As the world continues to become more global because of technological advances, the risks will increase. Choose one of the global risk areas: economic, environmental, geopolitical, societal, or technological. Then choose a specific issue related to the global risk area.
- Describe the ethical issue.
- Evaluate how the risk could best be mitigated.
Your response must be a minimum of 300 words.
Use at least one scholarly or credible source.
A common debate in ethics is universalism versus relativism of ethics and moral codes. A frequently asked question is “Does a universal moral code exist regardless of an individual’s culture?” As organizations are becoming increasingly global, and understanding of universalism versus relativism of culture ethics is important.
- Compare and contrast universalism and relativism.
- Evaluate how universalism and relativism affect global social corporate responsibility.
Your response must be a minimum of 300 words.
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Universalism and relativism affect the global social corporate responsibility because ethical choices need to be made in any organization to ensure it improves the quality of life. According to Choi, Jo, Park, and Sun (2019), global corporations’ supply chain involves different cultures, which requires standards that can be applied in all the stages. For instance, a corporation uses the universalism approach when its countries have similar moral principles. Hence, the organization can set similar policies to build its brand. A relativist approach
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