%0 Journal Article %T ¨¦tica, capital intelectual y gesti¨®n del conocimiento %A Sa¨ªz ¨¢lvarez %A Jos¨¦ Manuel %J Revista EAN %D 2012 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X as a result of the current economic globalization process, closely related with the onset of the first global crisis, organizational intellectual capital is increasing its importance as it brings better competitive advantages and it allows to reach sustainable leadership positions through years. this already stated intellectual capital flows within organizations following a double- side perspective based on ethics and knowledge management. this paper aims at determining which the basis are, from a knowledge management ethical perspective applied to organizations, to shape leading organizations for a global market. %K intelectual capital %K knowledge management %K ethics. %U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0120-81602012000200004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en