Values in Tension: Ethics Away From HomeWhat should managers working abroad do when they encounter business practices that seem unethical? Should they, in the spirit of cultural relativism, tell themselves to do in Rome as the Romans do? Or should they take an absolutist approach, using the ethical standards they use at home no matter where they are? According to Thomas Donaldson, the answer lies somewhere in between. Some activities are wrong no matter where they take place.
Values in Tension: Ethics Away from Home. By: Donaldson, Thomas. Harvard Business Review, Sep/Oct96, Vol. 74 Issue 5, p48-62