Significant for Ossetia processes - new economic orientations in the society, the demand for business culture satisfying the conditions of a new economic era had an effect on the creative work of I.D. Kanukov, the Ossetian enlighter of the second half of the XIXth century. Having met with a new reality some representatives of the former social elite - aldars (princes) - paid their attention to business and introduced the features of "business spirit" of their ancestors: resolution, courage, freedom, capability to be risky and innovative which they have brought into the sphere of the post-reform Ossetian economy.

Key word: business intelligence, labour ethics, North-Caucasian enlightment.