Reasoning in Internationa] Business Ethics: Three Cases *

Issues in international business ethics are rarely a matter of simply deducing conclusions from ethical premises and empirical facts. Sometimes general principles are useful. Frequently argument by analogy is appropriate. And moral decisions always involve practical and sound judgment. Good arguments should be available to back up such judgments. But the arguments may not be conclusive. Hence the need for the openness to reconsideration and the utility of communication and publicity.