ABSTRACT
Within business ethics, there has been a revival of the idea of ethical virtue, but in a way that is not always properly connected to the spiritual traditions from which this idea comes. Virtues are often presented as an arbitrary list of qualities, rather than starting from practical wisdom embedded in traditions of long history and deep thinking and practice, as the origin and form of various moral virtues. This lack of unity of thought in business ethics has left business practitioners unnecessarily unsupported when they have wanted to avoid abuse and to find a way forward in making practically wise decisions. The way back leads to a thorough understanding and appreciation of all the various spiritual and philosophical traditions explicated in the cases presented.
