Acme Corp is a publically-traded corporation from Country A that manufactures widgets. Acme opens a factory in Country B, a foreign country. While the minimum age for employment in Country A is 18 years, the minimum age for employment in Country B is 14. When Acme opens its factory in Country B, it employs 100 workers aged 14 to 18. After 10 years, Acme sells its factory in Country B to Hardworkers, Inc. a contractor for widget parts. Acme moves all its operations back to Country A, but buys components for its widgets from Hardworkers. Over time, Acme becomes the sole customer for the widget parts produced by Hardworkers. Due to a company policy instituted by Hardworkers, employees must arrive to work regardless of their health or risk losing their job. A sick worker at Hardworkers infects 500 employees, who later become unable to work. When Acme Corp managed the factory in Country B, to which of the following ethical philosophies did the company ascribe?

a. Moral absolutism
b. Ethical relativism
c. Righteous moralism
d. Utilitarian idealism