Ethical Issues and Culture in Business: A Study on Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions Theory

Ethical issues and
culture

Table of Contents
INTRDOUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................1
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................2

INTRODUCTION
Business ethics are the principles and methods which are used to analyse the activities of
the business. These are the policies related to the corporate administration, insider trading,
discrimination, corporate social responsibility and other obligation(Shayganmehr and et. al.,
2021). All these help in operating the business and decision making which include equity,
trustiness, esteem, loyalty, individual responsibility and so on. Whereas culture refers to the
pattern of the human activity within the community or social group which includes the belief,
practices and behaviour of the people. Cross culture issues in the business refers to the endeavour
of an organisation which ensure that people interact effectively with the professionals from
different background.
MAIN BODY
Ethical issues in the business refers to the state of affairs whereby a moral conflict arises
and must be addressed. Both the individuals and the businesses are involved in these conflicts
and they are legally dangerous(Moreno, 2021). These issues are challenging because these are
difficult to deal with when the guidelines and precedent by the company are not provided to the
individuals and the management. There are many ethical issues in the business which may
include the working standard and conditions, diversity at the workplace, harassment and
discrimination at the workplace, health and safety at the workplace, political arena, environment,
bribery and corruption and so on. Therefore, a useful framework is approved by the professional
for the companies and the individuals to make an adequate decisions whenever these type of
conflict are arisen in the company.
Hofstede culture dimension theory is a framework that is developed by Geert Hofstede to
understand the difference in culture across the countries and to recognize the ways that are made
for the businesses across different cultures. The aim of this theory was to determine the
dimension in which culture vary which includes individualism-collectivism, power distance,
uncertainty avoidance, long term-short term orientation and masculinity- femininity. According
to the Hofstede research, individual vs. collectivism dimension considers the degree where the
societies are incorporated into groups and their perception are also coordinated in groups. In
individualism societies people expect care for themselves and their immediate family members
only and they focus only on attaining their personal goals. While, in collectivism cultures, people
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