Can Business Jeopardize Human Life?

Can Business be Ethical? Philosophers, as well as many others, disagree about the purpose of a business in society. Since Business is related to the one of the many activities of humans, it is based on the relationship between people, regulated by rules written and not written. Although as some people think that one of the main goal of the human beings involved in this kind of activity is the profit maximization, there is an opinion that words business and ethics can “coexist” and not contradict each other. However, as mentioned above, there are some opposite ideas supported by several world-wide known scientists. Sharing an idea of Ethical Pluralism (something between Ethical Absolutism and Ethical Relativism), Crane and Matten practiced an �oxymoron’ approach to the notion of Business Ethics. According to their concept, since business ignores any kind of ethical considerations, words �business’ and �ethics’ contradict each other. For instance some even determine business as something like game which eliminates any moral principles. Famous scientist Milton Freedman supporting �oxymoron’ approaches also thinks that the only moral responsibility of the business is profit maximization and that only the actions of particular individuals can be