Entrepreneurs’ perception of the influence of the State on the development of business ethics: On the example of Slovakia

The authors perform a critical analysis of the answers of respondents from four focus groups focused on those practices of the State and State institutions which are perceived as unethical by entrepreneurs in Slovakia and thus negatively affecting the development of business ethics in this country. The article examines two questions: firstly, what the causes of the critical attitude of entrepreneurs towards the State as a body responsible for developing business ethics at the macro level are, and secondly, which specific activities of the State entrepreneurs perceive as unethical in terms of the development of business ethics.