What Functions Do They Serve?

climate is also risky due to the locations being used during transportation and how easily disruptions could emerge due to new rules or emergency situations especially due to the mentioned threats in the case. Furthermore, the terrain of the unfamiliar area could lead to longer than expected delays or loss of inventory.

Question 6: Regarding the supply chain, how---if at all---should bribes be included? What functions do they serve?

In some countries, bribes are used to facilitate the supply chain transactions. They are a part of the meeting as each person is seeing how much the person values their business relationship. It does not have the same moral and politically discouragement seen in the United States. Thus, in the case North Korea culturally expected certain treatment when dealing with other businesses. Juxtaposed, the United States does not condone bribes since they are illegal and would be forfeit from using in the supply chain.

From the international perspective, bribes help complete and support transactions so much that you may insult someone who expects a bribe in return for service. Expectation of a bribe could be internally factored into the person 's calculation of the value for completing a deal. Thus; in the scenario where bribes are expected and all involved may legally accept bribes, the supply chains would adapt to the situation and bribe when appropriate.

Question 7: If Terim puts together this transaction, is he acting ethically? Discuss.

Logistically, if his actions are within the terms of conducting business legally in the United States and other channels he is using it is ethical for him to utilize strategies to gain a competitive business deal.

This question relies on the standards Terim is try...

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...s than what is suggested in Western areas. Thus, the same idea is analogous to how the use of bribery may have cultural and regional reasons behind them such as riskier environments, regulations, and other issues.

Taking advantage of another region 's policies by forcing your own could prove unethical since it undermines the established norms of doing business in that area.

You would be essentially bypassing an implied part of the transaction by not supplying entertainment or rewards for a successful agreement. It would be foregoing a significant part of facilitating the agreement while benefiting from saving cost and time in rewarding the people involved who assumed a customary reward. Overall, the case provided a comprehensive look at how payments are considered and what factors affect choosing to maneuver regulations, whether it was time, risk, cost, or ethics.