Of late, consumer electronics sales in China have increased nearly 15%. Foreign companies have been investing in production facilities in China to capture the benefits of comparatively low cost production. Pantagraph, a U.S. firm has spent years negotiating with the Chinese government but has recently given up, deciding to go elsewhere where conditions would be more openly predictable. Which would be a logical inference to assume based on the passage above?
Select one:
a. The Chinese culture is more likely than not to be relationship-oriented.
b. The American culture is more likely than not to be relationship-oriented.
c. The Chinese culture is more likely than not to be deal-oriented.
d. The American culture is less likely to take an impersonal approach to business.
Of the following, which would be the most fitting example of unethical behavior?
Select one:
a. manufacturing luxury consumer goods
b. failing to meet shareholders’ expectations with regard to annual profit
c. setting up operations abroad
d. tolerating sweatshop conditions in supplier value chains