Report on Global Business Employment

Step 2: Review the Employment Issues Case

URGENT MESSAGE (Special Assignment)

From:

Janet

Yoon, CEO, Colossal Corporation

To: International Task Force

Hello all, I hope your task force has come together nicely now that you’ve formed your team agreement and have decided on a sound project work plan.

I would like this team to review the

Employment Issues case file

and address the following questions regarding Colossal’s fully owned subsidiary, New Brands Design, Inc. (NBD):

From solely an ethical perspective (not a legal perspective), is terminating Elena and Viktor the right thing to do? What other options should be considered and why?  Considering all the relevant factors, what is the best solution? Use ethical theory and analysis to support your answer.

What laws would govern these employment issues if Elena, Viktor, Michael, and Beth all worked for NBD’s headquarters in the United States? Describe each person’s situation, the laws that would apply, and what rights each person would have. Be sure to include all claims and possible defenses.

Do the laws listed in your answer to the previous question apply to Elena, Viktor, Michael, and Beth as employees of NBD in Serafini? Describe the laws that apply and the laws that do not apply to each of the four individuals as employees in Serafini and explain your reasoning. Be sure to include all claims and possible defenses.

To inform your analysis of these issues, read the background information on

employment discrimination

and

cross-cultural ethical business decision making

(specifically focus on the “Ethical Theory in Global Business” resources).

If anyone can provide us with guidance on this, it’s this team. Thanks everyone for your dedicated work.

Keep leading the way!

Janet

Step 3: Prepare Your Employment Issues Report

Using your outline and research notes, write a report for the CEO, Janet Yoon. Be sure to meet the following requirements:

Include APA-formatted in-text citations and an APA-formatted reference list (do not format the body of the report using APA style, just the reference list). See

references and citations

for details.

Include a specific recommendation on what action, if any, the CEO should take based on your analysis and conclusions.

Support your conclusions with references to ethical theory, legal principles, and laws.

The report should be no more than five pages (double spaced, 12-point font; the reference list does not count towards page limit).

Title your file using this protocol: teamName_EmploymentIssues_date.docx.

When you have finished, follow the instructions in the final step of this project to submit your report to the Assignments folder. You should try to have this report complete by the end of Week 9.

In the next step, you will read about the second case the CEO needs the task force to analyze.

URGENT MESSAGE (Special Assignment)From: Janet Yoon, CEO, Colossal CorporationTo: International Task Force

Good day all,

I’m pleased with your analysis of the employment law issues at NBD and would now like you to focus your attention on the Dualplex 360 case file. This is another case arising out of Colossal’s subsidiary, NBD, but involving potential consumer claims against the company. This is a serious and time-sensitive situation, and I need your team to address the following questions:

Given what is happening with the Dualplex 360, list the types of claims that the US customers could file in court against NBD and the arguments they might make for each element of their claims.

What types of damages could be awarded under any of the claims listed in your response to the previous question?

What defenses might NBD have for each claim? How likely is it that NBD will win each claim?

To address these issues, begin by reading about

tort damages

and

negligence and products liability

. These resources are a great introduction, but you may need to do some additional research on the internet and in the library to answer the questions in full. We are counting on your expertise, insights, and deep research on this one.