$***$Answer options for each question$***-$ organizational culture $-$ personal ethics $-$ leadership $-$ unrealistic performance expectations $-$ Decision$-$ makinf processes Business ethics are not divorced from personal ethics, which are generally accepted principles of right and wrong governing the conduct of Indlulduals. Our personal ethical code exerts a profound Influence on the way we behave as businesspeople. Why do managers behave In an unethical manner? There is no simple answer to this question, for the causes are complex, but some generalizations can be made.Many managers have made poor ethical decisions while engaged in internatlonal business. Many of these ethical Issues are rooted In the varlations among nations in their political systems, law, economic development, and culture. What is considered normal practice in one nation may be considered unethical in another. Select the most appropriate determinant of ethical behavior for each hypothetical company situation. $1.$ Joe regularly visits China and offers lavish gifts to the Chinese company officlals who are customers of his U$.$S$.$ software company. He does this in order to secure his yearly sales quota bonus, and writes off the gifts as a business expense to his comnanv. $2.$ Company $\backslash ($ A B C $\backslash )$ employees are pleasantly surprised by the way motivation and initlatives are being recognized after they were acauired bv Comnany EFG. $3.$ Combanv $"\backslash ($ X $\backslash )"$ has an evaluation sustem in place that eliminates $20$ percent of underperformers every six months. $4.$ Jack is the CEO of a large corporation. Due to the global economic crisis, he has frozen wages, disallowed employee travel, and cancelled the annual holiday party. Last week he skied at Vail, a posh resort, with his wife, and charged all of his exbenses to the company under the pretense that he was "meeting with local legislators." $5.$ Ellen has taken over a troubled manufacturing plant. The citizens who live around the plant are concerned about safety and pollution. She sets up a community meeting so that managers, organized labor, affected citizens, and all other parties can air their concorne as a step toward addressing the simmering issues.