ethical issues in international business

When we pay a large tip to secure a specific table in a restaurant There is usually some personal happiness-related reason behind our action . Among many of our reasons could be that we want to be nearer to performers on the stage in for us to secure a better view for our enjoyment . Another reason could be that we want to have a specific view available for us while we dine . If we do not pay a large tip , then there is a bigger risk that we would not get the table that we

want . Therefore paying the large tip reduced that risk significantly and makes us likely to get what we want . This case is the same as when a business company pays a bride to certain entities in to secure a contract

When perceived in Bentham 's perspective , happiness ' to a business may be equated to progress and profit which in turn may be acquired through appropriate business actions such as securing profitable contracts . The company pays a certain amount in to get more business which will eventually pay back several fold . This is exactly the utilitarian principle that Bentham explained which may be neatly applied to both cases . In the restaurant , the customer pays a larger tip in to enjoy the happiness ' of a specific table . In business the company pays a bribe in to enjoy the happiness ' of obtaining a contract

Although one of the two situations is illegal , that does not mean that the principle between the two situations are different . In as much as companies are not allowed by law to make bribes for contracts , slipping a 50 for a waiter to secure a seat often happens without the knowledge of the waiter 's supervisor . In that sense we may see that both actions to have moral repercussions . It is just that one tends to be more pronounced with respect to its consequences than the other

References

Jeremy Bentham . The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy . Retrieved November 19 , 2007 , from HYPERLINK "http /www .utm .edu /research /iep /b /bentham .htm " \l "H4 http /www .utm .edu /research /iep /b /bentham .htm H4...