Purchase Solution

Global Business Ethics and Leadership

Not what you're looking for?

Ask Custom Question

Hello I need help developing response to the following questions:

1. What risks might occur in dealing with different employee constituencies? Is it possible to use one set of criteria to hire nationals of the host country and different criteria to hire nationals of the country in which the organization is based? What American ethical, legal, and fiduciary responsibilities still apply when considering hiring candidates of any country?

2. How do Hames' five literacies prepare business leaders for the future? In what ways do these literacies depart from leadership practices of the recent past? Prioritize the most significant literacies. Which ones would you apply in an organization that you are familiar with, and why? What might be the resulting changes?

3. What risks lie in imposing ethical values on another culture in a business or an organizational setting? Provide specific examples. Whose ethical standards should you use in the global setting?

Purchase this Solution

Solution Summary

This solution explains ethics and business leadership. The sources used are also included in the solution.

Solution Preview

Step 1
Risks relating to dealing with different employee constituencies relate to differences in culture. Risks include misunderstanding of communication, ineffectiveness of incentives, and chronic conflicts in the workplace. These can have a serious negative impact on employee morale, employee motivation, and productivity.
It is possible to use one set of criteria for hiring home country employee and a different set of criteria for host country employees. The purpose of hiring can be different, the strengths that the company is seeking in applicants is different, and skill sets of the two groups of employees can be different.
All American ethical, legal, and fiduciary responsibilities still apply. The recruiter must be fair; he must not discriminate, and has to follow all American Labor laws. He cannot discriminate on the basis of race, color, ...

Purchase this Solution


Free BrainMass Quizzes
Team Development Strategies

This quiz will assess your knowledge of team-building processes, learning styles, and leadership methods. Team development is essential to creating and maintaining high performing teams.

Understanding the Accounting Equation

These 10 questions help a new student of accounting to understand the basic premise of accounting and how it is applied to the business world.

Income Streams

In our ever changing world, developing secondary income streams is becoming more important. This quiz provides a brief overview of income sources.

MS Word 2010-Tricky Features

These questions are based on features of the previous word versions that were easy to figure out, but now seem more hidden to me.

Basics of corporate finance

These questions will test you on your knowledge of finance.