48 2022 EDELMAN TRUST BAROMETER: FULL TEXT FOR ANSWER CHOICES ABBREVIATED BUSINESS MORAL EXPECTATION Shortened Full Businesses have a moral responsibility to set limits on what is acceptable and pull out of countries that operate beyond them Even though almost all countries are guilty of some sort of immoral, unfair, discriminatory, or militaristically aggressive behavior, businesses still have a moral responsibility to set limits on what is acceptable behavior and pull out of countries that operate beyond those limits Because all countries engage in immoral behavior, such behavior is not a viable criterion for whether it is acceptable to do business in a particular country Because almost all countries are guilty of some sort of immoral, unfair, discriminatory, or militaristically aggressive behavior, such behavior is not a feasible criterion for whether it is morally acceptable for a company to have business operations in a particular country Businesses that fail to condemn and punish a country’s behavior express implicit approval of that behavior Businesses that fail to condemn and punish a country’s behavior are expressing an implicit approval of that behavior Businesses that condemn a country’s behavior are guilty of imposing their own sense of morality on a culture they may not understand Businesses that condemn and punish a country’s behavior are guilty of imposing their own sense of morality on a country or culture that they may not fully understand nor appreciate CORP_SIDE: You are about to see a series of two choices. We want you to choose the one that best describes your beliefs. (Please select only one of the two options given.)