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1. What are the differences between ethical and moral issues?

2. What are the differences between personal ethics and business ethics?

3. Provide real-world examples of common ethical problems in business for each of the questions above.

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This solution discusses the differences between ethical and moral issues. Also, discusses personal and business ethics with real world examples of ethical problems in business.

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Ethical and Moral Issues in Business
1. What are the differences between ethical and moral issues?
When people try to define ethics, they generally think of rules that distinguish between right and wrong. Society is governed by rules of conduct and behavior. Ethics is the norm for what society deems acceptable and unacceptable behavior.
Morals define personal character; it determines what type of individual we are. Ethics point to the rules of conduct expected by society tied to those morals. Ethically speaking, did we turn out to be the type of individual society deems acceptable.
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