Case 5.1 ​Joan Is Designing an Ethics Training Program for Her Company.She

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Case 5.1
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Joan is designing an ethics training program for her company.She decides to build it around the story of the founder of the corporation,Rosa.Rosa's "rags-to-riches" story reveals a woman with strong standards of personal conduct,deep personal values and beliefs,and a pattern of good judgment.Rosa attributes her success to the upbringing she had as a child.A second portion of the training program will review the company's values,ethics code,and policies so that all employees are very clear on where the company stands on key issues and business behaviors.
-Refer to Case 5.1.If Joan's training program is taken to the company's international offices,she needs to be prepared for the fact that

• A) ​the developing world completely rejects Western values.
• B) the curriculum can be readily implemented because there are common international business values.​
• C) it may seem unnecessary,since ethical decisions are much more "cut and dry" internationally than they are domestically.​
• D) values and ethics situations are more complex internationally.​

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