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Ethics and
Social Responsibility
Ethics and Social Responsibility in
International Management
Ethics
Study of morality and standards of conduct.
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Ethics and Social Responsibility in
International Management
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Involves the voluntary actions of a firm to benefit
society beyond requirements of law and direct
interests of firm
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Ethics Theories and Philosophy
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Human Rights
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Ethics and Social Responsibility
Around the World: JAPAN
Equal opportunity issues
Refusal to hire women or promote them into
management positions
Hostile work environment
Traditional role of females and female employees
Sexual harassment may not be considered a moral
issue
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Ethics and Social Responsibility
Around the World: EUROPE
Equal employment opportunity
Glass ceiling difficult to get upper management
position
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Labor, Employment and Business
Practices
Employment and business practices
Difficult to establish a universal foundation of
employment practices
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Environmental Protection
and Development
Countries approach the issue of conservation
of natural resources differently
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The Environmental Kuznets Curve
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Globalization and Ethical
Obligations of MNCs
Should the MNC adopt the regulations in the
country of origin or those in the country of
operation?
Doing the right thing is not always easy
Levi Strauss in Bangladesh
Children under age
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Reconciling Ethical Differences
across Cultures
Integrative Social Contracts Theory
Corporate Social Responsibility
Sustainability
Development that meets humanitys needs without
harming future generations
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Corporate Social Responsibility
and Sustainability
Nongovernmental organization (NGO)
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Corporate Response to Social
and Organizational Obligations
Agreements and codes of conduct committing
MNCs to maintain certain standards
U.N. Global Compact
Codes help offset real or perceived concern
that companies move jobs to avoid higher
labor or environmental standards in their home
markets
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Corporate Governance
Corporate governance
The system by which business corporations are
directed and controlled.
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Corporate Governance
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Corruption
Corruption
Government corruption is a pervasive element in
international business environment
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Global Initiatives to Increase
Accountability and Limit Corruption
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
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Corruption and
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Recent formal agreement by many
industrialized nations to outlaw the practice of
bribing foreign government officials
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International Assistance
Best investments
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