cross cultural perspectives

The international market is the primo situation for all companies, even though almost every organization experiences growth as time passes. The main goal of almost every big business is to be able to reach the largest market and enable growth; the international market. There are many different things that international markets bring to an organization, advantage wise, for instance a bigger brand name, international market shares, investors, or even growth that will allow the capability to be able to manufacture many products for a lot less expensive labor cost. Even though most companies want to go big or go home, there are bound to be many different obstacles and difficulties in making the bigger picture happen. Between going national and international, there are so many different moral and social responsibilities that must be overcome as the organization progresses through the ranks to be a worldwide international organization. The organization that I choose is the Levi Strauss company, I love the jeans and there is an over abundant amount of information available to the public about the history of their organization. Levi Strauss and Company, which is based in San Francisco, California has actually been one of many different companies that have been able to overcome all the adversity and become an international organization and one of the largest retail sale producers in apparel. The organization has their headquarters in California, but they are able to operate and be successful with their different plants and operations in 110 different nations across the globe. Breaking down the split of what their income as a company is generally split from the United States and outside the border to a near 50/50 split. Actually, Levi Strauss has recently been dealing with issues with foreign organizations to incorporate stockholders, media sites, investment companies, and even employees’ right’s unions. There were noted to be a lot of different reasons that

References: Five compliance and ethics issues to consider in Vietnam. 2010, Gregory Unruh & Fernanda Arreola. Retrieved from http://knowledgenetwork.thunderbird.edu/research/2009/11/04/vietnam/ Levi Strauss & Co. (Unknown) 2010. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Strauss_%26_Co.