Legality, is between him, you, and the law. If you say I
will give you $X, and he says, "OK" then he is legally
obligated to sell it to you at that price, and you are
legally obligated to buy it at that price. Please note: It
is the fact that the two of you have made an agreement that
makes it a legally enforceable contract.
Morals, are between him and God, or at least him and the
church.
Ethics, are between him and his conscience. If he has no
ethics I don't really care to do business with him anyway.
Ethos, (how come ethos is never mentioned) are between him
and society. violating ethos usually results in some degree
of ostracism. For instance, "His word is no good, don't do
business with him". This seems to be what most of those
posting here are are referring to.
Is this pedantic enough, do you think? <grin>
--Tom
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