PART 1:
In this lesson we learned about all kinds of trade policy instruments. Countries commonly use trade policy instruments for political reasons—we discussed two instances in this lesson. Your task for this assignment is to find a current example (within the last year) of when a country issued a new trade policy instrument for political reasons and explore the impacts on the citizens of both countries. Write up your findings in a 1-2 page paper.
Papers should be double-spaced with 11-point either Arial or Times font, and 1-inch margins. Length requirements do not count citations, headers, or titles.
You are required to research for this assignment. All source material must be cited using APA citations (this is the standard for the business discipline; if you are unfamiliar with how to cite using APA, please see the information in the optional Credo Information Literacy module under the Modules tab).
PART 2:
During the 20th century, South Africa was infamous for its apartheid system, which was considered legal discrimination. This became a very controversial policy with U.S. consumers in the 1980s. Businesses had to reconsider their investment in a very lucrative market at the time. Some chose to stay, others left, and some worked to end the regime.
Please consider these articles to answer the following prompt:
US Companies Bid to End ApartheidLinks to an external site.
US Companies Quietly Returning to South AfricaLinks to an external site.
US Anti-Apartheid Movement Helped Bring Change to South AfricaLinks to an external site.
General Motors Settles With Victims of Apartheid RegimeLinks to an external site.
This discussion forum is a place where you can discuss some of the ethical issues a business can face when conducting international business like you explored in the aparthied case where you saw a few decades of experience for businesses with an ethical issue within one country. In your first post, please answer the following questions:
Which ethical system should a business use when conducting business abroad: home or host country?
What is the responsibility of a business when responding to ethical conflicts?
