Medical Scientific Bulletin of Central Chernozemye (Naučno-medicinskij vestnik Centralʹnogo Černozemʹâ)Medical Scientific Bulletin of Central Chernozemye (Naučno-medicinskij vestnik Centralʹnogo Černozemʹâ)1990-472XФедеральное государственное бюджетное образовательное учреждение высшего образования "Воронежский государственный медицинский университет имени Н.Н. Бурденко" Министерства здравоохранения Российской Федерации486010.18499/1990-472X-2016-0-63-102-105Original ArticleETHICS IN THE ECONOMYAlekseevaO Io.alekseeva@vsmaburdenko.ruMalikovA Aa.malikova@vsmaburdenko.ruVoronezh State Medical University151220166310210525042020Copyright © 2016, Научно-медицинский вестник Центрального Черноземья2016The paper looks into various problems of relationship between economics and ethics in the context of transformation of scholarly approaches to the issue in the course of history. It lays emphasis on the relating to modern life relationship of ethics and economics’ alternative estimates. The authors identify the major component of social and human life activities, responsible for national and spiritual specifics of the 21st century economy. Besides, it is stressed that the source of spiritual wealth is a man himself with his state of health, skill, experience and other virtues. The paper shows the need for a shift in the value system, motivated by objective changes in economic, social, spiritual, cultural and intellectual spheres aiming to ensure public interests. It is also noted that at the heart of acceptability or unacceptability estimates of any particular decisions relating to economic life is economic efficiency based on value components as well as social, moral, and ethical components, which are difficult to value in monetary terms.этикаэкономикаэкономическое развитиеэкономические интересысистема ценностейрыночная экономикаиндекс человеческого развитияэкономическая система[Иохин В.Я. Экономическая теория: Учебник. - М.: Экономисть, 2010.][Любимцева С.В. Трансформация экономических систем. - М.: Экономисть, 2003.][Осипова И.Н. Этика и культура управления: учеб. пособие. - М.: Форум, 2011.][Хейне П. Экономический образ мышления. - М.: Дело, 1991.][Эклунд К. Эффективная модель. - М.: Экономика, 1991.]