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Customers, Suppliers and Neighbours

In: Ethical Economics

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  • M. R. Griffiths
  • J. R. Lucas

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Businessmen have external relations with their customers, suppliers, competitors and neighbours, giving rise to obligations based primarily on a recognition of the difference between the values of the parties, and a respect for the other’s point of view, but modified by the fact that money is inherently general, and that each transaction needs to be considered not as a single one but in a context that is generalised with regard to person, circumstance and time. A responsible businessman, therefore, is guided by the principle caveat vendor rather than relying exclusively on caveat emptor, pays his suppliers promptly, gives more than contractual notice, competes only by fair means, not by foul; and on the basis of the common concerns he does have with those who do not share most of his values, he contributes towards the good of his trade, his locality, and the environment generally.

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  • M. R. Griffiths & J. R. Lucas, 1996. "Customers, Suppliers and Neighbours," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Ethical Economics, chapter 0, pages 104-118, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-38995-3_7
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230389953_7
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