Lesson correlates with National Business Education Association National Standards for Business Education, 1995, Reston, Virginia.
· Standard IV.  Ethics ... Achievement Standard: Describe the environmental factors that define what is considered ethical business behavior.
 
Level 3 (Secondary) - Performance Expectations: :  Identify groups to whom international companies are responsible.
International Connection

 
TIME REQUIRED:
60 minutes
 
RECOMMENDED GRADE:
Grades 9-12


 
MAJOR CONCEPTS:
 Understand the responsibilities for foreign country enterprises interested in becoming international business
 
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES:
 Students will:
· identify the major groups to which multinational enterprises are accountable;
· identify the major groups inside the United States to which foreign country enterprises are accountable when they become a multinational enterprise; and,
· identify social and political conflicts faced by foreign country  enterprises when they become a multinational enterprise working in the United States.

Key Terms:
boycott
ethical standards
expatriate employees
home country
host country
issues
multinational enterprises
social responsibility
 
MATERIALS:
· One copy of Handout #1 for each student
 
RATIONALE:
 With the growth of the European Community and various other foreign entities, students need to understand the responsibilities that multinational enterprises have towards their citizens.To further understand the global connection, foreign country enterprises must identify the responsibilities needed to conduct business in the United States.Students should develop an understanding of these responsibilities, both in the United States and in foreign countries by foreign country enterprises.
 
PROCEDURE:
 1. Develop a glossary of terms from the key terms above.
2. Discuss the accountability by foreign country enterprises to their own citizens, including environment, social, etc..
3. Identify foreign country enterprises that have had problems in the United States brought about due to the product, public anti-foreign attitudes, etc.
 
EVALUATION: Close the lesson by having each student develop a Code of Conduct to help guide the actions of a foreign country enterprise as it conducts business in its own country.  Use Handout #1 as a guide sheet.  Students must select a foreign country enterprise and identify the products marketed by that company.Have each student further develop the Code of Conduct to include guidelines to conduct business in the United States, using the same foreign country enterprise used above.
 
AUTHOR:
  Gary Schepf, Nimitz High School, Irving, TX.
 
EDITORS:
Les Dlabay, Lake Forrest College, Wildwood, IL.
Robert Ristau, Eastern Michigan University (ret.), Ypsilanti, MI.

 
 
 
 
 

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