Laws are necessary and important, but ethics makes things better and doesn't hurt anyway. Being legal is ethical and being ethical cannot be illegal. There is no simple law or lack of laws that charge individual or corporate misconduct, yet the guilty pleas and settlement suggest that corporate leaders know regulation and the difference between right and wrong, but chose to do the wrong thing . Companies operating globally must be accountable to the country of their origin and the countries in which they operate, laying the legal foundation for ethical behavior. Being irresponsible and unethical could lead to sanctions, especially corporate corruption and product safety. Corruption is unethical and affects business performance and erodes the authority of the leaders they condone. The consumer will boycott any business that is unethical and shows irresponsible behavior towards citizens and society. Ethical behavior will definitely have a positive influence on employees and employers, but not being ethical will affect worker morale. With the Internet and mobile technology, any bad ethics and behavior will cost companies a fortune. According to Samii (2011), here are some reasons why anything legal is not necessarily ethical.• Consider the moral aspect when referring to legal principles and rules.• With many ethical issues, it is practically
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