global business environment

Ongoing challenges in the global business environment are mostly attributed to unethical business practices, failure to embrace technology advancements, and stiff competition among businesses. Use the Internet to research the code of ethical conduct of one (1) of the following organizations:
€¢    AT&T
€¢    Hershey Company
€¢    Coca-Cola
€¢    Chevron
Next, use the Internet to research the code of ethical conduct of two (2) similar companies in the same industry as the company you have chosen.
Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:
1.    Specify, in brief, the nature, structure, types of products or service of the business you selected. Examine the information within the company’s code of ethical conduct, and choose three (3) key issues from within the document that you believe are critical for success. Provide a rationale for the response.
2.    Using the three (3) key issues you selected as a benchmark, compare and contrast the codes of conduct of two (2) similar companies within the same industry as your chosen company.
3.    Examine the extent to which the two (2) similar companies you researched have addressed the key issues you selected. Hypothesize two (2) potential positive outcomes for each company if each addresses the key issues in question and two (2) potential adverse effects if each company fails to address these issues.
4.    Propose two (2) techniques that the original company you selected could use in order to ensure that its code of conduct will remain relevant through years of changing economic, political, social, cultural, and technological forces on business and society. Next, evaluate the effectiveness of two (2) methods that the company currently adopts in order to manage environment issues.
5.    Examine two (2) approaches that the original company you selected has taken in order to embrace technological advancements for innovation and thus improve business offerings. Anticipate three (3) potential technological challenges the company could face, and recommend one (1) strategy that the company could use in order to eliminate or minimize each of these anticipated challenges.
6.    Specify at least one (1) one lobbying strategy that the original company you selected has used in an effort to influence national or local government decisions in its favor. Summarize the issue in question, and ascertain whether or not the lobbying effort was appropriate. Justify the response.
7.    Analyze two (2) global corporate citizenship efforts of the original company you selected, and assess the extent to which these efforts are effective in accomplishing the company’s goals.  Examine the manner in which the two (2) global citizenship efforts could contribute significantly to the company’s sustainable development goals.
8.Use at least four (4) quality references.

EMBA Dubai
January 2016
Individual Mid-Term EXAM
Please upload your assignment with answers together with clearly marked your LBS number on Turnitin by 12pm (midday) on 8th of February at the latest. This exam should represent your own efforts. It is an open book exam so no time limit is imposed but your answers should not exceed 2500 words (and can be less).
The questions posed are broad and open ended so be careful to allow yourself enough research and planning time. If you are completely on top of the material delivered in class then I would estimate that writing a good answer to this exam would take up to around one day in total. If you are not comfortable with the material then the assignment could take two days or longer. The idea behind this exam is it is itself a learning experience and not purely a test.
Guide to Assignment
We have studied in detail models relating to capital accumulation, TFP and convergence. The aim is to use these frameworks to make sense of the various data you are given and to fashion a coherent answer to the questions set. Good answers will correctly use the models covered in class to provide a framework for your answers. They will also arrange the data in a coherent way that utilises the theoretical ideas and combine them with your own judgements as to what matters for growth. The very best answers will also provide some critical evaluation of these models and the data provided and in addition show independent thought and possibly use additional data. However, you are not encouraged to reproduce various Economist Intelligence Unit reports. The best answers will use analytical frameworks and process data provided to provide a general ranking of countries and avoid journalism and overly lengthy surveys of each nation.
Emerging Markets
This assignment is based around the attached spreadsheet (WEF Global Competitiveness) in which you will find a list of indicators for a number of emerging market economies (all data taken from the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report.1 ). You can of course supplement this with additional data ( for instance you may, or may not, find http://info.worldbank.org/governance/wgi on governance useful).
Using these data and your knowledge of the determinants of long run prosperity rank the countries in terms of their growth prospects.
1 Please note that I am quite capable of reading the WEF analysis of this data and their rankings and I know that you are quite capable of accessing their summary on the web. I am however more concerned with your analysis of the data and your own rankings.Please don’t feel the need to explain or critique the WEF analysis.

EMBA Dubai
January 2016
Individual Mid-Term EXAM
Please upload your assignment with answers together with clearly marked your LBS number on Turnitin by 12pm (midday) on 8th of February at the latest. This exam should represent your own efforts. It is an open book exam so no time limit is imposed but your answers should not exceed 2500 words (and can be less).
The questions posed are broad and open ended so be careful to allow yourself enough research and planning time. If you are completely on top of the material delivered in class then I would estimate that writing a good answer to this exam would take up to around one day in total. If you are not comfortable with the material then the assignment could take two days or longer. The idea behind this exam is it is itself a learning experience and not purely a test.
Guide to Assignment
We have studied in detail models relating to capital accumulation, TFP and convergence. The aim is to use these frameworks to make sense of the various data you are given and to fashion a coherent answer to the questions set. Good answers will correctly use the models covered in class to provide a framework for your answers. They will also arrange the data in a coherent way that utilises the theoretical ideas and combine them with your own judgements as to what matters for growth. The very best answers will also provide some critical evaluation of these models and the data provided and in addition show independent thought and possibly use additional data. However, you are not encouraged to reproduce various Economist Intelligence Unit reports. The best answers will use analytical frameworks and process data provided to provide a general ranking of countries and avoid journalism and overly lengthy surveys of each nation.
Emerging Markets
This assignment is based around the attached spreadsheet (WEF Global Competitiveness) in which you will find a list of indicators for a number of emerging market economies (all data taken from the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report.1 ). You can of course supplement this with additional data ( for instance you may, or may not, find http://info.worldbank.org/governance/wgi on governance useful).
Using these data and your knowledge of the determinants of long run prosperity rank the countries in terms of their growth prospects.
1 Please note that I am quite capable of reading the WEF analysis of this data and their rankings and I know that you are quite capable of accessing their summary on the web. I am however more concerned with your analysis of the data and your own rankings.Please don’t feel the need to explain or critique the WEF analysis.