An individual's personal beliefs about whether a behavior, action, or decision is right or wrong.

• ethics

• etiquette

• behavior

• morals

Behavior that conforms to generally accepted social norms

• unethical behavior

• ethical behavior

• acceptable behavior

• unacceptable behavior

Standards of behavior that guide individual managers in their work.

• managerial ethics

• employees' ethics

• subordinates' ethics

• legal ethics

A formal, written statement of the values and ethical standards that guide a firm's action

• ethical leadership

• corporate governance

• code of ethics

• social responsibility

The set of obligations that an organization has to protect and enhance the societal context in which it functions

• corporate governance

• social responsibility

• Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

• Code of ethics

The extent to which an organization complies with local, state, federal, and international laws.

• local compliance

• national compliance

• international compliance

• legal compliance

The disclosure, by an employee, of illegal or unethical conduct on the part of others within the organization

• mind-blowing

• whistle-blowing

• wind-blowiing

• horn-blowing

special type of strategic alliance in which the partners share in the ownership of an operation on an equity basis

• strategic alliance

• maquiladores

• joint venture

• licensing

A tax collected on goods shipped across national boundaries

• tariff

• quota

• export restraint agreements

• European union

The set of values, beliefs, behaviors, customs, and attitudes that help the organization's members understand what it stands for, how it does things, and what it considers important

• world trade organization

• general agreement on tariffs and trade

• organizational culture

• economic communities