ethicalenterprise
nounUK /ˈɛθɪkəl ˈɛntəpraɪz/
US /ˈɛθɪkəl ˈɛntərpraɪz/
A business that tries hard to do the right thing and be fair to everyone.
The little shop is an ethicalenterprise because it pays its workers fairly and uses recycled paper bags.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A company that puts helping people and the planet before making lots of money.
Her ethicalenterprise gives half of its profits to clean-water projects.
3. A project or business run in an honest and morally good way.
The bakery became an ethicalenterprise by sourcing all its flour from local farmers.
4. An organization that follows strict rules about treating workers, animals, and nature kindly.
Investors were impressed that the ethicalenterprise refused to use child labor anywhere in its supply chain.