Companies that do business abroad sometimes find some local business practices, such as offering gifts or awarding contracts and privileges to family members, unethical. Source: Karl Smith, $2008,$ The ethical dilemma in business gifts: Giving or bribery? $$ A$.$ For many international firms, doing business overseas is unethical given the prevalence of practices, such as offering gifts $($K$.$ Smith, $2008).$ B$.$ According to Karl Smith, international companies are reluctant to invest abroad given the risk of unethical local market practices. O C$.$ Customs, such as bribery and nepotism, are perceived as corrupt by international firms doing business overseas $($Smith$,2008).$ O D$.($Karl$,2008)$ stated that companies interested in business abroad face many challenges.