Please answer the following International business law
inquiries:
A) You subcontract most of your manufacturing to suppliers
in developing countries. What responsibility, legally and ethically, do you
have to monitor conditions there? Is there any accountability?
B) You are a CEO of a small privately held organization. You
have decided to expand your sales to include Eastern Europe, including Bulgaria
and Japan. What difference does it make that both countries have ratified the
OECD Anti-Bribery Convention? Could this be a factor in your business expansion
plans?
C) Your organization in Indonesia uses a number of toxic
cleaning solvents to clean manufacturing equipment. You could sell empty
solvent containers and make money, or pay to have them disposed of in an
environmentally safe way. Indonesia has minimal environmental regulation and
the first option is legal in Indonesia, yet would violate United States law.
What is your decision? Does your answer change if the profit or expenses of
each option changes?
