No, there may be some businesses that work with questionable thics, but there are soem companies that do have high ethical standards. Unfortuantely the bad ones are the ones most people are likely to remember.
Business ethics can be humorously called an oxymoron since some people consider "business" to be inherently unethical. However, business ethics is not generally considered an oxymoron.
Business ethics is an oxymoron. The primary duty of a corporation or business is to increase share holder wealth by any means necessary. This explains why Halliburton is now located in Dubai, Trans Ocean in Switzerland and Tyco in Bermuda. These parasites are loyal to no nation and only follow ethics when they coincide with their primary mission: increase profits and share holder wealth.
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I am guessing that you want this explained . . . ? The phrase implies that there is no such thing as ethics in sales. Put another way, those in sales are unethical.
Business Ethics Quarterly was created in 1991.
Society for Business Ethics was created in 1980.
Journal of Business Ethics was created in 1982.