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(TCO 3) Last year, the nation of Tigerland imported goods totaling $500 million and exported products totaling $386 million. Tigerland experienced a(n): unfavorable balance of trade favorable balance of trade trade surplus benefit from membership in a free trade zone

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(TCO 3) The difference between money coming into a country (from exports) and money leaving the country (for imports) plus money flows from other factors such as tourism, foreign aid, and military expenditures is referred to as the: balance of payments balance of trade balance of money flows exchange rate

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(TCO 3) Country A is an extremely efficient producer of tin. However, its climate and terrain make it difficult to produce corn. According to the theory of comparative advantage, Country A should: produce both tin and corn in order to remain self-sufficient

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watch the global market to see which product is bringing the highest price import the resources needed to produce corn concentrate its production on tin and buy corn from an efficient producer
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(TCO 3) An American firm recently criticized a Chinese steel producer for charging a lower price for its products in the United States than it charges in China. If proven to be true, the Chinese firm has engaged in: industrial protectionism a low labor cost strategy dumping exchange rate manipulation

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(TCO 1) Workers in the nation of Argentina prefer managers who forcefully tell employees what to do and how to do it. Conversely, employees in the U.S. prefer to participate in decision making in the workplace. This __________ difference between Argentinian workers and U.S. workers represents a management challenge for firms trading in the global market geo-political economic

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socio-cultural regulatory
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(TCO 3) Hennessy Hardware, a U.S. retailer, buys much of its inventory from Asian countries. Hennessy Hardware would benefit if the value of the dollar ________ relative to the currencies of the countries from which Hennessy imports rose fell remained constant floated unpredictably

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(TCO 3) The strength of the U.S. economy helps explain why: foreign direct investment in the United States has grown steadily the United States enjoys a favorable balance of trade China and Japan formed a common market to become more competitive the U.S. is able to avoid becoming a debtor nation

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(TCO 3) Patrick's Products has a manufacturing plant near Chicago. The plant specializes in compact washers and dryers for countries in which consumers have less living space. Patrick's Products participates in the global market through: importing dumping exporting balancing trade

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(TCO 1) A form of foreign direct investment, in which a domestic company purchases a company in a foreign country to produce a similar product or service is a: licensor joint venture foreign subsidiary host company

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(TCO 3) A major concern voiced by U.S. critics of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is that it would result in: higher prices for consumer goods loss of jobs in the U.S. economy national security problems increased illegal immigration from Mexico

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(TCO 3) Current trade data indicates that the nation of Bogusland exports more to other nations than it imports. Bogusland has: an unfavorable balance of trade a trade surplus a trade deficit a low balance of trade

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(TCO 3) __________ occurs when a country has a monopoly on producing a product or is able to produce it at a cost well below that of all other countries Comparative advantage Absolute advantage

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Complete advantage Dumping advantage


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(TCO 3) Many of the toy products sold in the United States are imported from Taiwan because the Taiwanese can produce these products more efficiently than U.S. companies. This is an example of: Bilateral advantage Comparative advantage Absolute advantage Unilateral advantage

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(TCO 3) _______________ are specialists that match buyers and sellers from different countries and provide services to ease the process of entering global markets Export trading companies Licensees Strategic alliances Keiretsu

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(TCO 3) An advantage of forming a joint venture is: no shared costs or risk a perpetual arrangement it's a good strategy for entering new markets in which you have never had a presence it's a great way to enter new markets without divulging any marketing or management strategy to the other member of the joint venture

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(TCO 2) Obeying the law is ________ ethical behavior essentially the same as the first step toward the opposite of unlikely to lead to

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(TCO 2) A(n) ________-based ethics code emphasizes the prevention of unlawful behavior by increasing control and

penalizing wrongdoers
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legal corporate responsibility compliance integrity

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(TCO 2) The purpose of a(n) ________ is to evaluate an organization's progress toward implementing programs to achieve social responsibility accountability review social audit federal disclosure statement annual report

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(TCO 2) Ethical behavior covers a ________ range of conduct than does legal behavior wider more limited smaller

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less demanding
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(TCO 2) Business relationships often present ethical dilemmas that are ________ not easily resolved easily resolved by following the relevant laws best resolved by creating a lose-lose situation irrelevant and therefore require no action

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(TCO 2) Issues of social responsibility and ethical behavior are: the result of greed found in capitalist countries found primarily in countries with a low standard of living a concern only of business professors found in many different countries

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(TCO 2) The vice president of human resources at Ato Enterprises feels strongly that workers need to realize the benefits of their hard work. This reveals the firm's responsibility to: customers investors society employees

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(TCO 2) Which of the following statements describes ethical behavior in the U.S? Due to the diverse cultures that make up the U.S., it is difficult to identify common standards of ethical behavior The only common standards of ethical behavior in the U.S. are reflected in religious teachings We can find common moral values that many Americans uphold, including respect for human life, self-control, honesty, integrity, and courage Americans will generally describe the golden rule as the only statement of value that they uphold

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(TCO 2) Many Americans define ethical behavior according to the situation in which they find themselves. This suggests that there may be situations where ________ to cheat, steal, or lie

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it is absolutely wrong it might be OK business people are expected capitalism forces people

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(TCO 2) With respect to Arthur Andersen, a large and wellknown public accounting and consulting firm, the Legal Briefcase box, "Paying the Price" explains: how Arthur Andersen's connection with the Enron scandal was not enough to bring it down how as soon as Arthur Andersen cleared itself by paying fines to the federal government, it went back to "business as usual" that Arthur Andersen's prior conviction was overturned, but it never recovered that Arthur Andersen's consulting arm always behaved ethically, so it was saved

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(TCO 2) A U.S. senator has indicated that for a generous contribution to his reelection fund, he would ignore your companys apparent violation of several child labor laws. Which of the following "ethics check questions" would you consider first?

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Is it legal? Is it fair and balanced? How will it make me feel about myself? Is it a generous amount?

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(TCO 2) Relationships between businesses and among nations should be based on international law, exclusively should be based on fairness, honesty, openness, and moral integrity should be scrutinized carefully to make some determination as to whether both sides have the same type of leader behavior when it comes to assigning work will be adversarial because seldom does either side believe in win-win situations

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(TCO 2) Creating competition between employees within the corporation: can encourage employees to deceive customers should focus on improving corporate profit must be ignored when corporate ethics are developed

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can bring out the best in employees


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(TCO 2) Which of the following would most likely involve ethical concerns? Overstating an expense report Forecasting sales for the next year Developing the marketing plan for the next year Improving working conditions

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(TCO 2) When a manager is concerned about the legality of firing union workers in order to hire workers willing to work for less pay, a(an) ________-based ethics code is in place. legal corporate responsibility compliance integrity

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