Business

In the face of rising rents and a string of commercially crippling summer lulls, Kim’s Mediapolis, the video and music store long considered a staple of Morningside Height’s cinephile culture, will close on September 15. Located at Broadway between 113th and 114th streets, the store has been in business for nine years, catering to film and music buffs’ taste for lesser-known titles and highbrow productions.

Business ethics can be defined in a myriad of ways, but its generally accepted meaning falls somewhere between two poles: being equally responsible to each of a company’s stakeholders and simply following the letter of the law. While few people would currently advocate for the latter definition, at least publicly, quite a few advocate the former without defining precisely what it means.