Ethical Split

Slowly drifting away from the professional, legal, and personal standards a business person has long be associated with. Here a merchant is living on a reputation established long ago however they are no longer delivering the same care, cost and consideration they once did. This happens to most small businesses as the business owner gets distracted with seemingly larger issues. However, if this slow process of deterioration continues there is an ethical split arises, forcing at that moment, a needed change in the way a business does business. For honest businesses when the course correction is made, the high standards of business are affirmed, keeping policies reasonable instead of arbitrary. For other businesses the split marks the point in time where their honesty and integrity begin to corrupt.

Associated concepts

• Error accretion
• Self-regarding duty
• Personal ethic
• Farming/Hunting
• Short term vs. long term gains