Аннотация:In 1995, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Society for Engineering Education began a project aimed both at assisting Russian philosophers in developing curriculum on engineering ethics and learning how context affects the teaching of engineering ethics. The project began with 3 Russian philosophers visiting the US to observe how Americans teach engineering ethics. The US members of the project then made visits to Russia to be part of workshops that brought together Russian professors from a variety of disciplines to exchange ideas about teaching ethics among themselves and with the Americans. During these visits, the Russians asked if American philosophers would be interested in hearing about the Russian situation. This paper is the result of their endeavor to explain how business ethics issues arise in Russia. Among other things, the article reveals how Russia's history and the experiences of Russians under the U.S.S.R. create a context extremely different from that in the US, for thinking about (and teaching) business ethics.