Global Business Management Week 2 Assignment 1
Assignment 1: Discussion Assignment
The discussion assignment provides a forum for discussing relevant topics for this week based on the course competencies covered.
For this assignment, make sure you post your initial response to the Discussion Area by Saturday, July 9, 2016.
To support your work, use your course and text readings and also use outside sources. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.
Start reviewing and responding to the postings of your classmates as early in the week as possible. Respond to at least two of your classmates. Participate in the discussion by asking a question, providing a statement of clarification, providing a point of view with a rationale, challenging an aspect of the discussion, or indicating a relationship between two or more lines of reasoning in the discussion. Complete your participation for this assignment by Wednesday, July 13, 2016.
Corruption Index and Trade Restrictions
The corruption perceptions index (CPI) is a comparative assessment of integrity performance for a variety of countries.
- What is CPI? What is its purpose?
- What is the value of this index?
- What are the trends or similarities between countries with the highest and lowest CPI 2011 scores?
- What can be done to overcome corruption in the global marketplace?
Research three trade restrictions currently in place by the U.S. and basis the research, answer the following questions:
- Are these restrictions a tariff, subsidy, import restraint, voluntary export restraint, or embargo?
- What is the purpose of this restriction? Is the restriction achieving its purpose? Why or why not?
- Please use textbook among other sources for references
