Can ethics be applied internationally?
Welcome back to my blog, where I discuss topics related to international public relations. This week I will discuss ethics and whether ethical standards can be applied internationally. Let's begin: I am sure we all understand what the term ethics means, but for the sake of this post, I will briefly summarize the definition. Ethics are moral principles that govern how a person should behave. In the business sense, codes of ethics are documents that formalize the expectations of how any employee should act in an organization, from management to the front line. Codes of ethics outline the ideal behaviors expected from all employees. Codes of ethics help mitigate crises in an organization and maintain its reputation. Now that that's all cleared up, I will lead us right into the first article for this week, 'Business Ethics: International Analysis Of Codes Of Ethics And Conduct' written by Otávio Bandeira De Lamônica Freire. The author conducts a study to determine the diffe...