CHAPTER 5 Ethics and Social Responsibility in International Business Chapter Objectives After studying this chapter‚ students should be able to: 1. Describe the nature of ethics. 2. Discuss ethics in cross-cultural and international contexts. 3. Identify the key elements in managing ethical behavior across borders. 4. Discuss social responsibility in cross-cultural and international contexts. 5. Identify and summarize the basic areas of social responsibility. 6. Discuss how organizations
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Introduction A multinational company is a corporation business enterprise with manufacturing‚ sales‚ or service subsidiaries in one or more foreign countries. Multinational companies reflect the strengths and weaknesses of their own country‚ so that sometimes government authorities spend public money supporting local industries or individual companies. It brings both opportunities and pitfalls for national firms in engaging their governments on their behalf. It is the WTO’s job to prevent downsides
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The International capital market as attributed to the existence of offshore markets‚ the creation of this forced countries to liberalize their domestic markets creating greater internationalizing of capital. Due to the wide spread of globalization which has contributed to sophisticated communications systems people all over the world can conduct business from wherever they are (this includes major world financial centers‚ foreign exchange ‚stocks and bonds). International capital markets perform
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Cork Institute of Technology Bachelor of Business (Honours) in Information Systems – Award (NFQ – Level 8) Autumn 2007 International Business (Time: 3 Hours) Instructions Answer: Section A: Answer all question one on case study Section B: Answer three (3) from five (5) questions. % of marks allocated for this exam: 70 Examiners: Ms. C. O’Reilly Mr. L. Elwood Do not write‚ draw or underline in red. Section A: Case Study A Boom in Bangalore What is the fastest growing industry
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of culture? How can culture influence international business? From which perspectives? What are the strong points of the Japanese and American culture? Choose an export market and present the typical cultural characteristics of that country and show how these can influence companies’ operation? Typical cultural characteristics of Japan and special consideration to set up and develop business relations with Japanese companies. 3. Topic 3: International trade theory Choose a company and introduce
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COMPILED International Business BY: VISHAL KADAM Q) What is International Business? What are its importance? Q) Distinguish between International & Domestic Trade? Distinction between internal and international trade Distinction between internal and international trade in general involves transaction for mutual benefit For this reason both the trading parties will have equal interest. Trade is a case of geographic specific area. An area specialises in an activity and trade takes place
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Wild‚ J.J. & Wild‚ K.L.‚ (2012). International Business: The Challenges of Globalization (Global Edition)‚ 6th Edition‚ Pearson Education Limited‚ U.K 1. Describe the process of globalization and how it affects markets and production. 2. Identify the two forces causing globalization to increase. 3. Summarize the evidence for each main argument in the globalization debate. 4. Identify the types of companies that participate in international business. 5. Myths that keep small firms
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Accounting Principles (GAAP) in favor of the international standards‚ International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)‚ followed by most of the world. This modification would represent one of the prevalent accounting rule changes for public companies based in the U.S. Among other issues‚ it would likely dislodge the Financial Accounting Standards Board‚ or FASB‚ as the U.S.’s chief accounting authority‚ incorporating it under the London-based International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). Many
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The Role of the International HR Manager For many people international HR management (IHRM) is synonymous with expatriate management. IHRM‚ however‚ covers a far broader spectrum than just the management of expatriates. It involves the worldwide management of people. Although International HR (IHR) managers undertake the same activities as their domestically-based colleagues‚ the scope and complexity of these tasks will depend on the extent of internationalisation of the organisation. In this
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International Business Lecture Notes Collin Starkweather1 September 2012 1 Copyright c Collin Starkweather 2012. All rights reserved. 2 Contents 1 International Business Culture and Practices 1.1 Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 The Determinants of Culture . . . . . . . . 1.2.1 Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions . . . 1.2.2 Trompenaars’s Cultural Dimensions 1.2.3 Country Clusters . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 Social Stratification . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4 Cultural
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