Were is the rest of the question?
The correct answer is (b.) fixed cost. Fixed cost is a cost that stays constant or a process. This is an indirect cost that does not vary with the level of good and services that are produced by a business.
The correct answer is economic globalization. This process is happening since the 1950s and includes the increase in international trade, global capitalism and free markets. Since global migration thanks to the invention of airplanes has rapidly been increasing, it had been easier than ever due to the technological evolution.
I think ethics refers to the code of moral principles and values that govern behaviors with respect to what is right and wrong.