Here is the textbook: https://openstax.org/details/books/principles-management

There are 4 questions below -- choose 2

ETHICS

Read the Wells Fargo Critical Thinking Case in CHAPTER 4.

1. What was the key ethical problem in the case?
2. What were the sources and causes the problems in the first place? Explain.
3. Who were some of the primary decision makers that led to the illegal sales activities?
4. How would a stakeholder approach, if taken by the company's top leaders and board of directors, have possibly prevented the crisis?

INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT

Read the Critical Thinking case in chapter 6: SAP and the American CEO of a German Multinational.

1. What are some of the sources of McDermott's excellence at managing cross-cultural differences? How did his experience managing a deli store at a young age help him develop cross-cultural management skills?
2. What are some of the cross-cultural differences he discovered? Using your knowledge of culture, explain some of these differences.
3. What is your assessment of his lessons for cross-cultural managers? Relate these lessons to the GLOBE findings of the effective global leader.

DIVERSITY

1. Explain the six benefits of workplace diversity described by Cox and Blake's business case for diversity.
2. List three organizational goals you would implement to create an organizational culture of diversity and inclusion.
3. Pick an identity group (e.g., gay, Black, or woman) other than your own. Imagine and list the negative experiences and interactions you believe you might encounter at work. What policies or strategies could an organization implement to prevent those negative experiences from occurring?
4. Provide a concrete example of how different perspectives stemming from diversity can positively impact an organization or workgroup. You may use a real-life personal example or make one up.

TEAMWORK (and a little bit of international)

1. You are the director of a multicultural team with employees across the globe. The team will include employees from the US, Japan, Saudi Arabia and Mexico. Knowing what you do about cultural values that affect the workplace, what are some of the similarities and differences that may affect team communication and processes?
2. Your team rarely has the opportunity to meet in person, but you have been given the budget to bring everyone together for a week-long global team meeting and team building. How would you structure the time together? What are some of the activities you would suggest to build stronger relationships among team members? Keep in mind the 4 stages of group formation.