46. All of the following are arguments in support of bribery
except
a. everybody does it.
b. it is normal practice in many
countries.
c. it is a form of commission, tax, or compensation for doing business between cultures.
d. it is a way of providing needy foreiguers with money they
need.
47. Which of the following is not an argument commonly used against bribery?
a. Bribes are inherently
wrong.
b. Bribes create dependence on corrupt
individuals.
c. Bribes are unfair because foreigners can get them, while U.S. citizens
cannot.
d. Once bribes start, they never
stop.
48. The Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act
a. governs the operations
offoreigu
MNCs in the United
States.
b. makes it illegal to make any type of payment to a foreigu citizen for the purpose of doing
business.
c. makes it illegal for the representative of an American corporation to offer or pay officials
offoreigu
governments for the purpose of getting or maintaining
business.
d. makes it illegal for American goverrnnent officials to accept bribes from foreigu nationals.
49. The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
allows
a. bribes under $10,000.
b. bribes, as long as the finn does not deduct them on its tax return.
c. bribes, as long as they are disclosed to
shareholders.
d. grease
payments.
50. Payment of a bribe implies some type
of
a. extortion.
b. quid pro
quo.
c. gambling.
d. physical harm to the
payee.
51. Which of the following is not part of the anticorruption
movement?
a. Transparency
International
b. OECD antibribery initiatives
c.
individual
country initiatives
d. World Trade Organization
52. In 2012, the United States’ rank in the Corruption Perception Index
was:
a. first, being least
corrupt.
b. in the top 10.
c. in the top 20.
d. at the very
bottom.
53. Global trade is:
a. speeding up.
b. slowing
down.
c. doing about the
same.
d.
diminishing
exponentially.
54. The position that advocates that an MNC should continue to follow its horne country’s ethical standards even
while
operating in another country is known as
a. ethical relativism.
b. ethical egoism.
c. ethical imperialism.
d. ethical
hegemony.
55. The position that advocates that an MNC follow the host country’s ethical standards is called
a.
ethical
relativism.
b.
ethical
egoism.
c.
ethical imperialism.
d. ethical hegemony.
56. Which of the
following
is not one ofhome!host stakeholder pressures?
a. culture
b. system of government
c. economic
system
d. laws
57. Current
standards
for SA800 include all the following
except
a. certifications.
b. compensations.
c. management systems.
d.
child
labor.
58. Arguments against bribery include all the following
except
a. you shouldn’t compromise your beliefs.
b. bribery is illegal in the United States.
c. managers can deal with corrupt
governments.
d. one should take a stand for
honesty.
59. Which of the following is not a strategy for improving global business ethics?
a. use of global codes of
conduct
b. incorporating ethical dimensions into top level strategic planning processes
c. imposing the horne country’s ethical standards on the host
country
d. suspension of activities
60. The ethics and global strategy plan for improving global business ethics has as its central idea
a. placing ethics ahead of profits as the number one
priority.
b. focusing on human rights rather than profits.
c. employing only hypernorrns for the MNC’s ethical
standards.
d. utilizing ethical standards as siguificant inputs into top-level strategy formulation and implementation.
61. An attempt to assess the underlying moral justifications for corporate actions and the consequent results of those
actions are contained in
a. social audits.
b. ethical impact statements.
c. human rights statements.
d.
envirornnental
impact statements.
62.
Arguments
in favor of bribery include
a. it’s necessary for profit.
b. nobody does it.
c. they are forms of wages.
d. they are not expected.
63.
Multinational corporations
are all of the
following
except
a. corporations operating with offices, factories, and headquarters in more than one country.
b.
multinational
enterprises.
c. fmancial powerhouses
d.
transnational
corporations.
64. Grease payments are all of following
except
a. monies given to minor officials
b. get goods through red
tape
c. monies given to high ranking officials
d. small sums of
money
Provide
a
short answer
to each of
these questions.
Be
sure
to fully
explain
your
answer.
65. Discuss the previous assumption that global trade would expand continually, the effect of the global economic crisis,
and the implications of those events.
66. Describe the differences between internationalization and globalization.
67. Describe Earth Hour, and its growth. What has been its effect on awareness of global warming and climate
change?
Have you ever participated in Earth Hour in your
community?
68. Describe a situation in which the best course of action for an MNC would be to suspend business activities in a
host
country where it is currently doing or contemplates doing business. What would precipitate such an
action?
69. Review the major causes of the Nestle infant formula
controversy.
70. Discuss the differing philosophies held by MNCs and less-developed host countries. Which philosophy do you think is
more
appropriate?
71. According to the textbook, Dow Chemical, which bought Union Carbide in 200 I, is still subjected to claims by
the
survivors of the Bhopal disaster. Based on your understanding of the incident and its aftermath, determine
whether
or not Dow should continue to be liable to the victims of
Bhopal.
72. Evaluate the proposed requirement that MNCs pay workers at least the legal minimum wage or prevailing
industry
wage in their overseas
factories.
73. Discuss the best ways to combat
bribery.
74. Provide an example of how the FCPA has cracked down on corrupt
practices.
75. What are the most important factors leading a firm to take corporate action against
corruption?
76. Make a case for paying premium wages to workers in less-developed
countries.
77. One reason that some observers give for the cause of the Union Carbide Bhopal incident is that the company
was
forced to take on local partners in the project, thus diluting Union Carbide’s profit motive. Assuming this argument is
valid, evaluate it from a deontological perspective.
78. Bribery can be initiated by either party to the transaction. The person paying the bribe can offer it, or the
recipient
can demand it. Determine which party is the least ethical one, the payor who offers the bribe, or the recipient
who
demands it.
79. Evaluate Nestle’s action in defming the issue and keeping the issue out of the limelight, in the infant formula case.
80. Transparency International has sought to fight world corruption. Reflect on the meaning of their five priorities
and
two principles.
81. The two most widely used global standards are the UN Global Compact and the Caux Roundtable
Principles.
Compare and contrast the two for their approach to human, labor, and environment
rights.