Talaulicar, Till2019-09-252019-09-252010-02-262008http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/173953The case of Wal-Mart in Germany and the lawsuit on its Statement of Ethics demonstrated some of the business ethical complexities and traps companies have to consider when they go global. The paper analyzes the impact of different legal and cultural frameworks on the admissibility and appropriateness of codes of ethics, the different types of standardization applicable in codes of ethics as well as the potential conflicts between corporate and personal interests. The analysis tackles the issue of global versus local codes of ethics, rule-based versus principle-based approaches of standardization, and of restricting versus protecting employees' privacy to advantage corporate affairsengWith permission of the license/copyright holderbusiness ethicscorporationsglobalizationlaborEconomic ethicsBusiness ethicsTrade ethicsPreprint