International Business and Ethics: Understanding Globalization and Cultural Differences, Assignments of Introduction to Business Management

Download International Business and Ethics: Understanding Globalization and Cultural Differences and more Assignments Introduction to Business Management in PDF only on Docsity! Assignment #5 Topic: International Ethics and Law Readings: Chapter Sixteen, and “Two Cheers for Sweatshops”, The New York Times Magazine, 9/24/00 p. 70. Note: The article is available through University Libraries Reserves This chapter concerns the globalization of business and the type of new issues which arise when firms expand their business across national boundaries. The international aspects of business is an important element in a course that focuses on the relationship between business and the government. The authors say that an understanding of laws and ethics across borders is critical. Firms are becoming “companies of the world”. Students should be prepared to discuss the following in class: 1. Which forces (p. 619) are mentioned as limiting the globalization of world business? Do you agree? 2. Global Ethics: Cultural norms and ethics across borders: a. Should companies export their home country’s ethical and legal duties? Should a cigarette company exporter place warning labels on products sold in countries which do not require them? b. Are there “too few” sweat shops in poor nations? Do you agree with the view in the attached article “Two Cheers for Sweatshops”? c. Islamic Law: See questions #1, 2 and 3 on page 623 3. Regulation of International Trade: -Should the FCPA be repealed? (p. 649) -Import duties and the Nike Case (p. 231-234). 4. Restrictions on International Dispute Resolutions: -Sovereign immunity and the Butters Case (p. 649)