist It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are. Roy Disney, American Film Writer, Producer, Nephew of Walt Disney Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. Peter F. Drucker, American Management Guru For every complex problem there is a simple solution that is wrong. G.B. Shaw 1856-1950, Irish critic and poet, famous for his 'verbal wit' Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing. Oscar Wilde 1854-1900, Anglo-Irish dramatist and poet

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