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Spirituality, in the broad sense, provides a deeper foundation for principles of international business ethics than legalistic, command-based ethics programs. Spiritual-based principles and values are presupposed and endorsed by established legal and ethical principles for international business. Identifying such spiritual-based principles and values requires the exercise of moral imagination and an openness to values embraced by the world's religions. Once identified, a new realm of moral freedom is attained for multinational corporations which may help them move beyond an "ethics for sale" orientation.
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Jackson, K.T. Spirituality as a Foundation for Freedom and Creative Imagination in International Business Ethics. Journal of Business Ethics 19, 61–70 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006149905996
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006149905996