In the Reaching Beyond Our Borders box, the story demonstrates the many ethical similarities between North and South American businesses. This is fortunate for large firms that do business south of the U.S. border. They can depend on their subsidiary firms to have no problems when implementing U.S. company employee policies.

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The story demonstrates how one company's belief that their employee policies are reasonable may not span continents and across borders. The employee wanted the same housing allowance as other employees who live and work in South America, but did not want to spend the entire housing allowance on his living quarters, as stipulated by the employer.

In the Reaching Beyond Our Borders Box, the Story Demonstrates