Old Fezziwig is a character from the 1843 novella A Christmas Carol created by Charles Dickens to provide contrast with Ebenezer Scrooge's attitudes towards business ethics.

Dickens uses Fezziwig to represent communal values and a way of life quickly swept away in the economic turmoil of the early nineteenth century.

Scrooge shows a further awakening of forgotten affection for Fezziwig when the Spirit asks: "A small matter," said the Ghost, "to make these silly folks so full of gratitude."

[5] Scrooge realises he has considered the benefits of being a good and generous employer, as Fezziwig was, and comes to regret mistreating his clerk, Bob Cratchit.

As Fezziwig sadly watches, Scrooge notices him in the carriage, and seems to wade towards him as though to give explanations but, with an expression of guilt, walks away.

As agent of shareholder interests, Jorkin and his managers Scrooge and Jacob Marley are constrained from diverging from the goals of profitability, making it more difficult to be a Fezziwig even if they were inclined to.

[4] Fezziwig's successor, Jorkin, demonstrates the weakness of self-interest when he announces to the board of directors that the company is insolvent after years of embezzling.

In Scrooge, these new managers replacing the Fezziwigs are predatory towards shareholders and employees alike, the product of a process and a mindset that Dickens felt was at odds with humanity.