Unfortunately, having a corporate code of conduct or ethics is not a panacea - especially in the absence of globally accepted ethical norms.

They had found mediocrity and failure to be accepted norms.

Then Deng came along and said "We will accept foreign capital, but never foreign norms."

The party also requires that immigrants accept Finnish cultural norms.

Her possession is associated with her refusal to accept social norms.

The proposed gTLD is "contrary to generally accepted legal norms of morality."

He said he had told them that women's rights were human rights and that unless they accepted international norms, they would lose international support.

A region incapable of managing it's affairs according to any commonly accepted civilised norms, it is.

Quite simply, we expect all communities to accept international norms concerning human rights, gender equality and respect for human life.

However, part of this progress has been achieved by the use of methods that are in flagrant conflict with universally accepted human norms.