Global Ethics and Corporate Responsibility

1. Is there such a thing as the universal moral code regardless of one’s culture? Considering many companies are now operating globally please address the ethical issues surrounding global operations and he concept of corporate responsibility in lieu of emerging global issues. Please provide some specific examples especially focusing on companies which experienced difficulty with this very issue.

Please use at least two sources in your discussion.

2.

Read the article by Yukl, Mahsud, Hassan, & Prussia (2013), as well as Chapter 7 of Gonzalez-Padron (2015). Complete theChecklist: Ethical Leadership Questionnaire, then answer these following questions from the text:

• Which behaviors are the most important for you to trust the ethical leadership of a supervisor, manager, or company executive?
• Are there any descriptors in the list that are difficult to observe? How can a company measure the ethical leadership within the organization?
• How does personal experience with a leader (e.g., work assignments, disciplinary actions) skew your assessment of his or her ethical leadership? Cite an example based on personal experience

3.

Read Chapter 8 in Gonzalez-Padron (2015). Complete theChecklist: Ethical Health Assessment—How Ethical Is Your Organization?, then answer these following questions from the text:

• What additional questions may uncover the ethical culture of an organization?
• Which, if any, of these questions are seeking confirmation of the ethical climate (perceptions) rather than the ethical culture (values, norms, and artifacts)?
• How could management measure the ethical health of an organization other than survey questions?