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Business ethics was virtually unknown in Hungary before the political and economic changes in the late 1980s. The Communist party often used ethical arguments against the marketisation process and the market ideology. In the name of the so-called socialist ethics party officials made regular attacks on the entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial activities.
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Imporntant publications include R. Andorka: “Homo Socio-Oeconomicus” Magyar Tudomány 1992. No.3., B. Farkas: “Changes of the Acceptance of Social Responsibility in the Hungarian Business Life” Society and Economy 1995. No. 5., L. Fekete: “On the Difference between Moral and Economic Discourse” Society and Economy 1995. No. 5., L. Kardos (ed.): Üzleti etika. (Business Ethics) 1994. Saldo Publisher., J. Kindler & L. Zsolnai (eds.): Etika a gazdasagban. (Ethics in the Economy) 1993. Keraban Publisher. J. Kornai: “Gazdaságpolitika és erkölcs” (Economic Policy and Ethics) Magyar Tudomány 1993. No. 3., F. Rabár: “Gazdasági elméletek és a gazdasági valóság” (Economic Theories and the Economic Reality) Vigilia 1994. No. 2., E. Richard: “An ethical island in a sea of bribery” Budapest Business Journal 1996. July 8‱14., G. Toronyai: “Alasdair Maclntyre on the Managerial Character and Expertise” Society and Economy 1995. No. 5., L. Zsolnai: “Felelős gazdasági döntéshozatal és a természeti környezet” (Responsible Decision Making and the Natural Environment) Vezetéstudomány 1992. No. 5. And 1. Zsolnai: “Profit vagy morál?” (Profit or Moral?) Cégvezetés 1993. November.
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Zsolnai, L. (1998). Establishing Business Ethics in Budapest. In: Zsolnai, L. (eds) The European Difference. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5595-7_8
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