The Impact of Culture and Time on Business Ethics
The relationship between business ethics and culture, how standards change over time, the influence of geography and religion, and whether core values are universal.
- Business ethics and culture
- Business ethics over time
- Geography and religion
- Are core values universal?
- Bribery and facilitation payments
Learning objectives
- Describe the relationship between business ethics and culture
- Trace how business ethics have changed over time
- Explain the influence of geography and religion on ethical norms
- Evaluate the claim that the values central to business ethics are universal
Notes
Cross-border checklist
Is the practice legal here? Legal at home? Disclosed? Reciprocal? Would you describe it accurately to the other party's employer?
Norms move
Practices once unremarkable — unrestricted advertising to children, unlabelled ingredients, single-sex hiring — have been reclassified as unethical. Assume some of today's habits will follow.
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