Globalization has made trade agreements a worldwide phenomenon. The success of those trade agreements depends among other things on the lack of differences in ethical attitudes between the participating countries. In this paper, the success of the NAFTA (= North-American Free Trade Agreement) was examined. Hofstede's Cultural Framework was used to compare Mexico, the U.S. and Canada. In addition to Hofstede's Framework, other cultural characteristics were used to give us a better view on the ethical behaviour of managers in those countries. The paper shows us that trade agreements can be successfull if the participating countries share their ethical attitudes.
Peter Depypere
BUSINESS ETHICS IN THE NAFTA COUNTRIES: A CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON
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