Read the case study entitled "Foreign Assignment" on pages 621-622 of your text(Ethical Theory and Business -Tom L Beauchamp and Norman E Bowie, 2004).
After the meeting with Sara, Tom Fried emailed you. In the email, he explained the situation and asked your advice. In your email reply back to Tom, address the following:
What obligations do you feel the bank has to ensure that its employees are not harmed, for instance, by having their chances for advancement limited by the social customs of a host country?
What international moral code, if any, is being violated by the Bank?
Has the bank made the correct decision by opting to follow the norms of the host country?
How would you recommend that Tom handle this particular situation?
What steps should the bank take to avoid and resolve situations similar to this in the future when employees are offended or harmed by host country practices?
Foreign Assignment
* What obligations do you feel the bank has to ensure that its employees are not harmed, for instance, by having their chances for advancement limited by the social customs of a host country?
* What international moral code, if any, is being violated by the Bank?
In the case of Sara Strong and the Security Bank of the American Continent, the bank had an obligation to ensure that its employees did not have their chances of advancement limited by the social norms of Mexico.
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