Problem:
Your manager, Mr. Johnson, has just been contacted by the board members regarding your performance on the last assignment. They inform Mr. Johnson that they are still considering your selected host country as a potential place of business. Because your selected country is still in the running, Mr. Johnson informs you that the board wants you to prepare a report discussing the potential ethical problems that your selected host country may possess.
For you to report on the ethical problems, locate your selected host country on www.transparency.org, and report on the country's rankings in the corruption perceptions index and the bribe payer's index. Additionally, find the global corruption barometer, and report the ratings for the region in which your selected country is located.
For this assignment, you must submit a report consisting of 750 to 1,000 words in which you analyze how the statistics might pose ethical concerns for your company's interest in doing business in your selected country.
For full credit, you must address the following in your report:
1) Locate your selected host country on www.transparency.org.
2) Discuss the corruption perceptions index ranking for your selected country.
3) Discuss the bribe payer's index ranking for your selected country.
4) Discuss the global corruption barometer.
5) Explain and discuss the ratings for the region in which your selected country is located.
6) Analyze how the statistics might pose ethical concerns for your company's interest in doing business in your selected country.