The aim of the paper was to indicate specifics of the ethical reflection on the unemployment. The author formulates reasons on the right to work from the ethics’ perspective. The author distinguished ergon and kopos. The relationship between the understanding of unemployment and work was analyzed. The author distinguished three kinds of unemployment: unemployment as a lack of earning work, unemployment as a lack of work adequate to qualifications and skills, and unemployment as a lack of human development stimulus.
Author, taking into account the genesis, subject and objectives of the ethics of business, concludes that this is rather the section of praxeology than ethics. Then, she argues that pragmatic ethics of business is needed, since it makes any activities tended to economic objectives more efficient. Author also highlights the sense of economic undertakings in a view of the values accepted by the society and facilitates the systemization of these undertakings according to the rules of social order. Nevertheless, at present there is more demanded the business ethics independent on economic values. However, in the perspective of such ethics, some doubts about an axiology of modem economy could arise. Non pragmatic ethics of business is hopeful source of inspiration for economists of courage and talent comparable to Arystoteles and Adam Smith.