Case: The Bribery Scandal at Siemens AG 1. There is no question that ’bribing’ is unethical and illegal. However‚ nowadays there are a lot of developing countries in which corruption and bribing is a common practice and large companies that are targeted to expand to those countries’ markets have no other option but to pay government officials or other demanding individuals. In the Siemens case which involves bribing for contracts it is partially understandable if the company’s convicted managers
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1. • In your opinion‚ is “bribing” unethical & illegal or just a cost of doing business? Discuss this in light of Siemens’ bribery scandal. We believe that bribing is unethical because it takes away the fairness of a business transaction between bidders of a contract. Bribing also has a negative impact on competition because it allows for oligopolies and monopolies to emerge in an industry due to smaller competitors being unable to financially compete with the amount of the bribes. This in
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Question 4: How does a company like Siemens benefit from the use of motivation theories to influence its management style and strategies? Understanding of motivation theories can play a very important role in influencing the management style and strategies of a large corporation like Siemens. These theories help companies to develop and implement effective policies and strategies for attracting right types of people needed by them to man the organization‚ to retain them in the organization and to
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1.1 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: Founded In: October 1847 ‚ at Berlin in Germany. Founder: Werner von Siemens & Johann Georg Halsk Named as: Telegraphen-Bauanstalt von Siemens & Halske “Telegraphen-Bauanstalt von Siemens & Halske”- the Siemens & Halske Telegraph Construction Company –was founded in the mid-19th century‚ a time characterized by revolution and transformation in politics‚ industry and society. Technological progress altered people’s lives at a breathtaking pace and in ways previously
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COMPANY OVERVIEW Siemens AG was founded in 1847; it is a German company‚ with its headquarters in Munich. They work in the technological sector‚ more specifically in the industry‚ energy and healthcare. In the first case‚ the industry sector‚ Siemens work in specific areas such as automation and lighting. More so‚ they also handle services to building and mobility solutions. Solutions for plant business‚ industrial solutions and transportation systems have become a great deal for this company. Moving
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study is about Siemens Energy and how they should engineer a green future. Siemens is trying to innovate in existing technologies and new advance approaches to energy generation and distribution that are necessary in the United States‚ China‚ Russia and European Union in order to meet their respective energy targets over the next few years. Siemens wants to be in a leadership position in the new energy economy. There is opportunities and challenges to accomplishing this. Siemens is a leading
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|Case Study: | |Siemens Builds a Strategy-Oriented HR System | |Document submitted by |Group 1 | |Authors |Amir Hamzah Mohd Amir (G0834371)
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Swot анализ Сильные стороны- 1. Продуктовый портфель- огромное количество и разнообразие продуктов‚ предлагаемых Siemens позволяет компании значительно сократить любые риски‚ связанные со снижением доходности по любому из направлений производства или оказания услуг. 2. Географическое разнообразие - Geographic Diversity – Siemens‚ as it always has been‚ is extremely geographically diverse allowing again for risk to be reduced. In this case‚ the risk associated with an economic downturn greatly
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enrich the quality of workforce and turnover. I will be focusing on diversity in Siemens Company. Equality is a major issue that needs to be considered. How does Siemens solve the equality issue? And What are the advantages of diversity? Diversity is a key source for competitive edge to Siemens. The workers are fuel to offer new innovative solution that has made Siemens globally successful for 160 years. Siemens is a company that takes care of excellence goal and competitive advantage to
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Siemens and the illusion of CSR and codes of business integrity Siemens just settled on a major international corruption case. It turns out that over the past decade Siemens and some of its subsidiaries made at least 4‚283 payments either to public officials or “agents” to secure or retain contracts. The estimated amount of the payments made in more than ten countries surpassed $1.4 billion. During the current case‚ the criminal damages from Siemens were calculated to amount for up to $2.7 billion
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