ing, however. While it may appear to be a nationalistic view, there are some laws in foreign countries which are simply unjust. When faced with business situations involving such laws, it is morally permissible to act in ways corresponding to the domestic ideologies of one’s own country just as it is immoral to obey such unjust laws (EDB 515). With an understanding of what is universally moral and practicable while respecting a nations sovereignty, I believe that multinational firms can carry out ethical foreign business with minimal controversy.1Interestingly, even if one were to assume that America’s business ethics were superior to that of the international markets they did business in, the end result would still be to follow the foreign ideologies. Inherent in American ethics is the stakeholder theory in which a firm should maximize profits to the best of their ability. What this usually results in is a necessity for the multinational firm to do business in a way congruent to that of foreign market (EDB 528)....
