According to the Naive Immoralist

question 48

Multiple Choice

According to the naive immoralist,

• A) a multinational's home-country standards of ethics are the appropriate ones for companies to follow in foreign countries.
• B) the social responsibility of business is to increase profits, so long as the company stays within the rules of law.
• C) ethics are nothing more than the reflection of a culture.
• D) if firms in a host nation do not follow ethical norms then the manager of a multinational should also not follow ethical norms there.

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Definitions:

Agricultural Societies

Communities whose economies are based on producing and maintaining crops and farmland.

Social Distance

The perceived or desired level of emotional or physical space between individuals or within social groups.

Intercultural Contact

Interaction between individuals from different cultures, leading to an exchange of values, ideas, and traditions.

Relative Deprivation

The experience of feeling deprived of something to which one believes they are entitled, compared to others or their own expectations.