...the way in which the scientific and economical advancements, have taken place in the Middle East area. In this point of view, late proofs have broadly confirm how despite the fact that Saudi Arabia is now considered as a growing economy which is trying to diversify its exports, mainly based on oil and natural gas, by framing and revising its legal and regulatory environment in order to foster entrepreneurship activities and the private sector interest. It leads to growing concern about the role of women in the economic environment, with legal and ethical consideration of the women’s role in the existing socio-cultural make-up of the country. The way in which countries like Saudi Arabia, have developed a domestic organized economy that is based on entrepreneurship is a hypothesis that has been widely tested and cited within the existing body of Literature. Although many academic experts believe that Middle East countries still retain a promising potential for growth (Shachmurove, 2004), major obstacles in terms of detrimental factors such as corruption, unclear regulations and reliance on oil have also recognized. Women are therefore believed to play a primary role in the entrepreneurial future of the region. In order to leverage on the untapped potential of economic growth of this country by utilizing and capitalizing on the potential contribution of the female entrepreneurs towards success of economic projects that are being carried out in Saudi Arabia, in compliance with the...
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...Mark Stone Ohio University Legal & Ethical Environment of Business -MBA-560-VC November 20, 2013 Burns & McCallister Ethics & Global Business Being a successful global business is a balancing act. It is easy to assume that what works in America will work abroad. Nothing could be further from the truth. Multi-national companies need to be aware of the unique set of values, customers and traditions of the foreign countries they wish to do business in. Some areas of international business ethics are easier to define than others. For instance when it comes to working environments it is easy to say child labor performed in unsafe and hazardous environments coupled with unreasonable working hours is wrong as it goes against the ethical treatment of human beings but is discrimination against women in business management equally as wrong? Let’s explore this question in more detail. The Dilemma The company Burns & McCallister has come under scrutiny from a series of reports by both the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times regarding their policy on female executives managing accounts in certain nations. This has been surprising since Burns & McCallister is known for their equal treatment of women. Working Mother magazine lists Burns & McCallister as one of the top fifty firms in the United States for employment of working mothers and by Working Woman magazine as one of the top ten firms for women. However, the dilemma is that Burns & McCallister...
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...Background The differences between men and women is a universal truth and it can observe physically and emotionally. In our country, an emotional difference between two genders has rooted from their culture and upbringing. Previously, there was a belief that women are born to look after their household, family and children while male goes out to work, earn money, financially supports and leads family. This type of work division between male and female has led them experience, think and develop different perception. Therefore, the different perception of male and female in the same workplace can be seen. Eventually, this perception leads them to communicate differently in any kind of business environment. It does not mean that male are better...
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...The Legal Environment A non-profit business incorporates in the state intended for business. The business first Priority is gathering legal counsel. The attorney will prepare all legal documents needed to register as a non-profit 501(c) 3.This will entitle the business to receive charitable and tax deductible contributions. Contributions will be a major role in order for this business to succeed. Management will obtain liability insurance. Management will also determine what will be considered real, intellectual property, labor and employment issues. Management is responsible for selecting the best way to obtain the resources needed for the business. Based on previous data on battered women shelters, their survival is determined by allocating funding through donations. In order to do this, a mission statement, and plan of operation has to be completed. Management should begin fundraising projects. Letters should be mailed to request monetary donations, supplies, and volunteers for the business. Management should contact local churches, restaurants, stores and ask if they are interested in adopting this project. Another good thing for management to be would to contact women dominated business and local YWCA. These businesses are more likely to become main contributors. Social and Economic Environment The social environment includes the structure of family. It will be the company’s...
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...Specifically how do ethics change the landscape of today’s global market? This paper will look at several factors that include the cross cultural understanding of ethics, the personal and professional responsibility, and several ethical challenges such as environmental responsibility and human rights and the impact it has on the global market. Key Words: business ethics, global market, cultural factors, professional responsibility, ethical challenges I. WHAT IS ETHICS – DEFINITION AND UNDERSTANDING Clearly define what ethics mean in the global market and the domestic market and how it is interpreted in each. II. CULTURAL FACTORS IN GLOBAL MARKETS Identify how cultural factors such as religion, sexual orientation, and accepted standard practices influence or hinder international and domestic business. III. PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY TO BUSINESSES Identify the responsibility and moral obligation when ethical dilemmas occur, your personal code of ethics or that of the executive, or corporation. IV. ETHICAL CHALLENGES TO GLOBAL MARKETS Understand the responses and challenges to the environment, human rights, and the corporations. V. CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY TO CHANGE AND EDUCATE PARTNERS Establish what corporate responsibility encompasses towards training and educating global partners in the acceptance of standards,...
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...fashion! We provide styling services for businesswomen, women with fast paced lifestyles and seminars and workshops to help women present themselves in a professional manner with the goal to climb the corporate ladder. This and That Boutique buys current fashions from design houses and consign vintage clothing and accessories which are eco-friendly. Define your business, products or services, and customers by differentiating a mission statement. Ensure that you are differentiating your product or service. This and That Boutique will carry new and vintage clothing, accessories (e.g., purses, shoes, and jewelry), and provide personal styling services. Our clothing selections will contain items purchased from major fashion design houses in New York, San Francisco, and Europe. We will purchase quantities in bulk, so we can offer our customer high-end brands at a low cost. To diversify and continue to provide affordable clothing and accessories, This and That Boutique will accept and sell high-end clothing through consignment. This will allow This and That Boutique to sell high-end products at a discounted price. The Boutique will generate revenue through this area of business by receiving a percentage from the consignment products that are sold. This and That Boutique customer focus areas will range from dressing and styling services for women attending social engagements, women who work in Corporate America, and women re-entering the workforce. We will offer seminars and workshops...
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...Page Layout” to Change the Title Corporate Social Responsibility Business organizations in a capitalist economy operate in a fiercely competitive environment. What they believe to be the aims of a capitalist corporation and what they consider to be their duty is defined by two major norms. The “free market” theory claims that the job of any free organization is to maximize profit with a view to the shareholders benefits. In almost direct contradiction, the concept of social responsibility in organizations is taking root. This concept of social accountability shown by large corporations and organization is termed corporate social responsibility (CSR). CSR refers to the phenomenon whereby large organizations take into account the interests of society at large by talking responsibility for their actions and the effect of their actions on the employees, stakeholders and customers; impact on the environment and the community is taken into effect. Often this is seen to extend beyond legislative obligations; many organizations step into this sphere voluntarily to promote the interests of the employees and their families and overall wellbeing for society. CSR does not conform to any specific definition. According to Manakkalathll & Rudolf (1995) corporate CSR can be seen as “the duty of organizations to conduct their business in a manner that respects the rights of individuals and promotes human welfare”...
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...Business & Society http://bas.sagepub.com/ Corporate Social Performance As a Competitive Advantage in Attracting a Quality Workforce Daniel W. Greening and Daniel B. Turban Business Society 2000 39: 254 DOI: 10.1177/000765030003900302 The online version of this article can be found at: http://bas.sagepub.com/content/39/3/254 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: International Association for Business and Society Additional services and information for Business & Society can be found at: Email Alerts: http://bas.sagepub.com/cgi/alerts Subscriptions: http://bas.sagepub.com/subscriptions Reprints: http://www.sagepub.com/journalsReprints.nav Permissions: http://www.sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav Citations: http://bas.sagepub.com/content/39/3/254.refs.html Downloaded from bas.sagepub.com at INDIAN INST OF MGMNT on May 10, 2011 Greening, Turban / CORPORATE SOCIAL BUSINESS & SOCIETY / September 2000 PERFORMANCE Corporate Social Performance as a Competitive Advantage in Attracting a Quality Workforce DANIEL W. GREENING DANIEL B. TURBAN University of Missouri Several researchers have suggested that a talented, quality workforce will become a more important source of competitive advantage for firms in the future. Drawing on social identity theory and signaling theory, the authors hypothesize that firms can use their corporate social performance (CSP) activities to attract job applicants. Specifically, signaling theory suggests that...
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...partners started or inherited a business, and is eager to take financial, administrative, and social risks and responsibilities, and participate in the day-to-day management activities (UNDP, 2004). Women in Asian countries like India, Myanmar and Bangladesh have played and also are playing a good role in politics. So, Bangladeshi women are enjoying freedom to join politics as well as business. But compared with the Unites States and the European countries, the number is still poor. In fact, women entrepreneurship development is a challenging phenomenon in Bangladesh as women are lagged behind (economically and socially) compared to men. Generally, women are more victimized as because of their illiteracy, unawareness, unorganized, powerless or less political representation, deprivation, rigid social customs, religious constrains and injustice by their counter partners particularly in rural area. Women constitute about a half of the total population in Bangladesh. So for proper representation of women in the arena of entrepreneurship development, "women should constitute 50 per cent of the country's total entrepreneurs." But the ground reality is totally different. "The ratio is not even 10 per cent. The actual ratio is much lower than that. We do not know the exact number of women entrepreneurs in the country,” There is no real information on how many women entrepreneurs exist in the country. 1 Background In Bangladesh women entrepreneurs are coming up. If the...
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...paramount progressive issues the world is facing in different ways. This tumultuous predicament had been as result of deforestation of forest trees and women and men who are environmentalist and eco-feminist had played many roles in fighting against the patriarchal capitalist from further destruction and advocating protection of the environment and forest reserves. Deforestation is cutting down of trees in the forest areas and within our surroundings which meets human natural needs and provides a dwelling to wild life and other animal species. The study of environmental changes through eco-feminist perspective helps to throw light on the effects of those changes, roles humans played in effecting those changes, gender roles, economic roles in the destruction of our environment through deforestation. According to Catharine Roach article “Love your Mother”, “the eco-feminist book Rape of the wild evokes this latter motif of the fertile but wounded earth by linking the violent treatment of women with violent against animals and the ecosystem (Roach, pg: 26)” this explain the power imbalance that exist in the system where a particular group in position of power sees everything under their control as powerless and an idea of exploitation. This is also the case in the issues of deforestation. Deforestation is deteriorating our environment which in some cases is as a result of increase in human population and it is disturbance as well as encroachment into other species and wild life territory...
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...Communication in the Workplace: The Difference between Men and Women Jaime Vance Sullivan University 1Q-CMM401X-A2-07-Principles of Conflict Management-Winter 2014 February 8, 2014 Abstract Communication in the workplace has the potential to be difficult for everyone at times. It is not always easy to navigate communication successfully while working with varying individuals. Even in a workplace where women and men share equal standing, knowledge and experience, differing communication styles may prevent them from working together effectively. In the end, however, men and women can learn to communicate effectually, working together towards a common goal of success. Communication in the Workplace: The Difference between Men and Women It is not a new concept: Men and women perceive the world differently. They communicate in different ways, have varying perceptions of the same experience, and see the world through dissimilar eyes. Yet, these differences do not have to serve as barriers to effective communication. Rather, these differences can be an asset for successful workplace communication. Gender barriers, while evident, do not have to be barriers from successful communication in the workplace. In order to best navigate the road to cross-gender communication success, it is best to pinpoint these evident differences, using them to an advantage, making these differences common knowledge and tools for best practices. Gender barriers themselves can be “inherent...
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...very less, this is because the education and the work environment that the women seek. Besides that, the women also must look for the jobs that have the normal hours, good working conditions and safety. The woman has the ability to choose the field of the study in the arts and the social sciences that are more than the men. However, they have the ability to pursue the area for the interest over the area that it can help to lead to the stable high of the paying career. Although, there are have contain the main reason why the woman earn very less and they do not able to get what they want is because they have raised to believe that the nice girls always...
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...Difference between Male and Female Leadership Styles Abstract Leadership styles differences in men and women have been attributed to upbringing, gender, environment, and development. Women were determined to have faster brain development than men. Societal norms suggested being raised differently because of gender caused differences in leadership styles. Some studies concluded innate traits cause males to be more aggressive versus a female’s nurturing nature. Still, others claim environmental factors, more specifically a male dominated workplace, are responsible for the difference in how male and females’ leader. The issue is many women are not reaching the upper levels of management based on the perceived notions mentioned above. Is there one specific reason that causes the difference between male and female leadership styles? Is there one determining (controlled) factor to bring the two leadership styles to conformity? During the research process the causes of leadership style differences were explored in detail by the use of questionnaires, surveys, and interviews to ascertain what workers, at all levels, in the business community perceived to be the determining factor. Overall, these findings propose psychological or physiological differences in males and females as the cause of different styles when using uncontrolled factors. My choice of a methodological perspective as a qualitative research method, to include the use of surveys, questionnaires, and a group...
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...WOMEN Women in the UAE have been encouraged and empowered since the foundation of the state. This policy is spearheaded by the country's leadership and backed by the UAE Constitution, which guarantees equal rights for men and women in accordance with the precepts of Islam. As a result, the role of women in society has evolved considerably over the years. Today, the economic and social benefits of diversity are universally recognised and embraced and women are viewed as partners in achieving sustainable development. In the twenty-first century, Emirati women are well represented in all echelons of society, including the political arena, diplomatic corps, judiciary and the commercial sector. Four women hold ministerial position in the Cabinet and women form 17.5 per cent of the UAE's partially elected representative body, the Federal National Council. Three of the UAE's ambassadors, one consul general and the UAE's representative to the United Nations in New York are women. Four women have been appointed as judges, two as public prosecutors and 17 as assistant public prosecutors and marriage officials. Women also serve in the armed forces, customs and police. Prestigious government entities, such as twofour54 media free zone, Tecom Business Park and Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority, are headed by women. In fact, women constitute 66 per cent of the public sector workforce (the average globally is 48 per cent), with 30 per cent in senior and decision-making positions, close to the...
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...Wealth Building a) Business is any activity that seeks to provide goods and services to others while operating at a profit. b) Goods are tangible products such as computers, food, clothing, cars, and appliances. c) Services are intangible products (i.e., products that can’t be held in your hand) such as education, healthcare, insurance, recreation, and travel and tourism. d) Entrepreneur is a person who risks time and money to start and manage a business. A) Revenues, Profits, and Losses 1. Revenue is the total amount of money a business takes in during a given period by selling goods and services. 2. Profits is the amount of money a business earns above and beyond what it spends for salaries and other expenses needed to run the operation. 3. Loss occurs when a business’s expenses are more than its revenues. B) Matching Risk with Profit 1. Risk is the chance an entrepreneur takes of losing time and money on a business that may not prove profitable. C) Standard of Living and Quality of Life 1. Standard of living refers to the amount of goods and services people can buy with the money they have. 2. Quality of life refers to the general well-being of a society in terms of its political freedom, natural environment, education, health care, safety, amount of leisure, and rewards that add to the satisfaction and joy that other goods and services provide. D) Responding to the Various Business Stakeholders 1....
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