Deck 13: Comparative Global Industrial Relations

Question 1

In Great Britain, after the Labour Party won the election in 1945, the ________ was nationalized by the Labour government.

A) textile industry
B) shipping industry
C) coal industry
D) sugar industry

Answer 1

C

Question 2

In Great Britain, the ________ set a ten-hour limit on the working day.

A) Trade Union Act
B) Employers and Workmen Act
C) Factory Act
D) Industrial Development Act

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The ________ union is the largest private sector union in Canada.

A) Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union
B) Canadian Union of Postal Workers
C) Canadian Federation of Nurses' Union
D) Canadian Auto Workers

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which of the following terms refers to a category of international investment made by a resident entity one country in an enterprise resident in another country with the objective of establishing a lasting interest? ?Does this question read properly? Make sense? Does this question read properly? Make sense?

A) portfolio investment
B) franchising
C) foreign direct investment
D) licensing

Question 5

________ is credited with creating capitalism from his market economy philosophy, which emphasized allowing self-interest, profit making, and market forces to have free play.

A) Richard Easterlin
B) David Gale
C) Branko Horvat
D) Adam Smith

Question 6

Which of the following is one of the nine principles that defined the philosophy of the

Question 7

Which of the following beliefs influenced the British labor movement in the early 1920s?

A) Socialism's decline is inevitable.
B) Strikes should not be used for political ends.
C) Labor and capital have opposing interests.
D) Mercantilism should be replaced by capitalism.

Question 8

The ________ society believed that voters could be persuaded of socialism's justice. They sought to achieve reform by education, stimulating debate through lectures and discussions initiated by democratically accountable and educated professionals.

A) Chartist
B) mercantile
C) Fabian
D) progressive

Question 9

A ________ system of economics requires that the government play a protectionist role in encouraging exports and discouraging imports, generally through the use of tariffs.

A) neoliberal
B) capitalist
C) mercantile
D) Manchester School

Question 10

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Question 11

The International Labour Organization (

Question 12

The first factories that appeared in Great Britain in 1740, concentrated on the production of ________.

A) sugar
B) textiles
C) steel
D) glass

Question 13

________ was a short-lived political movement in England based on the demand for voting rights and the political representation of the working class in Parliament.

A) Chartism
B) Mercantilism
C) Progressivism
D) Neoliberalism

Question 14

________ refers to a political and economic philosophy that deemphasizes or rejects government intervention in the economy, focusing instead on achieving progress and even social justice by encouraging free-market methods and fewer restrictions on business operations and economic development.

A) Communism
B) Neoliberalism
C) Mercantilism
D) Syndicalism

Question 15

The Fabian society aimed to achieve ________.

A) neoliberalism
B) Christian anarchism
C) feudalism
D) democratic socialism

Question 16

Which of the following organizations is a federation of labor unions founded in Great Britain in 1868 to represent trade unionists?

A) Industrial Labor Organization
B) International Trade Union Confederation
C) World Federation of Trade Unions
D) Trades Union Congress

Question 17

The Industrial Revolution is said to have begun in ________ in the early 1800s.

A) North America
B) Asia
C) Russia
D) Europe

Question 18

Which of the following statements is TRUE of the economic theory of mercantilism?

A) According to this theory, a nation's prosperity depends on its human capital.
B) This theory discourages import and export and advocates that a nation be self-sufficient.
C) This theory rejects the idea that the government should play a role in the economy.
D) According to this theory, governments should encourage exports and discourage imports.

Question 19

According to the economic theory of ________, a nation's prosperity relies on a more productive use of human capital and that by increasing the division of labor there would be greater productivity, the development of new machinery and of new skills and trades among workers.

A) mercantilism
B) capitalism
C) Chartism
D) syndicalism

Question 20

Which of the following is an economic theory that agreed with the government noninterference maxim of capitalism but without an emphasis on human capital?

A) communism
B) Chartism
C) Manchester school
D) syndicalism

Question 21

The traditional Japanese wage system is based on ________.

A) qualifications
B) seniority
C) family ties
D) social status

Question 22

Which of the following countries has a statutory work council system?

A) Germany
B) Ireland
C) Sweden
D) the United Kingdom

Question 23

The economic theory of the Manchester school states that governments should regulate the economic life of a nation in order to ensure a more productive use of human capital.

Question 24

The Australian system of industrial relations is a centralized model, characterized by industry-wide or company awards which are negotiated by company, union, and sometimes government officials and then submitted to the ________ for ratification or resolution of differences.

A) Australian Industrial Relations Commission
B) Office of the Federal Safety Commissioner
C) Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission
D) Australian Fair Work System

Question 25

Benito Mussolini, a former revolutionary socialist, founded a new movement called ________ in Italy.

A) progressivism
B) syndicalism
C) fascism
D) mercantilism

Question 26

A ________ market economy is an economic system in China in which the state retains ownership of the means of production, but wages, prices, and employment are allowed to develop in the private sector.

A) feudalist
B) socialist
C) fascist
D) capitalist

Question 27

More than 90 percent of Japanese labor unions are ________.

A) crafts unions
B) national federations
C) industry-level unions
D) enterprise-based unions

Question 28

Australian labor relations are governed by the ________.

A) Fair Work Act
B) National Labor Relations Act
C) Workplace Relations Act
D) Fair Labor Standards Act

Question 29

The ________ (1992) enhanced the EU by introducing intergovernmental cooperation to the existing "Community" system and adding new forms of cooperation between the member states, particularly on defense and in the area of justice and home affairs.

A) Treaty of Rome
B) Treaty of Craiova
C) Treaty of Lausanne
D) Treaty of Maastricht

Question 30

In The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith promoted the mercantile system of economic monopoly over a market economy to produce national prosperity.

Question 31

According to the economic theory of progressivism, a nation's prosperity depends on the amount of its capital, represented by bullion, and by the volume at which its exports exceed its imports.

Question 32

In which of the following countries are work councils compulsory in companies with more than 100 employees?

A) Ireland
B) the United Kingdom
C) Norway
D) Sweden

Question 33

Which of the following terms refers to the involvement of employees and employers in the design of economic policy with the Italian government?

A) erga omnes
B) obiter dicta
C) keiretsu
D) concertazione

Question 34

________ refers to a system in Germany which requires a company's supervising board to have employee representatives, giving unions and employees a say in policy and a stake in company's success.

A) Severability
B) Codetermination
C) Preemption
D) Arbitrability

Question 35

A company is not a multinational enterprise just because it sells exports overseas; it has to have actually moved part of its operations to another country by investing abroad.

Question 36

Which of the following countries uses the euro as currency?

A) Albania
B) Austria
C) Georgia
D) Iceland

Question 37

Which of the following terms refers to a Japanese conglomeration of companies organized around a single bank for their mutual benefit?

A) keiretsu
B) concertazione
C) shunto
D) kaizen

Question 38

________ are permanent elected bodies of workforce representatives or joint committees with employer's representatives, established on the basis of law or collective bargaining agreements with the overall task of promoting cooperation within the enterprise.

A) Bargaining units
B) Task teams
C) Quality circles
D) Works councils

Question 39

Communism advocates a market economy characterized by the principles of free trade, competition and choice, and non-interference by government.

Question 40

In Italy, collective bargaining agreements that apply to all workers in a bargaining unit and all employees in industries are covered by it if the trade union is properly registered. This is known as ________.

A) obiter dicta
B) Rossiter-McLaughlin
C) erga omnes
D) Stewart-Tolman

Question 41

The ILO had a unique tripartite organizational structure that brought together representatives of the participating governments, employers, and workers as equal parties in its governance.

Question 42

There is no system of statutory works councils in the United Kingdom.

Question 43

Under the Workplace relations Act of Australia, unions and workers are prohibited from striking companies engaged in interstate commerce, except when they are negotiating a new enterprise agreement.

Question 44

In Germany, work councils negotiate collective bargaining agreements that are primarily concerned with wages.

Question 45

The Fabians aimed for an economy based on mercantilism.

Question 46

A mercantile system of economics requires a protectionist role of government in encouraging exports and discouraging imports.

Question 47

Syndicalism advocated mass strikes and rapid trade union recruitment as a means to overcome employers' actions.

Question 48

Canadian labor boards have the authority to impose first contracts when employers refuse to bargain with a new union.

Question 49

Ireland has a statutory work council system in which works councils are created by the trade unions, which also define their regulations based on the national sectoral collective agreement.

Question 50

Australia adopted a federal compulsory conciliation and arbitration system in 1904, which banned collective bargaining.

Question 51

The signers of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, which ended World War I, formed the International Labour Organization (ILO) as a parallel organization to the League of Nations.

Question 52

The European Union's priority objective has been the political and economic integration of Europe through a gradual elimination of customs barriers and an introduction of common external tariffs.

Question 53

Australia adopted the Anglo-American preference for voluntarism in labor relations.

Question 54

Canada's labor relations developed to discourage the adversarial scheme of trade unionism and collective bargaining.

Question 55

In Sweden, work councils are compulsory in companies with more than 100 employees.

Question 56

The first factories that appeared in Great Britain in 1740 concentrated on the production of steel.

Question 57

The International Labour Organization is a federation of labor unions founded in Great Britain in 1868 to represent trade unionists.

Question 58

The Workplace Relations Act of Australia allows closed shop provisions.

Question 59

The International Labour Organization is housed in New York.

Question 60

Under voluntarism, a union and an employer or an employers' association can agree to be a party to a collective bargaining agreement, and the contract can extend for as long as the parties agree.

Question 61

The Italian unification movement, known as the Risorgimento, led to final unification in 1861.

Question 62

The traditional Japanese wage system is based on seniority.

Question 63

In France, companies that are not even members of the employers' association that entered into the agreement are still covered by a sector-level agreement once the government has extended it.

Question 64

In Germany, work councils negotiate working conditions that are location specific and enforce the collective bargaining agreement.

Question 65

In Japan, during "shunto" enterprise-based unions in each industry simultaneously conduct negotiations with their companies, to distribute wage increases proportionally across the industry.