Why Are Home-Country Managers Working Abroad in Multinational Firms (Expatriate

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Essay

Why are home-country managers working abroad in multinational firms (expatriate managers)likely to experience more than the usual degree of pressure to violate their personal ethics?

Understand the obligations and defenses under employment laws related to hiring, firing, and layoffs.

Understand the role and powers of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

Analyze the distinctions between different types of employment and labor law concepts, such as "equal pay for equal work" vs. "equal pay for comparable worth," and "closed shop" vs. "union shop."

Understand the types of discriminatory conduct prohibited by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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Definitions:

Kohlrabi

A vegetable in the cabbage family, with a bulbous stem that tastes similar to broccoli stems but sweeter. It can be eaten raw or cooked.

Adaptations

The process by which a species becomes fitted to its environment; it is the result of natural selection acting upon heritable variation.

Evolutionary Modifications

Changes in an organism's genetic makeup over time, leading to adaptations and the emergence of new species through natural selection and other evolutionary processes.

Vestigial Structures

Anatomical features or behaviors that have lost all or most of their original function in a species through evolution.