Mechanisms of regulating the ethical behavior in business

The paper reviews characteristic of three principle mechanisms regulating ethical behavior in business. Concerning the First, viz. the socialization mechanism, it emphasizes that judging the ethical code of business from a decision-making point of view, one has to consider what morals and norms of behave are on the inside. The second type of regulation of ethic behavior refers to the legal-administrative mechanism. On the background of American examples, the text points out some rules and domains of adjusting the competition, also industrial and social regulations. The third type of controlling mechanism deals with the illegitimate, yet already institutionalized realizations of the ethic codex. Considering that sorts of the regulatory mstruments, author focuses on elemental rationales that give form and qualities to the ethic codex, which also regards to the Polish realizations.Zadanie pt. „Digitalizacja i udostępnienie w Cyfrowym Repozytorium Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego kolekcji czasopism naukowych wydawanych przez Uniwersytet Łódzki” nr 885/P-DUN/2014 dofinansowane zostało ze środków MNiSW w ramach działalności upowszechniającej naukę