Question

Joe regularly visits China and offers lavish gifts to the Chinese company officials who are customers of his U.S. software company. He does this in order to secure his yearly sales quota bonus, and writes off the gifts as a business expense to his company.

Answer 1

Answer:

Personal ethics

Explanation:

Personal ethics is a basically the philosophy behind each action of an individual. The degree of right and wrong each person denotes their actions with.

In the above question, Joe uses personal ethic in the form of business ethic. According to him, these are right actions that would be bring him career prosperity and a loyal customer base which would indirectly effect effect his reputation along with the companys' reputation.