Three Torque Inc., a U.S.-based multinational company, allows its managers to make facilitating payments in host countries to ex
pedite government formalities. However, in countries where such payments are considered as unethical, the company restricts its managers from indulging in such activities. This behavior of the company illustrates the straw man approach of
Cultural relativism basically implies that other people's values, norms and morals should be understood and respected, rather than judged, usually from the viewpoint of another culture, as the saying goes when in Rome, act like the Romans.
Therefore, Three Torque Inc. has demonstrated Cultural Relativism in deciding to respect the ethics of countries that prohibit facilitating payments.
