Question

Which one of the following statements about the ethical relativism school of thinking is false?

A. In a multinational company, application of ethical relativism equates to multiple sets of ethical standards
B. There are few absolutes when it comes to business ethics and thus few ethical absolutes for consistently judging a company's conduct in various countries and markets
C. The best and fairest way for a multinational company to approach the enforcement of ethical standards companywide is to reject ethical universalism and pursue ethical relativism
D. A company that adopts the principle of ethical relativism and holds company personnel to local ethical standards necessarily assumes that what prevails as local morality is an adequate guide to ethical behavior—this assumption is ethically dangerous
E. According to the ethical relativism school of thinking, a "one-size-fits-all" template for judging the ethical appropriateness of business actions and the behaviors of company personnel does not exist

Answer 1

The false statement about the ethical relativism school of thinking is that a company that adopts the principle of ethical relativism necessarily assumes that local morality is an adequate guide to ethical behavior, which is ethically dangerous.

Step-by-step explanation:

The false statement about the ethical relativism school of thinking is D. A company that adopts the principle of ethical relativism and holds company personnel to local ethical standards necessarily assumes that what prevails as local morality is an adequate guide to ethical behavior—this assumption is ethically dangerous.