Abstract EN:

Throughout the 1980ies, reflexives studies on ethics have widely increased in the global corporate world. The growing wealth of publications, the mutiplying of lectures and symposia devoted to this theme on the managerial scene are currently underlying the relevancy of this topical issue. Nevertheless, although the principal of an ethical approach is increasingly accepted in business life and even taken for granted, what does it include ? how is it exercised ? the purpose of this discertation is to make the issue clear by giving an accurate answer to these two questions. On the theoretical point of view the various traditional and contemporary arguments providing principals to management shall be therefore here presented. On the practical side, the intents and concerns as managerial policy shall be then analysed. Forty five such managers have been accordingly screened during specific research canvassing. As a result, four single ethical profiles and two types of organizational ethical climates have been defined. Hence, the goals of the presented research still fairly new in france have been made : relevant answering data facts and notions, were allowed to be propounded.