Unipeg Corporation has uniform high sales targets for its employees all across the globe, regardless of the environmental constraints in each market. Employees are penalized for any shortfall. This has caused many employees to falsify the values of their sales. In this context, the roots of unethical behavior can be traced to A. varying ethical standards in different nations. B. national differences in factors of production. C. cultural differences of countries. D. unrealistic performance goals. E. strong personal ethics among employees.

unrealistic performance goals.

Explanation:

The Management of Unipeg Corporation unrealistic sales goals, set for their employees is a reason for the unethical behavior of falsifying figures by their marketers. The unrealistic sales goal set is that every employee sales must get to a certain point or they face penalties, this triggers employee to act unethically.

D) unrealistic performance goals.

Explanation:

Just a couple of days ago Wells Fargo as assigned a very large fine ($3 billion) for doing just this; demanding extremely unrealistic performance goals from their employees, which led to the employees opening fake accounts like crazy (over 2 million) in order to meet the performance goals.

Regardless of the country that a company operates in, if their performance goals are unrealistic, their employees will be tempted to cheat to achieve them.