Gone are the old planters, who rejected capitalism and its morality of voluntary business relationships.

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The same cannot be said of the banks, which, in the course of the 1990s and 2000s became pervasive symbols both of a bogus form of economic success and of a value system that drove morality out of many areas of business.

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The question of morality in Social Business is a complex one.

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It means the staining of reputations and more importantly raises the question about the adherence to statutes, and attitudes of morality in the money business.

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Many people would like to require the accountants to be watchdogs of public and business morality.

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The business world in general is devoid of morality.

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