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Ethics Across Cultures
Did the Pedestrian Die?
Fons Trompenaars
THIS LAST chapter shows how different cultures might define integrity and ethical behavior differently. These definitions might work in a single culture, but what do we do when cultures meet in multicultural environments? People in all cultures, organizations, and institutions agree that the greatest leaders have integrity. In this chapter we suggest that integrity is creating wholeness through the integration of opposites. This is something that is not taught at educational institutions.
Many readers who have seen and heard me at one of my conference presentations will immediately understand the subtitle of this chapter: Did the Pedestrian Die?1 We discussed this story, created ...
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