DID THE PEDESTRIAN DIE? ETHICS ACROSS CULTURES

Authors

  • Fons Trompenaars Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35478/jime.2018.1.02

Keywords:

culture, ethics, integrity

Abstract

This article shows how different cultures might define integrity and ethical behavior differently. These definitions might work in a single culture but what to do when cultures meet in multi-cultural environments? Billions of people in all cultures, all organizations, all institutions agree the greatness of leaders having in common being respected across cultures and institutions. Indeed they have integrity, the art of creating wholeness through bridging opposites. In this article it is suggested is that integrity is creating wholeness through the integration of opposites. Something not taught at educational institutions.

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Published

2018-03-31

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