Ethical Principles and Corporate Social Responsibility Related to Globalization

Research each of the four issues (below), locate and identify specific cases in the literature of real businesses or companies that have faced these issues in their global business. Your examples can be cases in which they did – or did not – deal with the issue effectively and ethically manner.

Several areas of concern related to globalization, including:

• climate change and global environmental issues,

• differing global labor standards,

• working in countries with known human rights issues, and

• respecting cultural diversity and host country values, norms and customs.

Write a scholarly paper that presents your findings and demonstrates your synthesis of the business ethics corporate social responsibility concepts covered in this course. You must address the following points in your paper.

• Begin with an introduction that clearly presents the thesis and roadmap of your paper. Why are these issues a concern for globalizing businesses?

• Examine each of the four globalization issues identified above.

• Summarize each issue and explain how it can affect global business interactions and/or performance. Consider the impacts not only on the business, but also on the host country and their workers.

• Illustrate each issue by presenting at least one real-life example of a company that has faced that particular issue. Your discussion should reveal insightful analysis of your research while integrating critical and logical details from your sources.

• Critique how the issue was handled. What was done well? What could have been done differently in a more ethical and responsible approach? What was lost or gained in the example?

• Conclude your paper with a summary that answers the following questions:

• What is the importance of understanding these issues when a business decides to go global?

• How do ethical business practices and corporate social responsibility impact more than a company’s bottom line?

Consider the following keywords to begin your search:

• international child labor

• globalization and human rights

• international working standards and conditions

• global environmental issues; climate change

• global outsourcing

• globalization and cultural diversity