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    This chapter discusses ethics and social responsibility in international business. It describes the nature of ethics and how they can vary across cultures. Guidelines and codes of ethics are important tools for companies to define their values across borders. There are different approaches companies can take to social responsibility, from obstructionist to proactive. Key areas of social responsibility are organizational stakeholders, environment, and social welfare. Regulations like the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act govern ethics and responsibility internationally.

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    This chapter discusses ethics and social responsibility in international business. It describes the nature of ethics and how they can vary across cultures. Guidelines and codes of ethics are important tools for companies to define their values across borders. There are different approaches companies can take to social responsibility, from obstructionist to proactive. Key areas of social responsibility are organizational stakeholders, environment, and social welfare. Regulations like the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act govern ethics and responsibility internationally.

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    INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS BY GRIFFIN v.2

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    Chapter 5: Ethics and Social

    Responsibility in International
    Business
    CHAPTER OBJECTIVES 1

     Describe the nature of ethics


     Discuss ethics in cross-cultural and international
    contexts
     Identify the key elements in managing ethical
    behavior across borders
     Discuss social responsibility in cross-cultural
    and international contexts
    CHAPTER OBJCTIVES 2

     Identifyand summarize the basic areas of


    social responsibility
     Discusshow organizations manage social
    responsibility across borders
     Identify andsummarize the key regulations
    governing international ethics and social
    responsibility
     Exporting Jobs or Abusing People?
    Ethical Behavior

    Ethical behavior usually refers to



    behavior that conforms to
    generally accepted social norms.
    Ethical Generalizations

     Individuals have their own personal belief


    systems
     People from the same cultural context will tend
    to hold similar beliefs
     Behaviors can be rationalized
     Circumstances affect adherence to belief
    systems
     National culture is intertwined with ethics
    Ethics in a Cross-Cultural Context
    Spectrum of Effects
    Guidelines and Codes of Ethics

     Writtenstatements of the values and


    ethical standards that guide the firm’s
    actions

     Examples – Johnson & Johnson -- IBEI –


     General Mills -- Lilly
    What do you do…

     When the country in which you are doing


    business does not have a code of ethics
    compatible with your own?
    Acceptability of Bribery
    Areas of Social Responsibility

     Organizationalstakeholders
     Natural environment
     General social welfare
    Corporate Excellence

     L.L. Bean
     Toyota
     Lands’ End
     Dell Computer
     DaimlerChrysler
     BP
    Approaches to Social Responsibility
    Obstructionist Stance

     Do as little as possible to address social or


    environmental problems
     Deny or avoid responsibility

     Examples
     – Astra
     – Nestle
     – Danone
    Defensive Stance

     Do what is required legally, but nothing


    more
     Corporate responsibility is to generate
    profits
    Accommodative Stance

     Meet ethical and legal requirements and more


     Agree to participate in social programs
     Match contributions by employees
     Respond to requests from non-profits
     No proactive behavior to seek such
    opportunities
    Proactive Stance

     Strong support of social responsibility


     Viewed as citizens of society
     Seek opportunities to contribute

     Example
     – McDonald’s
    Managing Social Responsibility
    Implementing Social Responsibility

    Legal Compliance
    Ethical Compliance
    Philanthropic Giving
    Informal Dimensions of Social
    Responsibility
     Leadership
     Organizational culture
     Whistle-blowing
    Corporate Social Audit

     Toolfor the evaluation of social


    responsibility effectiveness
     Formal and through analysis
     Conducted by task force
    Steps in Corporate Social Audit
    Regulating International Ethics
    and Social Responsibility
     Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)
     Alien Tort Claims Act
     Anti-Bribery
    Convention of the
    Organization for Economic Cooperation
    and Development
     International Labor Organization (ILO)
    THANK YOU!!!

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