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Should the MNC's be bound by the prevailing morality of the home country or should they follow the practices of the host country. What would back your opinion?

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203 words weigh in on whether multinational companies should follow home or host country morality.

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In my opinion, a balanced approach is the best approach to this problem. Morality and ethics are usually in understanding, not really codified in terms of policies on paper - this leaves a huge amount of leeway for the managers as it is up to them to behave according to their own ...

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