Question 1

_____. To protect against this: hardware, software, and human systems to deal with hacking, etc.

Accepted Answer

A)  In-facility emergency and disaster preparedness 
B)  In-facility security 
C)  Industrial espionage, theft, and sabotage 
D)  Cyber-terrorism D

Question 2

The actual and reputational costs to an MNE of ethics violations can be huge. Siemens' case cost a total of

Accepted Answer

A)  Euro 2.5 billion 
B)  US 800 million 
C)  Euro 427 million 
D)  b and c together A

Question 3

Assessing the risk of terrorist threats at the level of the individual and the firm is at this level of analysis:

Accepted Answer

A)  data-gathering 
B)  primary 
C)  micro 
D)  macro B

Question 4

MNEs avoid _____ with activities to secure internal communications, open records protection, employee privacy regulations.

Accepted Answer

A)  In-facility emergency and disaster preparedness 
B)  In-facility security 
C)  Industrial espionage, theft, and sabotage 
D)  Cyber-terrorism

Question 5

Which of these is NOT an inducement for an employee to complete a task that they would normally do?

Accepted Answer

A)  bribes 
B)  gifts 
C)  facilitating payments 
D)  grease payments

Question 6

"No matter where you are, do what you would do at home"

Accepted Answer

A)  ethical optimist 
B)  ethical relativist 
C)  ethical absolutist 
D)  ethical universalist

Question 7

The USA has lobbied other nation states to enact uniform domestic government regulation to provide a level playing field. The _____ shows that these efforts have met with some success.

Accepted Answer

A)  FCPA 
B)  OECD Convention 
C)  Transparency International 
D)  United Nations Declaration of Human Rights

Question 8

Little is known about HRM in balancing the economic imperatives of cost control and global standardization with the social and institutional realities of citizenship in a widening range of diverse contexts - particularly in the development of _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  labor sourcing 
B)  compensation 
C)  employee relations strategies 
D)  all of the above

Question 9

IHRM comes out of three areas. Which of the following is NOT one of these?

Accepted Answer

A)  global talent management 
B)  cross-cultural management 
C)  comparative HRM and industrial relations 
D)  HRM in multinational firms

Question 10

The United States' Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

Accepted Answer

A)  ethnocentric 
B)  geocentric 
C)  regiocentric 
D)  polycentric

Question 11

The OECD convention criminalizing bribery came into force in

Accepted Answer

A)  2009 
B)  1999 
C)  1989 
D)  1979

Question 12

Assessing the risk of terrorist threats in specific regions or levels in international value chains is at this level of analysis:

Accepted Answer

A)  data-gathering 
B)  primary 
C)  micro 
D)  macro

Question 13

_____ involves an MNE providing comprised perimeter security and in/out search protocols

Accepted Answer

A)  In-facility emergency and disaster preparedness 
B)  In-facility security 
C)  Industrial espionage, theft, and sabotage 
D)  Cyber-terrorism

Question 14

Which of these countries have the lowest perceived corruption indices?

Accepted Answer

A)  United States 
B)  Denmark, New Zealand, Finland 
C)  North, Korea, South Sudan, Somalia 
D)  Venezuela

Question 15

Each of the following is a non-profit NGO except

Accepted Answer

A)  Medecins Sans Frontieres 
B)  Oxfam 
C)  Coca Cola 
D)  World Vision

Question 16

No matter what the expected interaction, length of stay, or novelty of culture, international employee preparation should always include

Accepted Answer

A)  language training 
B)  sensitivity training 
C)  simulations 
D)  an ethics component

Question 17

Which of these countries have the highest perceived corruption indices?

Accepted Answer

A)  United States 
B)  Denmark, New Zealand, Finland 
C)  North, Korea, South Sudan, Somalia 
D)  Venezuela

Question 18

Principles exist that transcend cultural boundaries. MNEs should follow these principles.

Accepted Answer

A)  ethical optimist 
B)  ethical relativist 
C)  ethical absolutist 
D)  ethical universalist

Question 19

"When in Rome, do as the Romans do"

Accepted Answer

A)  ethical optimist 
B)  ethical relativist 
C)  ethical absolutist 
D)  ethical universalist

Question 20

The business functions that will have the most influence on global business in the future will be

Accepted Answer

A)  logistics, marketing, and HR 
B)  communications, finance, and communications 
C)  all of the above 
D)  none of the above

Exam 10: IHRM Trends and Future Challenges

_____. To protect against this: hardware, software, and human systems to deal with hacking, etc.

The actual and reputational costs to an MNE of ethics violations can be huge. Siemens' case cost a total of

Assessing the risk of terrorist threats at the level of the individual and the firm is at this level of analysis:

MNEs avoid _____ with activities to secure internal communications, open records protection, employee privacy regulations.

Which of these is NOT an inducement for an employee to complete a task that they would normally do?

"No matter where you are, do what you would do at home"

The USA has lobbied other nation states to enact uniform domestic government regulation to provide a level playing field. The _____ shows that these efforts have met with some success.

Little is known about HRM in balancing the economic imperatives of cost control and global standardization with the social and institutional realities of citizenship in a widening range of diverse contexts - particularly in the development of _____.

IHRM comes out of three areas. Which of the following is NOT one of these?

The United States' Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

The OECD convention criminalizing bribery came into force in

Assessing the risk of terrorist threats in specific regions or levels in international value chains is at this level of analysis:

_____ involves an MNE providing comprised perimeter security and in/out search protocols

Which of these countries have the lowest perceived corruption indices?

Each of the following is a non-profit NGO except

No matter what the expected interaction, length of stay, or novelty of culture, international employee preparation should always include

Which of these countries have the highest perceived corruption indices?

Principles exist that transcend cultural boundaries. MNEs should follow these principles.

"When in Rome, do as the Romans do"

The business functions that will have the most influence on global business in the future will be