CIMA BA4 · Chapter 1 · Question 2 of 10
How does ethical behaviour generally relate to legal compliance?
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Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: B) Ethics often demands a higher standard than the law, so an action can be legal yet unethical
Explanation
The law represents a minimum enforceable standard; ethics goes further and asks what is right. An action can therefore be perfectly lawful but still unethical, for example exploiting a loophole to mislead customers. Ethics does not authorise breaking the law, and law and ethics do not overlap completely.
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