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Chapter 10
For use with International Human Resource Management 6e
By Peter J. Dowling, Marion Festing, and Allen D. Engle. Sr.
ISBN-10: 1408032090
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IHRM TRENDS &
FUTURE CHALLENGES
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Vocabulary
Objectives
Introduction
International business ethics & HRM
Criminalization of bribery
NGOs
Safety, security, & counterterrorism
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By Peter J. Dowling, Marion Festing, and Allen D. Engle. Sr.
ISBN-10: 1408032090
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IHRM TRENDS &
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Vocabulary
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ethics
external factors, organizational factors
ethical relativism, absolutism & universalism
bribery
‘gifts’, ‘facilitating’, & ‘grease’ payments
FCPA
TI = Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index
NGOs: The Red Cross, The Red Crescent, World Vision, Oxfam,
The Fred Hollows Foundation, Médecins Sans Frontieres,
disaster protocols, risk management, ‘critical incidents’
workplace violence, industrial theft
in-house security, in-facility security
industrial espionage, cyber-terrorism
terrorist threats: micro & macro levels
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By Peter J. Dowling, Marion Festing, and Allen D. Engle. Sr.
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Objectives
We comment on observed trends & future directions:
 International business ethics & HRM
 Mode of operation &IHRM
 Ownership issues relating to IHRM requirements
of organizations other than the large multinational,
such as non-government organizations (NGOs)
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By Peter J. Dowling, Marion Festing, and Allen D. Engle. Sr.
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 Safety, security, & terrorism issues
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Introduction
These are not emphasized in
the general IHRM literature:
International business ethics
Mode of operation
NGOs
Emerging role of IHRM in contributing to
safety & security and dealing with terrorism
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By Peter J. Dowling, Marion Festing, and Allen D. Engle. Sr.
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Figure 10.1
A model of strategic HRM in multinational enterprises
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International
business ethics & HRM
Ethics & IHRM
 Ethical relativism
no universal or international rights or wrongs
 Ethical absolutism
one should do what one would do at home
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 Ethical universalism
there are principles of right & wrong which
transcend cultural boundaries
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Criminalization of bribery
Bribery & corruption in
international business
 Bribery & corruption
is paying agents to do things inconsistent with the purpose
of their position or office so as to obtain an unfair advantage
 Bribery ≠ “facilitating” or “grease” payments
 US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)
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 OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public
Officials in International Business Transactions
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NGOs
Non-govt. organizations (NGOs)
Prominent examples of NGOs:
■ Red Cross
■ Fred Hollows Foundation
■ Red Crescent
■ World Vision
■ Oxfam
■ Médecins Sans Frontieres
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 Globalization has increased the scale &
importance of NGOs
 The above trend will likely continue well into
the 21st century
Table 10.1
Transparency international corruption perceptions index 2010
This index
measures the
perceived levels
of public sector
corruption in 178
countries around
the world.
It scores
countries on this
scale:
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10 = very clean
0 = highly
corrupt
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Safety, security,
& counterterrorism
5 MNE corporate risk areas
1. In-facility emergency & disaster preparedness
2. In-facility security
3. Industrial espionage
4. Cyber-terrorism
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5. Out-of-facility fire & travel risks