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1. Introduction
2. Lecture overview
3. Points of departure
4. Ethics in cross-cultural management literature
5. Why ethics is still a kind of unspoken issue
6. Introducing cross-cultural relativism
7. Cultural relativism
8. From the gurus
9. Some issues
10. Some notions of justice
11. Corporate cultural relativism
12. Excessive corporate relativism
13. Excessive corporate cultural relativism - examples
14. Excessive cultural relativism - consequences
15. Diversity - equality at the workplace
16. Diversity - cross-cultural management at home
17. Diversity - a platform for synergies
18. Arising ethical issues
19. Cross-cultural relationships with customers
20. Analytical and normative approaches to issues
21. Accepting or not accepting gifts
22. Is this Chinese case a non-negotiable issue
23. A case showing a clear moral wrong
24. Towards cross-cultural wisdom?
25. Can Aristotle help?
26. The bases of phronesis
27. Phronesis in cross-cultural contexts
28. Or in a more practical formulation
29. Selected references

Topics Covered

• Points of departure
• Ethics in the cross-cultural management literature
• Cultural relativity and corporate cultural relativity
• Diversity
• Dealing with customers
• Phronesis

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Series:

• Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility

Categories:

• Management, Leadership & Organisation

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Publication History

• Published on January 31, 2011