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QUESTIONNAIRE ON INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ETHICS
Answer the following questions by yourself
1. It is better to avoid conducting business outside one’s own
country because of the complexities that occur across natural
borders (yes, no, not sure)
2. Ethics is a philosophical issue, not a business issue (yes, no,
not sure)
3. In business, keeping a code of ethics is like keeping wedding
vows (yes, no, not sure)
4. It’s better not to think about ethics when you are making a
business deal (yes, no, not sure)
5. International business ethics is a subject important to me (yes,
no, not sure)
PRACTICAL ACTIONS
Task 1
Suppose you are a top executive for a multinalional organisation.
You are sent out to run a subsidiary in a small African country. The
subsidiary, a chemical manufacturing plant, has had poor results recently.
Your job is to make it profitable again.
Shortly after you take up your appointment, you realize that
the plant is causing a lot of pollution. Fumes are pouring out of the
old-fashioned chimneys and the wind blows them towards the nearby
towns. In addition, chemical waste is finding its way into rivers and
streams. To reduce all this pollution, you will need to spend a great
deal of time and money.
This may not, however, be necessary. Some of your managers,
who are nationals of the country, tell you not to worry. They can ‘pull
strings’ with government officials, so that the government will turn a
blind eye to the pollution. Other foreign companies, say the managers,
look after their pollution problem in this manner.
1. If you were the executive in this situation, what would do you?
2. What do you think most companies would do if faced by the
same problem?
Task 2
Work in groups. Each group should look at one of the situations
below and decide what they would do. Think about what you would
     QUESTIONNAIRE        ON   INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ETHICS
     Answer the following questions by yourself
     1. It is better to avoid conducting business outside one’s own
        country because of the complexities that occur across natural
        borders (yes, no, not sure)
     2. Ethics is a philosophical issue, not a business issue (yes, no,
        not sure)
     3. In business, keeping a code of ethics is like keeping wedding
        vows (yes, no, not sure)
     4. It’s better not to think about ethics when you are making a
        business deal (yes, no, not sure)
     5. International business ethics is a subject important to me (yes,
        no, not sure)
     PRACTICAL ACTIONS
      Task 1
      Suppose you are a top executive for a multinalional organisation.
You are sent out to run a subsidiary in a small African country. The
subsidiary, a chemical manufacturing plant, has had poor results recently.
Your job is to make it profitable again.
      Shortly after you take up your appointment, you realize that
the plant is causing a lot of pollution. Fumes are pouring out of the
old-fashioned chimneys and the wind blows them towards the nearby
towns. In addition, chemical waste is finding its way into rivers and
streams. To reduce all this pollution, you will need to spend a great
deal of time and money.
      This may not, however, be necessary. Some of your managers,
who are nationals of the country, tell you not to worry. They can ‘pull
strings’ with government officials, so that the government will turn a
blind eye to the pollution. Other foreign companies, say the managers,
look after their pollution problem in this manner.
      1. If you were the executive in this situation, what would do you?
      2. What do you think most companies would do if faced by the
         same problem?

     Task 2
     Work in groups. Each group should look at one of the situations
below and decide what they would do. Think about what you would


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