A U.S. manager is upset with the company's overseas representative for paying a small "access fee" to a local customs official to ensure the expedited release of a customer order. The manager's belief such payments are wrong reflects a sense of
A) cultural insensitivity.
B) ethical elitism.
C) ethical imperialism.
D) cultural integrity.

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The manager's belief that paying an access fee is wrong reflects a sense of ethical imperialism, which is the belief that one's own ethical standards and values should be applied universally. The local customs official may view the access fee as a customary and acceptable practice, and the manager's insistence on enforcing their own ethical standards in this situation can be seen as imposing their values on another culture.

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