Chapter 4, 5 Questions

Which of the following are payments to ensure receiving the standard treatment that a business ought to receive from a foreign government, but might not due to the obstruction of a foreign official? a. Grease payments b. Deferred payments c. Social exchanges d. Provisional payments e. Kickbacks

A

Which of the following asserts that if a manager of a multinational sees that firms from other nations are not following ethical norms in a host nation, that manager should not either? a. Naive immoralism b. Friedman doctrine c. Cultural relativism d. Kantian approach e. Righteous moralism

A

Engage in ethical behavior (decision-making process)

Act

Which of the following include a society's attitudes toward such concepts as individual freedom, democracy, truth, justice, honesty, loyalty, and social obligations? a. Traditions b. Rituals c. Values d. Customs e. norms

C Values include a society's attitudes toward such concepts as individual freedom, democracy, truth, justice, honesty, loyalty, social obligations, collective responsibility, the role of women, love, sex, marriage, and so on.

Identify stakeholders' decisions (decision-making process)

Consider

Establish moral intent (decision-making process)

Decide

Ellen has taken over a troubled manufacturing plant. The citizens who live around the plant are concerned about safety adn pollution. She sets up a community meeting so that managers, organized labor, affected citizens, and all other parties can air their concerns as a step toward addressing the simmering issues. (Hofstede's culture value).

Decision-making processes

Which of the following are NOT considered external stakeholders of a company? a. Suppliers b. Customers c. Governments d. Competitors e. Shareholders

E

Which of the following statements is true about the class system in the United States when compared to the British class system? a. The class system in the United States is more pronounced than in Britain. b. In the United States, upward social mobility cannot normally be achieved in one generation. c. Class membership in the United States is mainly determined by an individual's background and schooling. d. In American society, the extreme emphasis on individualism increases the impact of class background on business operations. e. Successful individuals from humble origins are highly respected in American society.

E

Which of the following is true of folkways? a. Folkways are actions of great moral significance. b. Violation of folkways invites serious retribution. c. Folkways provide the context within which norms are established. d. Folkways are values that have been enacted into law. e. Folkways are routine conventions of everyday life.

E Generally, folkways are actions of little moral significance. Rather, they are social conventions concerning things such as the appropriate dress code in a particular situation, good social manners, eating with the correct utensils, neighborly behavior, and the like. Although folkways define the way people are expected to behave, violation of them is not normally a serious matter.

True or false: Class membership in the United States is determined to a much greater degree by individual background and schooling, as opposed to economic achievements.

False The class system in the United States is less pronounced than in Britain and mobility is greater. Like Britain, the United States has its own upper, middle, and working classes. However, class membership in the United States is determined to a much greater degree by individual economic achievements, as opposed to background and schooling.

Ben has very loose ties with his family and enjoys wearing provocative T-shirts to express a sense of freedom and uniqueness. He shows no interest in joining the family business (Hofstede's culture value).

Individualism/Collectivism

Bill works very hard in his job, and expects to see the reward of his labor quickly (Hofstede's culture value).

Time orientation

Elena has worked at the same company for more than 15 years. She parks in the same parking spot every day and values routine and predictability (Hofstede's culture value).

Uncertainty avoidance

Company "X" has an evaluation system in place that eliminates 20% of underperformers every six months (Hofstede's culture value).

Unrealistic performance expectations

Audit decisions

Ask

Which of the following is a major exception to the principle that ethical systems are grounded in religion? a. Judaism b. Confucianism c. Buddhism d. Islam e. Hinduism

B

Who are considered internal stakeholders of a company? a. Competitors b. Employees c. Suppliers d. Lenders e. Customers

B

True or false: There is a strict one-to-one correspondence between a society and a nation-state.

False

Strategic decisions (decision-making process)

Know

Jack is the CEO of a large corporation. Due to the global economic crisis, he has frozen wages, disallowed employee travel, and cancelled the annual holiday party. Last week he skied at Vail, a posh resort, with his wife and charged all of his expenses to the company under the pretense that he was "meeting with local legislators" (Hofstede's culture value).

Leadership

Jiro is extremely driven and assertive. His goal is to become the most powerful man in the company (Hofstede's culture value).

Masculinity/Femininity

Company ABC employees are pleasantly surprised by the way motivation and initiatives are being recognized after they were acquired by Company EFG (Hofstede's culture value).

Organizational culture

Joe regularly visits China and offers lavish gifts to the Chinese company officials who are customers of his US Software Company. He does this in order to secure his yearly sales quota bonus, and writes off the gifts as a business expense to his company (determinants of ethical behavior).

Personal ethics

Elsa is a from a powerful family, and because of this, she will be in an authoritative position in the workplace (Hofstede's culture value).

Power distance