Exercise Instructions
Assignment 2 / Discussion (ETHICS)
Examine the complexities of ethics across cultures, including business practices abroad, bribery, prevailing customs, and methods for coping.
Introduction
When you do business around the world, whose values, culture, and, ultimately, laws do you follow? In a global economy, conscientious organizations and individuals face this perplexing problem: Do you heed the customs of your country or those of the host country? Despite a slew of international antigraft laws, corrupt payments are “an unspoken rule” in China, for example. In real estate and construction, 38 to 44 percent of U.S. companies cite “competitive pressure” to justify grease payments and gifts to officials to operate.
As companies do more and more business around the globe, their assumptions about ethics are put to the test. Businesspeople may face simple questions regarding the appropriate amount of money to spend on a business gift or the legitimacy of payments to agents and distributors to “expedite” business. They may also encounter out-and-out bribery, child-labor abuse, environment mistreatment, and unscrupulous business practices. Despite recent pressure toward loosening enforcement of bribery abroad, the ethics of U.S. businesses are being scrutinized by lawmakers who want to punish not only the payer of a bribe but the recipient as well.
Discussion Question
- Considering violators of laws or company policy such as mega companies such as "Walmart" can get in big trouble, as Walmart did in Brazil and other countries. What is your opinion and position on the subject?
Instructions
*Read chapter 3 "Intercultural Communication" / Considering Culture and Ethical Business Practices from your textbook Business Communication: Process
*Re-read pages 100 to 104
*Write a minimum of 2 page reflection paper that covers the required context within the question
*Paper must be APA formatted
*Must be original in at least 70% content
*Must cite the textbook and one other source from the FNU Library Electronic Library
You will be graded on the following:
Rubric: | ||||
CATEGORY | Exemplary 1 pts | Competent .75 pts | Developing .50 pts | Emerging 0 pts |
Quality of Information (20%) | Information clearly relates to the main topic. It includes several supporting details and/or examples. | Information clearly relates to the main topic. It provides 1-2 supporting details and/or examples. | Information clearly relates to the main topic. No details and/or examples are given. | Information has little or nothing to do with the main topic. |
Organization (20%) | Information is very organized with well-constructed paragraphs and subheadings. | Information is organized with well-constructed paragraphs. | Information is organized, but paragraphs are not well-constructed. | The information appears to be disorganized. |
Sources (20%) | All sources (information and graphics) are accurately documented in APA format.. | All sources (information and graphics) are accurately documented, but a few are not in APA. | All sources (information and graphics) are accurately documented, but many are not APA. | Some sources are not accurately documented. |
Mechanics (20%) | No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors. | Almost no grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors | A few grammatical spelling, or punctuation errors. | Many grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors. |
Amount of Information (20%) | All topics are addressed and all questions answered with at least 2 sentences about each. | All topics are addressed and most questions answered with at least 2 sentences about each. | All topics are addressed, and most questions answered with 1 sentence about each. | One or more topics were not addressed. |
Total= 5 pts
Rubrics Summary
Quality of Information = 1
Organization =1
Sources = 1
Mechanics = 1
Amount of Information = 1
Total = 5