The two sides of this ambivalence raise distinct questions for business eth¬ics. Work can provide opportunities for valuable, meaningful, and uplifting human activity, and work can be dehumanizing, degrading, and oppressive. To the degree that work can be uplifting, business ethics is challenged to articulate the vision of good work and the good workplace. To the degree that work is a burden that we all must endure, business ethics is challenged to articulate and defend the conditions under which work can be made fair/just, and humane.