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根据以下材料，回答题Acontinuingphenomenoninbusinesseducationistheemphasisonethics.TheAmericanAssemblyofCollegiateSchoolsofBusiness(AACSB)accreditationstandardsemphasizetheneedforanethical
awarenessalongwithanunderstandingof"influenceofpolitical,social,legalandreg-ulatory,environmental,andtechnologicalissues..."61)Oneofthedifficultethicalchallengesitwantsaddressedconcerns"inclusiveness,"whichwehaveinterpretedtomeana"largeumbrella
"approach,in,forexample,employeeconcerns.Tothisend,matterssuchassexualpreferencearedealtwithinacaseinvolvingasupervisor.62)Possiblythegreatestethicalideathatcould
buildbridgesinanincreasinglyfragmentedsocietyistheideathatempiricalevidencemustbesoughtandusedtobringanagreementincontroversialpublicissues.
Clearlythegreatestimpactuponthebusinessenterpriseevidencingexternalpoliticalandsocialenvironmentsoccurswithrespecttolaw,Lawisthewayinwhichsocietyandthepolitical
processtranslatingintoconcreteformtheforcesshapingthebusinessenvironment.Perhapsthemostimpor-tantdevelopmentistherecognitionthatpositivelawhasbecometheethicofourtime.63)A.keyreasonforthisisthehighlycompetitivenatureofthebusinessenvironment,where
internationalcompetitorsarethreateningtheveryexistenceofthedomesticU.S.businesses;thiscompetitionforcesU.S.businessestotakea"barebones,""dojustwhatthelawrequiresandno
more"approachtoethics.Actually,theU.S.legalsystemisformorethana"barebones"tolegalfights.64)Infact,itcouldpersuasivelybearguedthatlawinthisnaturehascreptinto
therealmofnaturallawandnormsformerlydescribedbyprivatedecisionmakersarenow"decreedbylegislativecommands.Itistruethatethicsinvolvesdoingthe"right"thing,thejust
thing,themorallycorrectthing;however,positivelawisnowcommandingusto"dotherightthing."Giventheneedtokeepcostsundercontrol,mostU.S.businessesgiveasighofreliefandsay,
"Thisisenoughethicsforme;thanks,"iftheycansimplycomplywiththepervasivepositivelaw.Thesebusinessespointoutthattheirforeigncompetitorsdonothavetheextensiveand
expensiveprotectivelaborlaws,theCleanWaterAct,theFairLaborStandardsAct,andahostofotherlaws.65)Theselawshavepraiseworthygoals;nonetheless,theymakecompeting
withbusinessesinothercountrieswithoutsuchlawsdifficult,ifnotimpossible,particularlywhencostsaretakenintoaccount.
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