Global ethics and integrity in MNCs: A reality check in Indian context

Ethics and integrity issues are at the centre of management process of the Multinational Corporations (MNC). They have accelerated a significant development for the regulation and governance of trade, business and investment. As different management strategies are adopted including a monolith and standardized global approach to suit the social responsibility it becomes quite imperative to establish a corporate wide code of conduct by engaging global employees in ethics and compliance with respect to the world at large. This paper will examine the case of Infosys Industries Limited in India and explain how a globally ethical Company will stand at the forefront in the arena of generating advanced performance level, clarifying any problems that arise, playing by international rules while raising standards in the global scenario and taking the levels of performance to great heights. Finally, the author recommends that a global set of ethics would surely boost the confidence of all the stakeholders in any MNC and would lead to the development of national economies.