About Opportunism in Business: From Legitimate Benefit to Kairospathy
10 Pages Posted: 24 Nov 2015 Last revised: 18 Dec 2015
Date Written: November 20, 2015
Abstract
The human being is a predatory and opportunistic animal. Kairospathy, etymologically is the result of linking the word kairos, which represents the mythological Greek gods that illustrate a virtual physical and temporal window of opportunity, with the word psicopathy, which demonstrates an individual who manifests antisocial behavior, indifference, low empathy and remorse.
Opportunities can be exploited legitimately, also be taken only to benefit the individual, with indifference to the consequences that the decisions and acts. Behavior of an individual is the consequence of at least three central factors. These are biology, the social environment, and personal circumstances to generate individual ethical threshold.
Keywords: Business ethics, applied ethics, kairospathy
JEL Classification: M18
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