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title: Business Ethics
description: Business ethics is the study of policies and practices with regard to corporate governance. Business ethics are critical to a firm’s operations, as they ensure that a firm is operating in an ethical manner on behalf of its stakeholders.
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# [Business Ethics](https://www.realized1031.com/glossary/business-ethics)

 Written by [The Realized Team](https://www.realized1031.com/glossary/author/the-realized-team) | Jun 22, 2022 12:00:00 PM

Business ethics is the study of policies and practices with regard to corporate governance. Business ethics are critical to a firm’s operations, as they ensure that a firm is operating in an ethical manner on behalf of its stakeholders. Businesses began to become increasingly concerned with business ethics in the 1960s as society began to become more concerned with environmental and social causes.

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