Even so, the cognitive benefits of living abroad, as described in the previous article, are still worth it. It is clear that international experience can help you appreciate and understand the various moral rules that other cultures require.
It is not about social status
The extent of foreign experience is to a certain degree linked with the social status of individuals. So can a higher prevalence of immoral behaviour be explained as something which exists among the upper classes? No. Results remained the same when researchers focused specifically on education and income.
So it is travelling and living abroad rather than social status that makes people more prone to behave in an immoral way.
The researchers took into account the Corruption Perception Index and the Crime Index for all the countries included in the survey. Once again, results indicated that a change in morality is indeed a result of extensive travelling.
Preventing potential moral hazards
What, then, are companies to do when it comes to hiring well-travelled workers? Above all, they should not assign several well-travelled workers to the same manager at once.
Given their moral relativism, these people need some time to settle down. Companies also should reinforce commitment to company values and codes of conduct.
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