In this article, Dr. Hicks shows how the qualities of entrepreneurship form a code of ethics.
It begins with an examination of three different ways to live life: charity, predation and entrepreneurism. It then identifies the qualities of entrepreneurs and shows how their activities express a code of virtues.
In business, entrepreneurs have their own vision and take the initiative in making it real. What if we extend that mind-set and action-set to all of life? In this series we explore what Entrepreneurism means for business, education, romance, and life in general. You Are the Entrepreneur of Your Life.
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Timestamps:
1:02 Three character Types
3:31 Which of the three is most moral?
5:15 Section 2: The Entrepreneurial Process
6:00 Generates business ideas
6:49 Ambition
7:15 Initiative
7:43 Guts
7:59 Perseverance
8:37 Trial and error
9:02 Productivity
9:24 Win-win trade
10:50 Success
11:23 Section 3: Virtues of entrepreneurship
12:39 Rationality
13:13 Pride
14:02 Integrity
14:36 Courage
14:59 Independence
15:25 Objectivity
15:55 Honesty
16:02 Productiveness
16:18 Justice
17:00 Flourishing or happiness
18:42 Section 4: An entrepreneurial code of ethics
20:20 Entrepreneurial ethics vs. current business ethics
22:18 A free society
24:48 Creativity, productivity and trade
Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D., is Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University, USA, and has had visiting positions at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., University of Kasimir the Great in Poland, Oxford University’s Harris Manchester College in England, and Jagiellonian University in Poland.
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