According to the school of ethical relativism

- A. Concepts of ethically right and ethically wrong are relative across countries and cultures but are universal within countries or cultures
- B. Individuals and businesses have a basic right to "moral free space" and that it is inappropriate to specify ethically permissible and ethically impermissible actions and behaviors
- C. There are important occasions when local cultural norms and the circumstances of the situation determine whether certain behaviors are right or wrong
- D. Concepts of right and wrong as applied to business situations are always a function of eachcompany's own set of values, beliefs and ethical convictions (as stated in the company's code of ethical conduct)
- E. Standards of what is ethically right and ethically wrong as applied to business behavior are determined solely by whatever business norms prevail in a particular country/culture/society and these business norms are certain to vary across countries/cultures/societies

annuu

almost 5 years ago

Business Ethics

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saini

almost 5 years ago

The schools of ethical relativism and ethical universalism draw a boundary line between a local culture and ethical norms and a universally acceptable moral values implied across multiple cultures and societies. There could be many different cultures and norms in a country. Ethical relativism helps the business to determine the ethical values/rules based on local culture rather than accepting what is right or wrong on other places of business. So, C is right answer. More detain in lecture notes on theory of ethical relativism.

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According to the school of ethical universalism

- A. Concepts of what constitute ethical behavior and unethical behavior are dictated by subjectively provable moral principles but not by objectively provable moral principles.- B. Concepts of right and wrong are universal within countries/societies but not across countries or cultures.- C. Concepts of what is ethical and what is unethical are universal and absolute, leaving no room for deviation from country to country or circumstance to circumstance.- D. To the extent there is common moral agreement about right and wrong actions and behaviors across multiple cultures and countries, there exists a set of universal ethical standards to which all societies, all companies, and all individuals can be held accountable.- E. All societies and countries are obligated to apply universally defined ethical principles of right and wrong as set forth in the Global Code of Ethical Behavior adopted by 150 nations of the world.

shokha

over 11 years ago

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