Journal of Business Ethics (2007) 75:273–284 DOI 10.1007/s10551-006-9252-9 Ó Springer 2007 Cultural Values and International Differences Bert Scholtens Lammertjan Dam in Business Ethics ABSTRACT. We analyze ethical policies of firms in industrialized countries and try to find out whether culture is a factor that plays a significant role in explaining country differences. We look into the firm’s human rights policy‚ its governance of bribery and corruption‚ and the comprehensiveness
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CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA MONETARY‚ CREDIT‚ FOREIGN TRADE AND EXCHANGE POLICY GUIDELINES FOR FISCAL YEARS 2012/2013 (MONETARY POLICY CIRCULAR NO. 39) JANUARY‚ 2012 Monetary‚ Credit‚ Foreign Trade and Exchange Guidelines for Fiscal Years 2012/2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 2.0 INTRODUCTION REVIEW OF POLICY ENVIRONMENT AND MACROECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS IN 2011 2.1 2.2 2.3 Policy Environment Macroeconomic Developments Outstanding Policy and Macroeconomic Issues in 2010/2011 2.3.1 2.3.2 2.4 Policy
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Organizational culture Since there are so many other competitors suddenly appear on the horizon‚ and Samsung have to create a lot of new creativity to face all the compete‚ they have to create their new organization culture. The new theme of corporate culture is “Creative”‚ to building a creative corporate culture‚ Samsung have to set a few characteristics to put into practice. Based on the research‚ Samsung adopting a program which is “Flexible Time” tp maximize employee creativity and another
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Organizational culture is the collective behaviours of humans that are portion of an organization‚ it is additionally industrialized by the association benefits‚ visions‚ norms‚ working language‚ signal‚ system‚ beliefs and habits. Hofstede’s research displays that organisational cultures differ generally at the level of practices. These are extra shallow and extra facilely learned and unlearned than benefits growing the core of nationwide cultures. Charles Handy (1999) has introduced us about organisational
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companies mark up goods excessively. Marketers respond by explaining that most consumer abuses are _____ and that most consumers do not understand the _____ high markups. a. rare; business concepts of b. unintentional; reasons for c. rare; reasons for d. unintentional; business concepts of e. none of the above (Answer: b; p. 496; Easy) 6. Deceptive promotion differs from deceptive pricing in that deceptive promotion overstates the product’s _____ or
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Defining “Culture” and “Organizational Culture”: From Anthropology to the Office Bruce M. Tharp ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE WHITE PAPER 04.09 ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE WHITE PAPER Defining “Culture” and “Organizational Culture”: From Anthropology to the Office The topic of organizational culture is increasingly understood as a company asset that can be used to increase business performance. While important‚ organizational culture is a slippery concept to concretely define. This paper deals
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9/15/2006 7:01 PM Page 301 Culture and Leadership 13 DESCRIPTION As the title suggests‚ this chapter is about culture and leadership. Like the previous chapter‚ this one is multifaceted and focuses on a collection of related ideas rather than a single unified theory. Because there are no established theories of cultural leadership‚ our discussion in this chapter will focus on research that describes culture‚ its dimensions‚ and the effects of culture on the leadership process. Since
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Business is Show Business: An Article about Business Presentations By Mohamed Daher The article was written by Brigitte Biehl-Missal. She is a professor in the Aberystwyth University. It was published in the Journal of Management Studies on May 2011. The article does not talk about management procedures or decisions‚ but rather‚ it talks about business presentations and the impact of visual and on-stage performances of senior managers and CEOs when they are giving presentations. What does the
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“IT Clusters and Cultures” Paul LaVana Grantham University Info Systs Strategic Planning BA525 Dr. Joseph Kempker Abstract Major technological advances are reshaping business‚ government and society. In today’s corporate America the importance and credibility of the IT department goes beyond job satisfaction. Status and credibility affects the organization’s ability to obtain value from its IT investments. Organizational culture can influence all
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The term organisational culture means many different things to many different people. Hofstede et al. (1990‚ p. 286) states that there is no consensus about the definition of organisational culture. In this essay‚ organisational culture will be discussed‚ focusing on defining and exploring it and how it impacts organisations. The essay will initially explore and discuss the constructs of organisational culture including the founder’s influence‚ the selection and socialisation processes that arise
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