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The Ethics of Business in Russia

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The Social Market Economy

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Abstract

What is traditionally associated with the Russian soul is far both from ethics and entrepreneurship. Ilia Iliich Oblomov became a typical representative of the Russian personality due to the wide-spread intelligentsia myth about his lazily contemplative nature. It is not clear, whether this common idea is correct, however, it is quite true considering the investigations of our culture: we appear to know incredibly little about the specific character of the Russian ethos. Therefore, being aware of the necessity of the future analysis of the chances of the establishment of the capitalist entrepreneurship on the Russian soil at present, I shall dwell here upon more local and controllable issues.

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  1. Svetlana V. Simonova
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  1. The Hannover Institute of Philosophical Research, Centre for Ethical Economy and Business Culture, Gerberstraße 26, D-30169, Hannover, Germany

    Peter Koslowski

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Simonova, S.V. (1998). The Ethics of Business in Russia. In: Koslowski, P. (eds) The Social Market Economy. Studies in Economic Ethics and Philosophy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72129-8_9

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