How does the interviewee show respect when doing business?

For this Week Cross-Cultural Interview Papr, you will interview someone from a cultural group different from your own.  You will be required to ask the interviewee about his/her experience working for an organization.  Upon completing your interview, you will then provide a detailed written analysis of the interview.  By completing this assignment, you will learn to increase your cross-cultural awareness and knowledge.

Cultural differences may include gender, ethnicity, age, language, customs, religion, and sexual orientation.  Keep in mind that you will get the most out of this cross-cultural assignment when the person you are interviewing is as different from you as possible.  You are expected to incorporate the following interview questions into the papr:

• Who was your interviewee?
• How was this person culturally different?
• Where does the interviewee work and what is the industry of the organization?  Why does this matter?
• How does the interviewee show respect when doing business?
• What would the interviewee consider to be rude business behavior?
• What would the interviewee consider unethical business traits?
• What differences does the interviewee perceive between himself/herself and members of other cultural groups in the workplace?
• What aspects of the interviewees culture or identity does the interviewee suppress at work and why?
• What aspects of the interviewees culture or identity can the interviewee use in his/her work with others?

Your written analysis should include a summary of the interviewees’ responses, as well as reflections on your own learning. The majority of the papr should be written from the standpoint of what you learned from the interview.  Remember, you are conducting the interview to increase your own cross-cultural awareness and knowledge.  It will be beneficial to you to link any relevant theories from the course to what your interviewee told you and your own critical reflection of the interview.

Your written analysis is to be a minimum of 3 complete pags in lengt.  Going over the minimum pag lengt requirement is acceptable; however, I am not looking for a 10+ pag essy.

Identify how overreliance on the employment-at-will doctrine can create problems for supervisors and employees.

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• Identify how overreliance on the employment-at-will doctrine can create problems for supervisors and employees. What are the ramifications if companies default to EAW rather than dealing directly with employee conduct problems?
• Give some examples of how technology is creating employer–employee rights and policy issues. Then suggest some possible actions that may be needed.
• Discuss the following statement: If management gets a union, it deserves one.
• Several states have limited public-sector union power. What are some reasons for lawmakers taking this stand? What are the advantages and disadvantages of workers in the public sector belonging to labor unions? How does this impact taxpayers?

How would you communicate a data security policy that required software checking of employees’ emails?

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For this week Case Study, you will review the following case study. Upon thorough review of the case study, you will answer the questions at the end of the case study.

Data Security

Policing the workplace used to mean reminding employees about personal phone calls and making sure that papr clips did not disappear. But with the computer revolution at work that began in the 1990s, checking on employee behavior at work became considerably more technical. The threats to data security, not to mention other threats for potential lawsuits (e.g., sexual harassment), are now more complex as well. New federal laws pertaining to financial and medical records have put increased pressure on companies to protect their data. But auditing user privacy cannot be done without input and buy-in from HR, notes a senior consultant with an IT security firm in Massachusetts.

Whether the concern is in appropriate Internet usage or transferring files outside the company, HR may be the first to learn of a problem. Although the possibility of outside attacks on the computer network is a real problem, the threat of internal security breaches is even greater. The growing insider problem and the sheer volume of electronic messages coming into and out of a company (a large company easily processes one million e-mails per day) present HR with a challenge on data security policy development, implementation, and enforcement.

HR may be asked to “identify personnel at risk” who might require more stringent watching, such as people who are sending out résumés. In many cases, people leaving organizations take advantage of the opportunity to take intellectual property with them. Security software identifying employee behaviors will always require HR involvement. Policy violations, banned sites, and stealing identity data are examples. Companies look very bad when sensitive customer or employee data are stolen or leaked to the public. Employees can easily resent the security measures and see the security as “Big Brother” watching. However, the growth of identity theft and spyware means that more employees have been personally affected by data security and are more likely to recognize the need for their employers’ data security efforts.

At Spherion, HR publishes a “computer and telecom resources policy” that specifies appropriate usage and a code of conduct. Employees must read and sign the policy. The company also has an IT Risk Team with members from HR, accounting, internal auditing, and other departments.

There are, of course, attempts at a purely technical solution to the problem. But it is clear that HR must have a role in balancing employee privacy with company risk management. A simple act, such as a bank’s loan officer burning credit information to a CD and selling the data to another bank, can undo all the technical protections. The human side—developing a policy, communicating it, helping people understand why it is needed, and applying it fairly—is the big piece for HR.

Case Study Questions

1. How would you communicate a data security policy that required software checking of employees’ emails?

2. What elements should a data security policy for a bank include?

3. Employee data theft most frequently occurs with new employees or when an employee has given notice and is leaving. How would you deal with these two very different issues?

Consider the factors affecting location decisions for manufacturing and services. How are they different?  

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1. Consider the factors affecting location decisions for manufacturing and services. How are they different?  
2. In most cases, the manufacturing operations supply products to the service operations.  What strategies are used relating to the supply chain logistics network to support improved performance? 
3. Consider the operational risks that exists within a supply chain.  How can ERP systems and lean systems be applied to help mitigate these risk within the entire supply chain?

Discuss three examples you have observed in purchasing products or have read about recently (10 years) that are examples of supply chain sustainability.

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1. Discuss three examples you have observed in purchasing products or have read about recently (10 years) that are examples of supply chain sustainability.
2. Discuss how reverse logistics relates to supply chain sustainability.

Regarding financial responsibility, what business risk does cliff bar and company face with so many parts of its supply chain outsourced?

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For this week Skill Building Activity, you will complete the following steps:

1. Watch the “Supply Chain Sustainability at Clif Bar & Company” video Supply Chain Design at Clif Bar & Company from GMC Online Course Development on Vimeo.
2. Review the “Supply Chain Sustainability at Clif Bar & Company” video case on pages 597-598.
3. Respond with answers to the questions using your critical thinking and moral reasoning skills.  If you are asked to draw an illustrative figure such as a chart, graph, or diagram, please do so and upload your document/s with your responses.  Refer to your uploaded document/s in your responses, e.g., Question 2: See attached MS PowerPoint presentation for my detailed flowchart of the Ice Cream making process.

Questions 1. In what ways does clif bar have a sustainable supply chain?

2. Regarding financial responsibility, what business risk does cliff bar and company face with so many parts of its supply chain outsourced?

3. What issues or risks to sustainability could cliff bar and company encounter if it chose to expand to international markets? 

Discuss how using statistics and improving reporting rates can lead to social change.

Next, imagine you have been hired by the National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC) to prepare an Executive Summary on the many impacts of crime victimization. The Executive Summary will be distributed to every state’s office of victim services to inform their planning for victim’s services.

Research the Internet to find resources that focus on crime and victimization, specifically statistics of major crimes. Visit the  National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC) website  for more information.

Using the Walden Writing Center “Basics of Executive Summaries” as a guide, write a 

5 page Executive Summary in which you:

· Provide an overview of crime and victimization in the United States and include current statistics of at least three major crimes (UCR Part I Crimes).

· Identify and describe three direct impacts of crime on victims and their families. Discuss whether these are short or long-term impacts.

· Explain which crimes have higher reporting rates and which crimes have lower reporting rates.

· Identify methods for improving rates of reporting for underreported crimes.

· Discuss how using statistics and improving reporting rates can lead to social change.

Support your Executive Summary with at least three scholarly resources (textbooks, peer-reviewed journals, and government publications).

Discuss whether combining databases would improve the understanding of victimization and better inform victimization reduction strategies.

Imagine you are a consultant for the Department of Justice (DOJ). You have been asked to assess measures of crime and victimization. You will then present your findings to the Department.

Research the Internet to find three scholarly resources that focus on measuring crime statistics.

Review these crime databases:

· Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR)

· National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)

· National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)

· United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

create a  15 slide (not including title and reference slides) PowerPoint presentation that includes audio or utilizes footnotes and that:

· Provides an overview of each of the crime databases listed above;

· Compares each system/database;

· Describes the advantages and disadvantages of each database; and

· Discusses whether combining databases would improve the understanding of victimization and better inform victimization reduction strategies.

In your discussion, state whether having a standard definition of child abuse and/or neglect would be beneficial and if so why?

Research and discuss a case of child abuse or neglect, either an act of commission or omission. In your discussion, state whether having a standard definition of child abuse and/or neglect would be beneficial and if so why?

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What do you think did more to help improve the lives of children: the orphan trains or the sensational case of Mary Ellen Wilson?

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All questions are worth 20 points:

1. What do you think did more to help improve the lives of children: the orphan trains or the sensational case of Mary Ellen Wilson?
2. How can one tell the difference between maltreatment and accidental injury? What are the warning signs in children or the elderly who may be maltreated, abused, and/or neglected?
3. Visit the website: http://www.llsdc.org/state-legislation  or https://www.justice.gov/elderjustice/elder-justice-statutes-0 and find a bill or law in your state that addresses child  maltreatment or elderly abuse. What is one bill or law that you found regarding child abuse or elderly abuse and what is its status? How might this bill or law affect the children or elderly in your state?
4. Is there an absolute definition of abuse and neglect? If not, should there be, why or why not? Please provide examples of abuse and neglect in your answer.
5. In your opinion, is one form off abuse or neglect worse than another? Be able to support your answer with information from your readings.