When ethics travel The global environment
Is bribery tipping? Hypernorms: –Principles so fundamental that, by definition, they serve to evaluate lower-order norms, reaching to the root of what is ethical for humanity. They represent the norms by which all others are to be judged Hypernorm of necessary social efficiency: need for institutions and coexistent duties designed to enable people to achieve basic or necessary social goods such as health, education, housing, food, clothing and social justice
Consistent Norms Every society will have values that reflect its culturally specific situation but would be consistent with the hypernorms.
Is bribery tipping? Moral Free space: Norms that are inconsistent with at least some other legitimate norms existing in other cultures. May be compatible but in tension with hypernorms. Unique the strongly held cultural beliefs
Is bribery tipping? Illegitimate Norms When values or beliefs go beyond what one considers allowable under generally accepted hypernorms, they are considered illegitimate norms.
Is bribery tipping?
Looking at the company-type Foreign Country Type -does not apply home-country concepts to the countries abroad Empire Type -applies domestic concepts and theories without significant accommodation Interconnection Type -we don’t project or defend a national identity of any sort “interconnectiveness of companies transcend the national Global Type -Dominance of global over any national
From the ISCT perspective? Foreign Country Type Empire Type Interconnection Type Global Type
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