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Should companies that operate outside of the U.S. treat employees in other countries with the same standards as its U.S. employees? Justify your response. Support your response with an APA-cited reference(s).
When US based companies diversify their business from their home country to various other countries around the globe, it is seen that they might face ethical situation where they are going from a developed country to a developing country and thus can be prone to the fact that the employee protection acts and laws are weaker in those countries as related to US. Thus, in this situation it the duty of the organisation morally and culturally to act responsibly and treat all of its employees which are spread all around the world as equal. No biased should be done to any of the employee based on their culture or their diversity. Infact, it is the ethical duty of the employee to blend with the culture and morales of the society and the country where it is being located and adjust towards the surroundings. Every country has its own culture and morales, thus every international organisation should take care of the fact that wherever it exists, it should try to operate giving respect to the cultural obligations, legal obligations as well as social obligations of the country and towards the people too. Only in that way an organisation could achieve high level and degree of success.
References: www.eeoc.gov, wikipedia/employeelabourlaws