Though corporations engaged in international business have been in existence for many years, because of the growing awareness of increasing economic interdependence in the world today, multinationals have only recently become the subject of intense general interest. It is universally acknowledged that multinational corporations contribute in many ways to help meet the complex needs of the world through providing capital, technology and management skills. However, those countries in which such firms operate have expressed concern about problems which they think are often caused by these companies. Considerable literature on various aspects of multinational corporations is available, but relatively little deals with the multinational's policy-making processes and the set of values and ethics within which it operates. This study attempts to resolve this situation somewhat by investigating the social, political, managerial and ethical considerations which determine the multinational's decisions. It presents the viewpoints of multinational managers on key issues, such as personnel policies and company adaptations to different cultures. Information is also provided on the activities of the corporations' subsidiaries. Multinational corporations are viewed, particularly in developing countries, as potentially disruptive influences in the host economy. A multinational subsidiary may be seen as a disruptive force for doing any one or a combination of the following: paying wages in excess of the going rate in an area; introducing labor-saving technology when there is unemployment in the country; making some national enterprises noncompetitive; increasing local incomes, thus increasing demand for import of consumption goods; and remitting substantial dividends to the home country. The purpose of the study being reported here was to provide some insight into the decision-making processes of multinational firms within this atmosphere as viewed by managers of the multinationals. This was at tempted through a questionnaire which included inquiries about company attitudes toward differing political climates, personnel policies, product modification, and the importance of cultural and sociological factors in business decisions. The decision as to which companies should receive questionnaires was based on the number of countries in which a company