Ethics & Globalization

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Chapter 9
Ethics & Globalization
McGraw-Hill
Privacy vs Security
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Privacy vs Security
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1. Third party tracking of Internet users is not
illegal, but is it unethical? Should there be laws
against this type of activity?
2. What is a code of ethics? In your

opinion, is it more important for a
company like Google to have a code of
ethics as compared to a company like
Eddie Bauer?
3. Do you think companies like Google have different

ethical standards because their industry is so fluid
in nature?
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Disclaimer on the internet site, what is its
legal status from Indonesian law
perspective?
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Disclaimer on the internet site, what is its
legal status from Indonesian law
perspective?
 Undang-Undang No. 8 Tahun 1999 tentang

Perlindungan Konsumen
 Undang-Undang No. 11 Tahun 2008
tentang Informasi dan Transaksi
Elektronik
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“The World has become small and
completely interdependent”,
Wendell L. Wilkie
Republican Presidential Nominee defeated
by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940
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Learning Outcomes
 Understanding the ethical issues arising in global
business
 Explain the issue of ethical relativism in a global
environment
 Explain the challenges in developing a global code of
ethics
 Analyze the ramification of the UN Global Compact
 Explain the OECD Guidelines for Multinational
enterprises
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Frontline focus
A matter of definition
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Ethics and Globalization
 Business transactions in different countries in different
languages and different cultures inevitably force North
American companies to revisit ethical principles
 Less-Developed Nation – Country that lacks the

economic, social, and technological infrastructure of a
developed nation
 Developed Nation – Country that enjoys a high standard

of living as measured by economic, social, and
technological criteria
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What is ‘Globalization’?
The expansion of international trade to a point where

national markets have been overtaken by regional trade
blocs (Latin America, Europe, Africa) leading eventually to
a global marketplace.
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‘Globalization’ in ‘less-developed’ nations:
For the ‘less-developed’ nations, the concept of globalization has
a different meaning:
“Among countries, the big losers are in Africa, south of the Sahara.They
are not losing, however, because they are being crushed by
globalization…. [T]hey are losing because they are being ignored by
globalization.They are not in the global economy. No one in the
business community wants anything to do with countries where illiteracy
is high, where modern infrastructure (telecommunications, reliable
electrical power) does not exist, and where social chaos reigns. Such
countries are neither potential markets nor potential production bases.”
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Global Ethics - I
1. Do no intentional harm.
2. Produce more good than harm for the host country.
3. Contribute to the host country’s development.
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Global Ethics - I
4. Respect the human rights of their employees.
5. Respect the local culture; work with it, not against it.
6. Pay their fair share of taxes.
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Global Ethics - II
7. Cooperate with the local government to develop and
enforce just background institutions.
8. Majority control of a firm includes the ethical
responsibility of attending to the actions and failures of
the firm.
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Global Ethics - II
9. Multinationals that build hazardous plants are obliged to
ensure that the plants are safe and operated safely.
10. Multinationals are responsible for redesigning the
transfer of hazardous technologies so that such
technologies can be safely administered in host countries.
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Enforcing Global Ethics
THE UN GLOBAL COMPACT:
“The Global Compact is not a regulatory instrument – it does

not “police”, enforce or measure the behavior or actions of
companies. Rather, the Global Compact relies on public
accountability, transparency and the enlightened self-interest
of companies, labor and civil society to initiate and share
substantive action in pursuing the principles upon which the
Global Compact is based.”
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The U.N. Global Compact - I
Human Rights:
1. Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally
proclaimed human rights.
2. Businesses should make sure that they are not complicit in human
rights abuses.
Labor Standards:
3. Businesses should uphold the freedom of association and the effective
recognition of the right to collective bargaining.
4. Businesses should uphold the elimination of all forms of forced and
compulsory labor.
5. Businesses should uphold the effective abolition of child labor.
6. Businesses should uphold the elimination of discrimination in respect
of employment and occupation.
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The U.N. Global Compact - II
Environment:
7. Businesses should support a precautionary approach to environmental
challenges.
8. Businesses should undertake initiatives to promote greater
environmental responsibility.
9. Businesses should encourage the development and diffusion of
environmentally friendly technologies.
Anti-corruption:
10. Businesses should work against all forms of corruption,
including extortion and bribery.
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Enforcing Global Ethics
THE OECD GUIDELINES FOR MULTINATIONAL
ENTERPRISES:
Originally adopted as part of a larger Declaration on

International Investments and Multinational
Enterprises in 1976, the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development (OECD) Guidelines
for Multinational Enterprises represent a more
governmental approach to the same issues featured in
the UN’s non-governmental Global Compact.
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OECD Guidelines - I
I. Concepts and Principles: sets out the principles which underlie
the Guidelines, such as their voluntary character, their application
world-wide and the fact that they reflect good practice for all
enterprises.
II. General Policies: contains the first specific recommendations,
including provisions on human rights, sustainable development,
supply chain responsibility, and local capacity building, and more
generally calls on enterprises to take full account of established
policies in the countries in which they operate.
III. Disclosure: recommends disclosure on all material matters
regarding the enterprise
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OECD Guidelines - II
IV. Employment and Industrial Relations: addresses major aspects of
corporate behavior in this area including child and forced labor, non-
discrimination and the right to bona fide employee representation and
constructive negotiations.
V. Environment: encourages enterprises to raise their performance in

protecting the environment, including performance with respect to
health and safety impacts. Features of this chapter include
recommendations concerning environmental management systems and
the desirability of precaution where there are threats of serious damage
to the environment.
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OECD Guidelines - III
VI. Combating Bribery: covers both public and private bribery
and addresses passive and active corruption.
VII. Consumer Interests: recommends that enterprises, when

dealing with consumers, act in accordance with fair business,
marketing and advertising practices, respect consumer privacy,
and take all reasonable steps to ensure the safety and quality
of goods or services provided.
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OECD Guidelines - IV
VIII. Science and Technology: aims to promote the diffusion by
multinational enterprises of the fruits of research and
development activities among the countries where they
operate, thereby contributing to the innovative capacities of
host countries.
IX. Competition: emphasizes the importance of an open and

competitive business climate.
X. Taxation: calls on enterprises to respect both the letter and

spirit of tax laws and to co-operate with tax authorities.
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Back to Frontline focus
A matter of definition
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Thinking Critically
TOMS Shoes: Ethically Global?
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Copyright © 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

Ethics & Globalization

2. What is a code of ethics? In your

3. Do you think companies like Google have different

 Undang-Undang No. 8 Tahun 1999 tentang

 Less-Developed Nation – Country that lacks the

 Developed Nation – Country that enjoys a high standard

The expansion of international trade to a point where

“The Global Compact is not a regulatory instrument – it does

Originally adopted as part of a larger Declaration on

V. Environment: encourages enterprises to raise their performance in

VII. Consumer Interests: recommends that enterprises, when

IX. Competition: emphasizes the importance of an open and

X. Taxation: calls on enterprises to respect both the letter and

TOMS Shoes: Ethically Global?

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