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BEIJING, CHINA: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese Prime Minister Wen
Jiabao toast after the EUChina Business Summit at the Great Hall of the People in
Beijing. The summit was boosted by the settlement of a trade row that had left 80
million Chinese-made garments piled up in European seaports, unable to be delivered
to shops under a quota pact agreed to at the time. Drinking half a bottle is a cultural
elective, but taking a sip is more of an imperative in this case.
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American Culture and Management Style
Speaking of office space: Notice the individualism reflected in the American cubicles
and the collectivism demonstrated by the Japanese office organization.
Rank of 31 countries for overall pace of life [combination of three measures: (1) minutes
downtown pedestrians take to walk 60 feet, (2) minutes it takes a postal clerk to
complete a stamp-purchase transaction, and (3) accuracy in minutes of public clocks].
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Overall Country Walking 60 Postal Public
Pace Feet Service Clocks
Exhibit 5.3
12 Poland 12 15 8
(2 of 3)
13 Costa Rica 16 10 15
Speed Is 14 Taiwan 18 7 21
Relative 15 Singapore 25 11 4
16 United 6 23 20
States
17 Canada 11 21 22
Source: Robert Levine, 18 South Korea 20 20 16
The Pace of Life in 31
Countries, American 19 Hungary 19 19 18
Demographics,
November 1997. 20 Czech 21 17 23
Reprinted with Republic
permission of Robert
Levine. 21 Greece 14 13 29
Rank of 31 countries for overall pace of life [combination of three measures: (1) minutes
downtown pedestrians take to walk 60 feet, (2) minutes it takes a postal clerk to
complete a stamp-purchase transaction, and (3) accuracy in minutes of public clocks].
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Overall Country Walking 60 Postal Public
Pace Feet Service Clocks
Exhibit 5.3 22 Kenya 9 30 24
(3 of 3) 23 China 24 25 12
Speed Is 24 Bulgaria 27 22 17
Relative 25 Romania 30 29 5
26 Jordan 28 27 19
27 Syria 29 28 27
Source: Robert Levine,
The Pace of Life in 31 28 El 22 16 31
Countries, American Salvador
Demographics, November
1997. Reprinted with 29 Brazil 31 24 28
permission of Robert
Levine. 30 Indonesia 26 26 30
31 Mexico 17 31 26
Rank of 31 countries for overall pace of life [combination of three measures: (1) minutes
downtown pedestrians take to walk 60 feet, (2) minutes it takes a postal clerk to
complete a stamp-purchase transaction, and (3) accuracy in minutes of public clocks].
Female directors on
corporate boards as a
percentage of total.
Source: All Aboard: The World in 2012, The Economist. Copyright The Economist Newspaper Limited,
London, November 17, 2011.
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Business Ethics (1 of 2)
Business ethics is complex in the international
marketplace because value judgments differ widely
among culturally diverse groups.
Corruption is varyingly defined from culture to
culture.
Higher numbers correspond to a perceived lower level of public sector corruption. The
top 25 (4 tied for #22), the BRIC countries, and the bottom 20 are shown; see
http://www.transparency.org for the most complete and up-to-date listings.
http://cpi.transparency.org/cpi3013/ for the complete 2013 listings.
*Based on responses to questions such as: In the business sectors with which you are
most familiar, please indicate how likely companies from the following countries are to
pay or offer bribes to win or retain business in this country (respondents country of
residence). The Index ranks the likelihood of companies from 28 leading economies to
win business abroad by paying bribeshigher scores correspond to perceived lower
levels of bribe paying internationally.
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Rank Country Score
Exhibit 5.6 (2 of 3) 10 United States 8.1
Transparency 11 France 8.0
International Bribe 11 Spain 8.0
Payers Index 13 South Korea 7.9
2011* 14 Brazil 7.7
Source: Bribe Payers Index 2011, 15 Hong Kong 7.6
www.transparency.org. Reprinted
from Bribe Payers Index. 15 Italy 7.6
Copyright 2011, Transparency
International: the global coalition 15 Malaysia 7.6
against corruption. Used with
permission. For more 15 South Africa 7.6
information, visit
http://www.transparency.org. 19 Taiwan 7.5
*Based on responses to questions such as: In the business sectors with which you are
most familiar, please indicate how likely companies from the following countries are to
pay or offer bribes to win or retain business in this country (respondents country of
residence). The Index ranks the likelihood of companies from 28 leading economies to
win business abroad by paying bribeshigher scores correspond to perceived lower
levels of bribe paying internationally.
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Rank Country Score
19 India 7.5
Exhibit 5.6 (3 of 3)
19 Turkey 7.5
Transparency
International Bribe 22 Saudi Arabia 7.4
Payers Index 2011* 23 Argentina 7.3
23 United Arab Emirates 7.3
Source: Bribe Payers Index 2011,
www.transparency.org. Reprinted
25 Indonesia 7.1
from Bribe Payers Index. Copyright
2011, Transparency International:
26 Mexico 7.0
the global coalition against
corruption. Used with permission.
27 China 6.5
For more information, visit
http://www.transparency.org.
28 Russia 6.1
*Based on responses to questions such as: In the business sectors with which you are
most familiar, please indicate how likely companies from the following countries are to
pay or offer bribes to win or retain business in this country (respondents country of
residence). The Index ranks the likelihood of companies from 28 leading economies to
win business abroad by paying bribeshigher scores correspond to perceived lower
levels of bribe paying internationally.
Bribery
Voluntarily offered payment by someone seeking
unlawful advantage
Extortion
Payments are extracted under duress by someone in
authority from a person seeking only what they are
lawfully entitled to
Lubrication
Involves a relatively small sum of cash, a gift, or a service
given to a low-ranking official in a country where such
offerings are not prohibited by law
Subornation
Involves giving large sums of moneyfrequently not
properly accounted fordesigned to entice an official to
commit an illegal act on behalf of the one offering the
bribe; involves breaking the law
Agent Fees
When a businessperson is uncertain of a countrys rules
and regulations, an agent may be hired to represent the
company in that country
Its often a legal and useful procedure
If a part of that agents fee is used to pay bribes, the
intermediarys fees are being used unlawfully