Ethical Challenges in International Business: A Case Study

This case study delves into ethical dilemmas encountered in the realm of international business, specifically examining two scenarios involving Yvonne Atkinson Gates and Jefferson County. The first scenario involves Ms. Gates, who faced ethical violations related to her dalquiri business while serving as a Clerk County Commissioner, ultimately leading to her resignation. The second scenario explores corruption and bribery within Jefferson County's sewer system reconstruction project, highlighting the acceptance of gifts from bond organizations and the subsequent legal ramifications for involved parties. The study underscores the importance of ethical conduct and compliance in international business dealings, while also providing insights into the potential pitfalls and consequences of unethical behavior. Desklib offers further resources, including past papers and solved assignments, for students studying international business ethics.

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Table of contents
2. The trapping of success is important to some people..................................................................3
3. Starting the gifts from bond organizations..................................................................................4
Reference list...................................................................................................................................6

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2. The trapping of success is important to some people
Yvonne Atkinson Gates has operated the dalquiri organization and many of the people
expand hotels in Clerk Country where Las Vegas remain located. The retail space remains
available for all of the restaurants and shops. Mr. Atkinson Gates has taken decisions on the
hotels and expansions can be approved. Mrs. Atkinson has approached executives from different
casinos about leasing space for the dalquiri franchises. Mrs. Atkinson Gates acknowledged all of
the contacts, however, that person also state that they are not considered solicitations. Mrs. Gates
has acknowledged the arrangement with the resorts of MGM Grand (Luthans & Doh, 2018). The
chairman of the company, Las Vegas says that she was completely shocked that Yonne directly
would come to that person. Sheldn felt that she was pressuring that person for agreeing. She went
out of the way against the project. Adelson has wanted to develop a Sands Venetian Mall,
however, that person’s proposal was not properly approved by the organisation’s commission.
Upon the matter’s investigation, the Nevada State Ethics Commission has identified the fact that
Ms. Gates has violated the rules of ethics for Nevada for the purpose of elected officials in the
organisation’s conduct related to dalquiri business (di Giovanni, Levchenko & Mejean, 2018).
The ethics communication gets ruled by the five-to-one vote that the person has utilized the
position for obtaining organisations’ concessions. She has resigned as a Clerk County
Commissioner in the early part of 2007 and she has not served as the commissioner for almost 14
years. She was considered a superdelegate to the Democratic National Convention in the year of
2008. The trapping of the success remains significant to people, so that organizational goals can
be achieved effectively (Weber, Festing & Dowling, 2018). It is extremely important for the

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people to understand various aspects related to the trapping, so that people’s aims can be
achieved. When people develop properly, they put on the pedestal of something. One needs to
realize that in order to be perfect, people need to value themselves for the external success. One
needs to understand when people take failure personally, so that criticism can be felt as an attack
much more than the feedback. In order to be perfect, people value themselves, so the
organizational goals can be achieved effectively. The education system and society can reward
for the idea of striving perfection, so that A can be got for an exam. In the world of business,
perfection is much more liable than the asset of the business (Leonidou et al. 2018). Business
professionals must always try to avoid those traps completely and they have to research the ideas
and plans in order to develop the plan for future. When a person generally becomes his or her
boss, people spend several hours by researching the ideas and planning of details (Leonidou, L.
C., Katsikeas, Samiee & Aykol, 2018). When a business plan gets created, an amount of cash has
estimated effectively for contributing to the business goals. People generally run the risk of
falling into the trap, so that the organizations face problems.
3. Starting the gifts from bond organizations
Jefferson County is a location where Birmingham and a new kind of sewer system is
required. The government requires money for reconstruction and repairs with the help of bond
offerings. Many of the Wall street organizations remain interested in putting the deals of bonds
for the sewer and these people come to Birmingham and get involved into mayor and some other
commissioners (Phelps & Wood, 2018). For instance, a country commissioner has been
sentenced to three-year probation with the help of guilty plea and caption, bribery and corruption
of bribery can remain connected with the bonds. Moreover, sewer projects can remain

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beneficiary for several financial organisation’s gifts (Peleckis, 2013). On a trip to New York,
which is paid for the bond organization, that lady has picked up the shoes and bags of Salvatores
Ferragamo, which is worth of $1,500. Here, bond organization pay for $1,400 spa treatment on
the similar trip.
Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford gets charged with the 101 counts of fraud,
conspiracy, money laundering and they can convicted of 60 counts and Mayor gets sentenced to
fifteen years in prison (Aarikka-Stenroos et al. 2018). At the time of trial, all of the sales clerks
such as Rolex, Salvatore, Ermenegildo Zegna and Rolextestifies that Mr. Landford obtains
watches, suits and some other clothes that can be paid with a manager’s credit card. Non-profit
institutions increase bonds as per the revenue raising vehicle and the number of organizations on
the rating list and the category alone can be doubled since 2000 to 30 organisations. Nonprofit
difficult for it bonds can be much riskier than munis as the cultural institution enters the hardship
of finances and it is more difficult to bounce back for the municipality. Tax-backed obligations
are secured because of the capability of continuing and raising renenue. Despit of the risks,
museums can be defelted and links are much clear. Non-profit startups are considered risky as no
track record can understood without any kind of operating history. S&P notes the success of
AMNH’s last bond insurance in the year of 2004 and the lack of additional dept in short term.
There is always a much appreciated donation, which offers all of the f individuals tax deduction
for the purpose of obligation-free, instant gratifications. Many of the gifts are major players in
the fundraising world. These people can change the game for non-profit in the best way. When a
person works at advancement in a company, people have to understand prominent role of gifts
play. These people are the single donations that a company receives. A major gift in an

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organization is considered a mid-level donations and some other aspects. A small and new can
count each and everything over approx. $200 as per major gifts whereas an international and
established can anything under $100,000 and it is not a major gift.

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