Exam 13: Organizational Communication, Globalization, and Corporate Social Responsibility

According to Deetz, organizations are sites of multiple competing stakeholder interests, including those of consumers, suppliers, and host community, all of which must be coordinated.

Focusing on stakeholders can be understood as a form of CSR.

Terms such as Disneyfication and Coca-colonization are used to point out ______, the predominately one-way flow of cultural products from the West to other nations.

Proponents for privatization of public services such as prisons, schools, or water treatment facilities argue that competition and market forces would lead to innovation and increased efficiency for these services. This argument is associated with the economic philosophy called ______.

A benefit of the bottom of the pyramid program is that people from underdeveloped nations are viewed as resilient entrepreneurs because they are active participants in developing new enterprises.

It is important to take an interdisciplinary approach to studying and defining globalization because ______.

The economic philosophy with the intent to limit extreme economic cycles of "boom" and "bust" through government intervention is ______.

Tina and Gina were raised by Hazel, their live-in nanny. When the twins entered kindergarten, their parents originally considered letting Hazel go, however the attachment to Hazel was evident and the fact that the children learned a second language from Hazel was a bonus. Hazel remained with the family until the twins were in fifth grade at which time the family sadly parted ways. The separation from Hazel was devastating. This scenario best represents which of the following?

______ is the process of globalization in which money, information, and people flow around the world without regard for national boundaries.

______ is the political, economic, and cultural process that involves the intensification of consciousness of the world as a whole, and an increased interdependence between nation states and cultures.

Mary has lived with and worked for the Miller family for the last seven years. She often steps in to take the children to after school activities and has even gone to a parent teacher conference or two because the dual-career couple is often unavailable. Mary's life reflects ______.

The Occupy Movement is an example of "globalization from below" because it represents a collective effort to resist the process of globalization.

The feminization of migration has made it possible for women to be upwardly mobile.

The Chicken Maharaja Mac, sold in McDonald's in India, is an example of cultural imperialism and McDonaldization.

Extra Oil, Inc. began installing solar panels on all of their buildings and got a fleet of electric cars. This represents the company's green initiative.

The term Saskia Sassen uses to describe the feature of globalization in which households, communities, and even nations are increasingly dependent on women's migration and their subsequent income is ______ of survival.

In the past, organizations only focused on profits and following the laws that governed corporations. Now, companies are committed to making the world a better place through ______.

Xochitl's employers are able to pay her less than minimum wage primarily because ______.

A ______ is an area that is designated to eliminate traditional trade barriers, but is often a place in which wages are low, work and environmental regulations are minimal, and conditions for workers are poor.

It is relatively simple to define globalization as it is based on Western standards of economic enrichment.