Exam 2: Managing Interdependence, Social Responsibility, and Ethics

The profitability of individual companies depends on a cooperative and constructive attitude toward ________.

Which of the following MNC subsidiary activities is blamed for rising interest rates in host countries?

Which of the following is most likely a benefit to host countries with MNC operations?

In recent years, the export of hazardous wastes from developed countries to less developed ones has ________.

With an ethnocentric approach, a company applies the morality used in its ________.

What are questionable payments? Why are they problematic for international managers?

Which of the following shows that employees have understood, and signed off on, the legal obligations regarding bribery and corruption in the countries where they do business?

The sales, debts, and resources of some of the largest multinational firms exceed the gross national product, the public and private debt, and the resources, respectively, of some nations.

What is the relationship between global corporate culture and moral universalism?

Under governmentalism, the government uses its policy-setting role to favor national interests, rather than relying on ________.

________ lies at the intersection of financial, social, and environmental health-sometimes described as the "triple bottom line."

According to international codes of conduct, which of the following is related to the MNE behavior toward persons?

According to the international codes of conduct, how should MNEs handle technology transfer overseas?

Transparency International is best described as a(n)________.

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)allows U.S.companies from making illegal payments, other gifts, or political contributions to foreign government officials for the purpose of influencing them in business transactions.

According to international codes of conduct, which of the following is related to the MNE behavior toward persons?

Which of the following terms refers to adopting business strategies and activities that meet the needs of the enterprise and its stakeholders today, while protecting, maintaining, and enhancing the human and natural resources that will be needed in the future?

________ is a systems view in which one seeks to optimize the total materials cycle from virgin material, to finished material, to component, to product, to obsolete product, and to ultimate disposal.

What is the primary problem for MNCs that try to define organizational ethics?

Which of the following is the first step of making an ethical decision?