The Grey Zone

International organizations will have to integrate the culture’s values in which they are working in. Other countries norms may not fall under the assumption that employees can seek responsibility. There are countries who view their leadership as royalty and that norm carries over to their business. Management and employees may not be able to socialize as easily as American based business. This would create a gap in the employee’s ability to integrate their creativity and use their imagination. Countries like China, who have multiple factory “sweatshop”

McDonalds was founded in 1943, and 1967 British Colombia was its first international expansion, advertising to middle and upper class. McDonalds decided to expand internationally, due to the enormous success in America. There was heavy research involved in the expansion. Through globalization and internationalization, McDonalds were able to develop marketing strategies according to cultural needs, to serve specific target markets. McDonalds enter India’s foreign market and 1996 and is a tough foreign market to enter, but with McDonald’s success they were able to earn high revenue in India. The success strategy is researching and the development of food. McDonalds thoroughly analyzed the preferred taste, especially to not offend locals. Their key to success is to “think global, act local.”

So with the introduction of a foreign symbol into a host country like a new McDonald’s restaurant, the impact is not so dramatic and the host country does not fully take in the American culture but shapes it in a way to suit their lifestyle and tastes. For example, the food and names of the food at McDonald’s in Tokyo is slightly different to those in America. In India, it serves lamb burgers and in Germany beer is available. This shows that the American formula was not as international as had been hoped, and local cultural practices had to be acknowledged.

In the chapter, the gray zone, the author Primo Levi describes the human relationships inside the Lager. In describing the gray zone, Levi discusses the different roles of prisoners assigned by the Nazi. The prisoners that did the work were seen as being more privileged which at the end of the day helped them get more food and live better. Therefore, the concept of the gray zone is analyzing the difference between the privileged and the non-privileged in the Lager. The difference can be seen by the tasks that the prisoners carried out, for example, one of the groups were seen as, “Low ranking functionaries... sweepers, kettle washers, night watchmen, bed smoothers... checkers of lice and scabies,

Part III of Niewyk’s book is about the victim’s experiences in the camps. Four articles are presented. The first is by Bruno Bettelheim, a child psychologist and survivor of the Holocaust, who concludes via Freudian psychology that victims in the camps reverted to childlike behavior due to their circumstances. The second is by Terrence Des Pres, a literature professor, who refutes Bettelheim’s position by adding additional information Bettelheim did not include. Next is Primo Levi, another survivor, who details a “moral grey zone” of actions taken while in the camps. Last in the chapter is Zoe Vania Waxman, who focuses on women’s experiences in the Holocaust and how their actions did not always fit in the gender stereotype that women are always

In “My Life as a Muslim in the West’s Grey Zone” written by Laila Lalami in The New York Times Magazine on November 20, 2015, she discusses the “grey zone” which is the group of Muslims who are not extremists identify as, they are not involved with Isis or The Crusaders. Lalami’s argument throughout her article is that the grey zone is diminishing due to Isis attacks as well as the western polarized thinking about the Muslim community. If the grey zone completely disappears Isis will win and become a bigger threat to The West.

The first and foremost thing to do is to consider before outsourcing is business profitability. Some of the factors to consider regarding this

This practice results in the loss of jobs and increased number of displaced workers in the United States, as well as poor working conditions and poor pay for those who work for the businesses and in the factories abroad. Although it has been acknowledged that corporations rarely take into account the thoughts and recommendations of employees into consideration when making decisions, it should be noted that corporations do indeed owe a duty of care to those individuals whom they employ directly. Employers have the responsibility of providing a safe workplace for their employees as well as to abide by government business regulations as well as human rights. Some of the responsibilities included in providing a safe workplace are: (1) “making sure employees have and use safe tools and equipment and properly maintain this equipment”; (2) “correcting cited workplace violations by the deadline set in the OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Association) citation and submit required abatement verification documentation”; and (3) keeping workplace inspections up-to-date as to not put any employees in potential danger. In addition to employer responsibilities mandated by the federal government and its agencies, corporations also have the burden of protecting workers’ rights. According to David

Running Head: How Ethically Responsible Should Companies Be For the Adverse Affects They Have On Countries They Enter To Do Business

This is an international marketing strategy that largely focuses on the commercial efforts and advertising on the benefits of concentrating on local markets rather than using global or universal approach. This, therefore, means that the company will employ work towards understanding culture of different local markets in various countries and try to enter into the studied market using the demographics in that area. The greatest effort required in this strategy is using advertising as well presentation to try and appease local sensibilities in various countries rather than applying a mass market strategy. So that this strategy can be successful it is crucial to carry out extensive research in different countries that the company hopes to invest (Leontiades, 2010). By learning how the company can be able to create a good connection with the consumers in various countries using multi-domestic strategy can assist to build a lot of tactics which can be integrated into markets that have many similarities. Learning how to closely associate with customers will also assist customize marketing and advertising efforts to match with the present local culture. Although multi-domestic strategy may be somehow expensive to employ its end result are more profitable to the company. When the company’s products are able to

International business ethics challenges the corporate world to deal with questions of what to do in situations where ethical standards come into conflict as a result of the different cultural practices in the nation. Since, there is this dilemma that has progressively troubled the large multinational corporations, international business ethics has arisen to help address these adhesive subject matters. There are several international business ethics discussions on the question of how to act in the home country as opposed to the host country is at the central point of most international corporations. The argument in question is how companies should practice their business according

Considering human resources deficiency, industries should be dedicated to the core business, and outsource the other less important departments or business to boost efficiency. Globalisation offers enterprises a new category of outsourcing, called offshore outsourcing. Differing from onshore outsourcing, a company utilizes offshore outsourcing for the purpose of decreasing costs and employing experts with high efficiency to economize on the inessential organisations or

Within my small organization 50% or more of my day is spend on power points, support documentation, and sales calls. Our resource pool is shallow being a startup and some day we will implement the “magic button”. The only aspect that I am uncomfortable with regarding outsourcing is using overseas labor when someone in the USA could perform the same job for a slightly higher price. Although the organization saves money in the short term, the economic strain by outsourcing overseas has long a long-term impact on the local economy. The utilization of temp workers has become more prevalent with workforce globalization.

McDonalds and Kentucky Fried chicken are two of the world’s largest food chains and originated in the United States. In 1987 and 1990, both food chains made the decision to enter an emerging market in China. The move for both food chain restaurants had huge growth potential but also came with high risk. The most important questions these two companies faced was when and where to enter into an international market. Although both McDonalds and KFC would enter into the same international market, each would adopt a different strategic approach to reach consumers. Over the past 20 years, these two food chain giants have flourished in the world’s largest emerging market. In this research study we will examine the strategies of both KFC and McDonalds

The literature on international marketing presents a confrontation between two mainstream schools of thought regarding international marketing. The one supports the standardization approach and argues that multinational companies’ behavior should be uniform to minimize total costs and promote a global corporate image. The other argues for the need for adaptation to fit the unique dimensions of each local market. This research investigates companies’ practical level of adaptation and standardization in international markets. It identifies