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Corruption in international business : the challenge of cultural and legal diversity /

International business involves complex, ethically challenging, and sometimes threatening, dilemmas that can involve political and personal agendas. As a result, it can often be difficult to discern corruption against what may be a different set of cultural norms. In this book, Sharon Eicher examine...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Eicher, Sharon
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Gower, ©2009.
Series:Corporate social responsibility series.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : what corruption is and why it matters
  • Government for hire
  • When shareholders lose (or win) through corruption
  • The good and evil faces of foreign investment
  • Quantifying the immeasurable
  • Critiquing the indicators of corruption and governance
  • Corruption in Chinese sports culture
  • Exploring corruption in the petroleum sector
  • Risk management : playing by the rules
  • Changing the rules : how the transition economy of Kyrgyzstan is reforming public corruption
  • An institutional approach to understanding corruption in BRIC countries
  • Private-sector incentives for fighting international corruption
  • Conclusion.