Ethics Case Study

University of Phoenix

ACC 557 Accounting Ethics

Ethics Case Study

The case study of Lillian Fok, Sandra Hartman and Kern Kwong in 2010 about differences and similarities in business ethical values has been done to examine ethical values that underlie business decisions in the U.S., China, and Jamaica. China transforms from a socialist based, command economy to a free market economy. Because of the transformation, China needs to change their mindset or probably their ethical values to adapt to the change. On the other hand, Jamaica has been already a capitalist country but it struggles to build the economy because of its colonial status from Great Britain (Fok, Hartman & Kwong, 2010). This paper will discuss how ethics plays a role in decision making...