Exam 2: Managing Interdependence, Social Responsibility, and Ethics

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

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

Improved customer attraction and retention; improved reputation; and improved employee recruitment,motivation,and retention are business benefits of corporate social responsibility.

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?

A company subscribing to ethical relativism would implement the morality of the ________.

According to the international codes of conduct,the MNE behavior toward the public is related to ________.

According to the international codes of conduct,the MNE behavior toward the host government is related to ________.

Under nationalism,the host institutes a partial or complete closing of borders to withstand competitive foreign products,using tariff and nontariff barriers.

According to Robertson and Crittenden,which of the following has made integrating an ethical component into international strategic decisions,challenging?

Ethnocentric culture is an integration of the business environments in which firms currently operate.

Which of the following best defines the concept of managing interdependence?

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

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

Primo is a multinational enterprise based in California that manufactures and sells affordably priced athletic shoes in retail stores around the world.A Primo manufacturing subsidiary in China employs over 20,000 locals.Primo executives recently learned of human rights violations at the firm's China subsidiary.Workers had been forced to work more than 60 hours each week and minimum wage laws were regularly ignored.As a result,Primo executives need to decide if operations in China should be discontinued. Which of the following,if true,would best support a decision by Primo to remain in China?

The increased complexity regarding the social responsibility and ethical behavior of firms across borders is brought about by the distance between the headquarters and its subsidiaries.

Which of the following is a potential benefit to the host country of MNC operation?

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?

Global corporate culture refers to the business conduct or morals of MNCs in their relationships with individuals and entities.

Social responsibility,ethical behavior,and interdependence are important concerns to be built into ________.

Under governmentalism,the government uses its policy-setting role to favor the interests of ________.