Abolfaz Morshedi*, Manouchehr Alinejad**

Abstract

In this article, the financial ethics of the Yazdi people and the institutional surrounding that shapes and sustains financial ethics is investigated using the theoretical and methodological foundations of Max Weber. Required data were gathered through qualitative content analysis of the documents of tourist travelogues, biography and memoirs of famous people, and exploratory interviews with informants and relevant reporters. To illustrate the financial ethics of the Yazdi people, the public financial ethics of the individuals were separated from the financial ethics of economic activists (businessmen and craftsmen). According to research findings, the characteristic of "self-raised" can be considered as the main component of public financial ethic and "intellectual synthetic thought" as the main component of businessmen ethic. Special styles of architecture encouraging coexistence and tolerance, strong endowment and charity, the reproducible commercial and industrial economy, and existence of emigration and immigration have had a two-way relationship with this financial ethic. In sum, the main component of financial ethic is "active adaptation", which has three dimensions: compatibility with the system of existence that emerges in Yazdis faith and religiosity; compatibility with nature and climate reflected in natural structures, and sustainable architecture of the city; and adaptation of the social environment reflected in the acceptance of Zoroastrian and Jewish religious minorities. The key point is that this is not a passive adaptation but it is an active one with diligent work and effort.

Keywords: Yazd, Businessmen, Financial Ethics, Active Adaptation, Self-raised, Intellectual Synthetic Thought

*Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Yazd This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

**Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Yazd This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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