Ethics in Multinational Organisations.

One of the most important aspect of an organisation is to emphasise on ethical behaviour. An organisations ethical behaviour is reflected by the actions they take upon different ethical perspectives (Cronk, Krikwood, Ryan & Standley, 1996). This essay will discuss how different perspectives of ethics impact the operation of Multi-national organisations. Ethics is the code of moral principles and values that governs the behaviour of a person or a group with respect to what is right and wrong (Samson & Daft, 2005). Different ethical perspectives are the approaches that multi-national organisations need to consider when making a decision about what is right and wrong. The ethical perspectives that will be examined throughout this essay are the utilitarian perspective, the moral rights perspective, justice (fairness) perspective and the common good perspective. This essay will also help to focus on what multi-national organisations can do to respond to the complexity of these ethical perspectives. Different ethical perspectives become complex because they are subjective and are based on ones values and benefits (ref). Also, an organisation does not operate in isolation from its environment. The decisions and actions of management in business organisations have considerable impact on individuals, other organisations and the community. Knowing that they have a considerable impact on the community, business managers have social responsibilities for the actions they take (Carroll and Buchholtz, 2000). This includes the ethical expectations placed on organizations by society at a given point in time. Given these complexities different ethical perspectives are often difficult to enforce and easy to neglect (McEwan, 2001). However there are some ways in which multi-national organisations can respond to these complexities such as acknowledging the importance of business ethics, encourage their members to take ethical issues seriously, take the views of their stakeholders into...