MT 220

MT 220 UNIT 5 ASSIGNMENT Unit 5 Assignment Assignment: Continue using your Zip-6 Scenario: Zip-6 management has been approached with a proposition to buy out a Venezuelan soft drink manufacturer and bottler. The selling price appears to be slightly below book value for the assets. You have been retained as a consultant to investigate the legal, political, and economic climate in Venezuela and then make a recommendation. This Assignment asks

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MT 220 UNIT 4 DISCUSSION Unit 4 Discussion Respond to your Discussion topic after you have completed your reading. Ethical Dilemmas versus Ethical Lapses Ethical lapses are often confused with ethical dilemmas! In application, these are two very different things. An ethical lapse is a failure to behave in an ethical way in some specific situation, while an ethical dilemma is a situation in which no good ethical choice or decision is possible.

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MT 220 UNIT 4 ASSIGNMENT Unit 4 Assignment Assignment: Working with your Zip-6 Scenario: Ethics and Decision Making Zip-6, like other beverage companies, uses cola nuts that are sourced from buyers or distributors who purchase these from local small farmers in lesser developed countries. Recently, Ravi received a letter from a human rights group alleging that some of these local “buyers” were unfairly compensating the small growe

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MT 220 UNIT 3 DISCUSSION Unit 3 Discussion Respond to your Discussion topic after you have completed your reading. Working with the Zip-6 Scenario: Ethical Challenges Keith recently noticed an item in the consolidated financial statements for the Mexican operating unit. After calling the regional vice president of that unit, Keith learned that this money represented payments to three top Mexican officials. These officials represent three of

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MT 220 UNIT 3 ASSIGNMENT Unit 3 Assignment Assignment: The Political, Economic, and Technological Implications for Business Working with your Zip-6 Scenario: Foreign Business Environment Nils, the partner of Ravi and Keith at Zip-6, approached them with an interesting possibility. A fellow venture capitalist friend revealed to him that he and his partners were acquiring a large family-owned group of businesses in the South American country

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MT 220 UNIT 2 DISCUSSION Unit 2 Discussion Drivers of Globalization in Practice: Global Business Needs When considering a country to enter with respect to global trade, business leaders must determine if the particular country under consideration has a sufficiently acceptable environment in which to operate. Based on your Readings and Learning Activities, consider Katjes Fassin Group, a German candy company headquartered in Emmerich, Germany.

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MT 220 UNIT 2 ASSIGNMENT Unit 2 Assignment Assignment: Impact of Monetary Drivers on a Global Firm Visit the Library by accessing the Library under “Academic Tools.” Once there, enter “Marfrig Global Foods” in the Library’s Search Key Word box. Then select the Marfrig Global SWOT Analysis to read about this global foods organization. You will select the PDF icon to open the document. This organization is global,

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MT 220 UNIT 1 DISCUSSION Unit 1 Discussion Technology and Globalization After reading the Role of Technological Change on pp. 14–16, provide an initial post in your own words answering the following: How do you believe that technology has contributed to the spread of globalization in business? How has this impacted your life as a worker and as a consumer? Be sure to address the Discussion topic(s) in an initial post of at least 1

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MT 220 UNIT 1 ASSIGNMENT Unit 1 Assignment Assignment: Key Drivers of Global Business Growth In pages 11–16 of your text, the author discusses two key drivers of globalization: declining trade and investment barriers, and technological change. This Assignment asks you to: Consider Apple, Inc. This global U.S. corporation operates retail stores in 16 different countries. Discuss the historic role of technological change over the pa

10 Other / Other Kaplan University / MT 220 08 Nov 2017

MT 220 UNIT 3 DISCUSSION Unit 3 Discussion Respond to your Discussion topic after you have completed your reading. Working with the Zip-6 Scenario: Ethical Challenges Keith recently noticed an item in the consolidated financial statements for the Mexican operating unit. After calling the regional vice president of that unit, Keith learned that this money represented payments to three top Mexican officials. These officials represent three of

7 Other / Other Kaplan University / MT 220 24 Oct 2017