Exam 2: Challenges for Managers

Why do corporations and business enterprises tend to subscribe to consequential ethics?

Which of the following statements is true of corporate social responsibility?

People in cultures with high uncertainty avoidance:

_____ is the degree to which a culture accepts unequal distribution of power.

In the context of age diversity, which of the following statements is true of younger workers?

_____ is a cultural orientation in which people belong to loose social frameworks and their primary concern is for themselves and their families.

According to the chief executive officers of U.S. corporations, _____ is a major challenge that managers must overcome to remain competitive.

In cultures characterized by traditional femininity, _____.

In societies with low power distance, _____.

The _____ eliminated the heavy tariffs placed by Mexico on U.S. exports and provided that the remaining tariffs be phased out over time.

In societies with low power distance, bosses are afforded more authority, which is seldom bypassed, titles are used, and formality is the rule.

Which of the following is true in countries with high power distance?

African American workers and Hispanic American workers in the United States are less likely to be prepared to face severe economic difficulties and high crime rates in large cities because:

Drug testing, free speech, downsizing and layoffs, and due process are but a few of the employee rights issues that managers face.

Cultural relativism refers to the idea that:

Sexual harassment is more likely to occur in some organizations than in others, for example, in male-dominated workplaces.

Compare and contrast individualism and collectivism.

Which of the following statements is true of Smith's doctrine of natural liberty?

Which of the following is most likely true of transnational organizations?

Diversity has garnered increasing attention in recent years largely because: