Q1. Explain the three reasons for foreign bribery that Fadiman discusses. Do most Australians look at bribery from a culturally biased perspective‚ or is Fadiman too tolerant of foreign corruption? Fadiman gives 3 main reasons for why non-western cultures partake in the act of bribery. - 1st reason is because many foreigners have large extended families that they must meet the needs of. These families include blood kin‚ immediate family‚ associations by marriage‚ as well as fictional kin that
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organisational culture‚ many companies are increasingly willing to increase their profits and to gain competitive advantages through indulgence in bribery‚ corruption‚ money laundering and other anti-social practices that shows little regard for social obligations and even laws. Companies cemented their social relations by claims of socially responsible and of ethical conduct‚ but the evidence in practice proves otherwise. The bourgeoning corporate social responsibility literature rarely examines predatory
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been a lot of increase in expanding companies throughout other countries. In order for a CEO of a company based in USA to move some of its operations to China‚ it’s best to understand the foreign and local policy that is in placed in China and the bribery scandal that involved four employees of GlaxoSmithKline. This case study will examined the GSK scandal by analyzing the case that involved the four employees‚ the Chinese government‚ assessing GSK’s response‚ lessons learned in order to provide the
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of which are negative. The parts that follow will describe the effects that corruption has on firm productivity‚ firm growth (in more detail and with evidence from firms in Turkey) and firm innovations. In the end a case study from the impact of bribery on firm performance in Central and Eastern European countries will be presented. TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT ii TABLE OF CONTENTS iii INTRODUCTION 1 1. PRESENCE OF CORRUPTION 2 2. WHAT EXACTLY DOES CORRUPTION DO? 3 3. WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF
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Part A There are two important questions that I would ask myself before deciding whether or not to blow the whistle. If I do blow the whistle‚ will I be able to live with the consequences of revealing the food safety problems that are present at Delectables Corp.‚ knowing that it may hurt the company and the people that work there? On the other hand‚ if I don’t blow the whistle‚ will I be able to live knowing about the food safety concerns and not doing anything about them to save the face of
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company. This paper will identify the issues in the case‚ explain the legal issues and give some recommendations on how Jim Teague can resolve these issues to save his company’s reputation. Identify the major cultural differences and the resulting ethical‚ or legal challenges Jim Teague faced working at KiraFlour in Tanzania. Jim Teague faces some cultural differences when he went to Tanzania. The major cultural difference he encountered is the fact that people in Tanzania are easily bribable. In
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New York Times reporter David Barstow uncovered a shocking story against retail giant‚ Wal-Mart. His investigation started after Wal-Mart shut down its internal investigation over the possible bribery of Mexican officials. Wal-Mart used these bribes to accelerate growth in their Mexican zoning areas. These allegations surfaced when a Hispanic lawyer contacted Wal-Mart headquarters in Bentonville Arkansas. This lawyer had inside information on Wal-Mart’s bribes‚ as he represented them in their acts
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white-collar crimes. 1.2. Anything to do with fraud and bribery or corruption involving finance. People who are well educated that steal large amounts of money illegally. 1.3. People that can’t control their greed and temptation. Things like materialism and vulgar consumerism encourages a climate of self centeredness. The overriding passion for personal gain is a reason. The declination in traditional channels of moral self-control and changes in the ethical role in religion promotes such crimes. 1.4. Attorneys
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Have you ever thought if social media hinders a good ethical leader‚ or if it benefits them? Or have you ever thought about why an ethical leader needs a social media account? There has been a lot of controversy over this lately‚ very many people believe that an ethical leader doesn’t need a social media account and that it cannot be used in an ethical way while these leaders are supposed to be doing their very valuable‚ and precious work. While most people use social media to connect instantly
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while having manufacturing factory at mainland‚ a lot of problems can occur if a good management system is not established. At the cross-boundary‚ the difference in cultural‚ economic and legal systems will create a grey area where the judgement of ethical and unethical is unclear. In this situation‚ some unethical activities may happen such as getting personal profit from supplier‚ awarding contract to relatives‚ wining and dining as well as receiving brides and kickbacks. In the absence of clear
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