Global Forces and Diversity

In this week's reading, you have read about some aspects of business in the global environment and about the rewards and challenges that come with a more diverse environment. You have also encountered the idea of "global outsourcing" and "global supply chain management." The readings explored how new technology developed in a distant land, and changes of political alignments, can impact global business operations and ripple across the world to affect all types and sizes of businesses.

A 150- to 200-word statement in the Discussion thread that responds to all of the following:

• What are some of the global forces that affect businesses today?
• Give an example of how a specific business, company or industry has been, or could be, affected by global forces?
• How might a company's diversity of employees, customers, and suppliers affect its success in today's global business environment?

Support your work with specific citations from the Learning Resources. You are allowed to draw from additional sources to support your argument, but you must cite using APA standards. All quoted material must be identified, cited, and referenced per APA standards.

You are encouraged to enrich your posting with your personal examples, experience, or insights.

Application: Ethics in Diverse Hiring Practices

This week's readings have dealt with the important issues of ethics, diversity, and social responsibility. Many people consider these issues to be inter-related or overlapping aspects of doing business in the 21st century. An organization's diverse stakeholders can, and generally do, have diverse opinions and varied expectations concerning what constitutes ethical behavior and socially responsible management.

Consider the case "Men Enlist in Fight for Gender Equality", (pp. 115-116).

A 300- to 500- word paper which answers all of the following questions:

• What impact, if any, has the practice of hiring and training employees with disabilities had on operations and management decision making?
• What motivated the managers of these two companies to begin this hiring practice?
• Which of following is more compatible with the policy of hiring employees with disabilities: 1) a short-term focus on profit, or 2) a long-term focus on profit?
• Should these companies rethink this hiring policy? Why or why not?
• Has the hiring practice positively impacted the shareholders of these companies and society in general? Please support your opinion.

RESOURCES - Jones, G. R., & George, J. M. (2017). Essentials of contemporary management (7th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

Chapter 3, "Managing Ethics and Diversity" (pp. 78-116).

Chapter 4, "Managing in the Global Environment" (pp. 124-157).