GEB4361 Chapter 02 Managing Interdepence Social Responsibility, Ethics, Sustainability

Question 1

The strategic problem for retailers is

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finding low-wage countries to produce, label, and ship goods on time

Question 2

Corporate social responsibility:

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Manner of operating a business that meets or exceeds the ethical, legal, commercial, and public expectations of customers, shareholders, employees, and communities

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Manner of operating a business that meets or exceeds the ethical, legal, commercial, and public expectations of customers, shareholders, employees, and communities

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Corporate social responsibility:

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A strong CSR can:

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• Help recruit and retain good employees
• Help differentiate the firm and enhance its brands
• Help cut costs, such as minimizing packaging, recycling, energy economizing, and reducing waste in operations
• Help the firm avoid increased taxation, regulation, or other legal actions by local government

Question 5

Pyramid of Ethical Behavior

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Comply with laws, regulations (bottom of the pyramid)

• Ethical Behavior
• Corporate social responsibility

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Concerns the benefits vs. harm wrought by multinational corporations (MNCs), especially in less developed countries (LDCs)

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Corporate social responsibility

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Issues of social responsibility tend to center on

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poverty and 
lack of equal opportunity, 
the environment, 
consumer concerns, employee safety 
employee welfare

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Managers must weigh the rights of

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domestic stakeholders versus those of host country stakeholders

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Benefits from CSR

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• Improved access to capitol
• Secured license to operate
• Revenue increase and cost and risk reduction
• Improved brand value and reputation with customer attraction and retention
• Improved employee recruitment, motivation, and retention

Question 10

Meeting humanity’s needs without harming future generations

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Sustainability

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The sustainable firm pursues 3 types of interests:

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• Economic interest
• Social Interest
• Environmental interest

Question 12

the firm’s economic impact on the localities where it does business, such as job creation, wages, and public works

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Economic Interests in Sustainability

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how the firm performs relative to social justice, such as avoiding the use of child labor, sweatshops, and providing employee benefits

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Social interests in Sustainability

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extent of the firm’s impact on and harm to the natural environment

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Environmental interest in Sustainability

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT an example of a benefit of corporate social responsibility?
A.help recruit and retain good employees
B.help differentiate the firm and enhance its brands
C.help cut costs, such as minimizing waste in operations
D.help the firm avoid legal actions by local government authorities
E.all of the above are examples

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E.all of the above are examples

Question 16

An integration of the business environments in which firms currently operate

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Global Corporate Culture

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an integration of the business environments in which firms currently operate

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global corporate culture

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Addressing the need for a moral standard that is accepted by all cultures

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Moral Universalism:

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Applying the morality used in home country—regardless of the host country’s system of ethics

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Ethnocentric Approach:

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Adopting the local moral code of the country in which a firm is operating

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Ethical Relativism:

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can result in conflicts between home and host country values

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Ethical Relativism:

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bans forced labor, abuse, and discrimination, requires firms to provide a healthy and safe work environment, and to pay at least the local prevailing minimum wage

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Sweatshop Code of Conduct:

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bans forced and child labor, excessive overtime, includes environmental requirements, and requires audits of overseas suppliers

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Electronic Industry Code of Conduct

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he attraction of doing business in China

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• Cheap labor cost
• A large expanding market
• A growing economy with growth in higher skilled jobs and services

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Continuing concerns:about doing business in china

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• Uncertain legal environment

- Protecting Intellectual Property

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Human Rights and Freedom of Information Challenges of doing business in China

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• Potentially rampant violation of worker’s rights
• Repression of free speech
• Difficulty monitoring and correcting human rights violations
• Government crackdown on “propaganda”

Question 27

found widespread violations of workers rights in many factories: violations include making workers work 60 hours per week, forced overtime, and disregard of minimum wage and child labor laws

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NIke

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vary based on the cultural value system in each country or society

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Ethics

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are moral principles and values that govern the behavior of people, firms, and governments

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Ethics

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is the abuse of power to achieve illegitimate personal gain

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Corruption

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Is common and can take the form of grease payments, small inducements intended to expedite decisions and transactions or gain favors

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Bribery

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INappropriate Corporate Conduct Abroad

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• Falsify or misrepresent contracts or official documents
• Offer or accept bribes, kickbacks, or inappropriate gifts
• Tolerate sweatshop conditions or abuse employees
• Use false advertising or other deceptive marketing
• Engage in deceptive or discriminatory pricing
• Deceive or abuse intermediaries in the channe
• Undertake activities that harm the natural environment

Question 33

Which of the following is NOT an example of inappropriate corporate conduct?
A.falsify or misrepresent contracts or official documents
B.offer or accept bribes, kickbacks, or inappropriate gifts
C.tolerate sweatshop conditions or abuse employees
D.engage in deceptive or discriminatory pricing
E.all of the above are examples

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E.all of the above are examples

Question 34

Refers to ideas or works created by individuals or firms and includes a variety of proprietary, intangible assets, such as: discoveries and inventions; artistic, musical, and literary works; and words, phrases, symbols, and designs

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Intellectual Property

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are the legal claim through which proprietary assets are protected from unauthorized use by other parties via trademarks, copyrights, and patents

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Intellectual Property Rights