In this paper I will try to answer the question "Is business ethics an oxymoron?... In order to answer this question in the simplest way I will discuss each of the ethical approaches in the light of the ultimate purpose of business: profit and shareholders' value maximization. ... The purpose is not to maximize pleasure to all people but maximize pleasure as a whole (if ones' pain means pleasure for many people then causing pain to one is a moral action).1 For example, if I rob a bakery in a village and feed ten people with the money I have stolen, then my actions are morally ju...

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