As manager, you discover that your multinational firm’s products are counterfeited by small family firms that employ child labor in rural Bangladesh. You are aware of the corporate plan to phase out these products soon. You also realize that once you report to the authorities, these firms will be shut down, employees will be out of work, and families and children will be starving. How would you proceed?

As manager, you discover that your multinational firm’s products are counterfeited by small family firms that employ child labor in rural Bangladesh. You are aware of the corporate plan to phase out these products soon. You also realize that once you report to the authorities, these firms will be shut down, employees will be out of work, and families and children will be starving. How would you proceed?

Do you believe that the IMF is a value-adding institution or is it just a global relic of a bygone era?

 A by-product of the long-abandoned Bretton Woods System, the IMF continues to offer a ‘one-size-fits-all’ solution to countries at a time when companies are competing and tailoring products and services to customer specifications around the globe. Do you believe that the IMF is a value-adding institution or is it just a global relic of a bygone era? Please articulate your response clearly with contemporary examples/illustrations.

Describe how the Pakistan and India are reacting to Pakistan exports terror into India, and elaborate on at least two different views of the situation.Is the current approach to the situation in the country more typical of an idealistic or a realistic outlook

Describe how the Pakistan and India are reacting to Pakistan exports terror into India, and elaborate on at least two different views of the situation.Is the current approach to the situation in the country more typical of an idealistic or a realistic outlook

Some suggest that foreign markets are graveyards where entrepreneurial firms over-extend themselves. Others argue that foreign markets represent the future for SMEs. If you were the owner of a small, reasonably profitable domestic firm, would you consider expanding overseas? Why?

Some suggest that foreign markets are graveyards where entrepreneurial firms over-extend themselves. Others argue that foreign markets represent the future for SMEs. If you were the owner of a small, reasonably profitable domestic firm, would you consider expanding overseas? Why?

Ethics

Your former high school buddy invites you to join an entrepreneurial start-up that specializes in cracking the codes of protection software, which protect CDs, VCDs, and DVDs from being copied. He has developed the pioneering technology and lined up financing. The worldwide demand for this technology appears to be enormous. He offers you the job of CEO and 10% of the equity of the firm. How would you respond to his propositions?

Hypothesis

 For thousands of years, up to the 20th century, the land of Palestine was a homeland for Christians, Jews, and Muslims. In the 20th century, the British got involved in the Middle East in several ways, culminating in the attempt to make Palestine a Homeland for European Jews to go to. Based on the e-Activity and Roskin, Hypothesize on what reasons exist for feeling hopeful about the future of the conflict. If there is no reason to feel hopeful, explain why.