The bottom line : private industry and the Holocaust : an honors thesis (HONRS 499)

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Authors

Founds, Robert A.

Advisor

Weintrob, Susan R.

Issue Date

1996

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Degree

Thesis (B.?.)

Department

Honors College

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Abstract

This discussion of the Holocaust against European Jews that occurred in Nazi Germany during World War II focuses on the Germany private business enterprises that profited from the use of slave labor from the concentration camps. A brief history of the emergence of labor camps and compulsory labor laws is given, followed by a detailed look at three German companies that used forced labor: I.G. Farben, the Flick conglomerate, and the Krupp conglomerate. Finally, a discussion of business ethics is presented, which includes the results of a survey of a group of Ball State University business students regarding business ethics.