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Differences per stages may be crucial and should therefore be known to managers\/owners. Based on the case study research, this paper aims to suggest that enterprise awareness of importance of ethical climate can be of essential meaning for its long\u2010term success. The purpose of this paper is to discover differences in enterprise ethical climate in different enterprise life cycle stages and to identify their importance for active ethical climate care by the enterprises.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title><jats:p>In this paper, the qualitative research is applied. The research cognitions on ethical climate are discussed in application of the dialectical systems theory.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>The paper finds that there are some differences in enterprise ethical climate for enterprise life cycle stages and indicates a significant presence of the \u201crule\u201d, \u201claw and code\u201d and \u201cinstrumental\u201d ethical climates. Movement towards a more bureaucratic method of enterprise functioning, as an enterprise moves from the pioneer stage towards the stage of turn\u2010over, was also found.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Practical implications<\/jats:title><jats:p>This paper gives us some insights in the state of ethical climate in Slovenian enterprises. 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