...to do so in other cultural environments. If you were considering an expansion of your current business into an Asian country, what cross cultural challenges might you encounter? Task: Write an essay (suggested length 3–5 pages) in which you do the following: A. Discuss three major cross-cultural differences that would need to be taken into consideration if your company were to expand into this market based on your selected country. I have chosen to take my business into the Asian country of the Philippines. There will be many cross-cultural differences that will need to be considered prior to the expansion from the United States. Three of these major cross-cultural differences I would like to emphasize on are first, the language barrier; second, I will be covering legal barriers; and third, I will discuss the labor barriers. Language Barrier I chose this as a major barrier in a cross-culteral transition of my business, because, although the Philippines’ national language is Tagalog, and English is understood and spoken throughout, this does not...
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... Group 1A Alfred Boudet 26th of November 2012 The Case Of Plant Relocation In this case I am working in Electrocorp, as the Chief Executive of the company. Electrocorp is an electronics company manufacturing onboard computer components for automobile. The company is facing an important choice to do. It can make more money for shareholders in relocating plants to a country with lower labor costs, less strict environmental regulations. Until now, all our plants are implanted in United States and until recently the company was in good economical health. But we face both ethical and economical problems. First of all, the production costs increased during the few last years further to the action of unions representing employees in the company waged successful strikes in order to increase salary and benefits. Today the salary and benefits package are about $15 per hour, which is very high in our industry, but it is the labor cost in United States. Secondly, some dangerous products are used in the company such the using of complex hydrocarbon solvents to clean the chips and some of these solvents are carcinogens and have to be handled with a high prudency. To avoid major problems there is some strict safety regulations inside the plants, which cost time and money. These safety regulations increase the cost of production, and the unions are likely to step into the breach in order to avoid Electrocorp...
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...Research Work Subject: Educational Sociology Ten Social Problems and Issues in our Country. |Social Issues |Causes |Alternative Plan/Reforms |Status/Condition | | | |(government/agencies) | | |1. Poverty |Population growth |- Tulong sa Tao Program of the Aquino |Philippines have not been strong | | |Lack of individual |Administration; |enough to speed up the pace of | | |responsibility / Laziness |- Social Reform Agenda (SRA) |poverty reduction. This in turn would| | |Weak Agriculture sector |of the Ramos administration, |impact on the country's progress | | |Poor government policy / Corruption |- Lingap Para sa Mahihirap program of |towards Eradicate Extreme Hunger and | | | |President Estrada, |Poverty. | | | ...
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...Unions in the Philippines are classified into two (2) types or sectors; PUBLIC and PRIVATE. PUBLIC SECTOR UNION or PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ORGANIZATION refers to any organization, union or association of employees in the agencies of government which exist in whole or in part for the purpose of collective negotiations or mutual aid, interest, cooperation and protection. PRIVATE SECTOR UNION or LABOR ORGANIZATION refers to any union or association of employees in the private sector which exist in whole or in part for the purpose of collective bargaining or mutual aid, interest, cooperation, protection or other lawful purposes. LIST OF UNIONS OPERATING IN THE PHILIPPINES 1. NATIONAL BREWERY & ALLIED INDUSTRIES LABOR UNION OF THE PHILIPPINES 2. Philippine-affiliates of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) 3. Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) 4. Alliance of Progressive Labor (APL) 5. Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) 6. World Confederation of Labor (WCL) 7. Building and Wood Workers International (BWI) 8. Education International (EI) 9. Industrial Global Union 10. International Labor Organization (ILO) 11. Philippine Democratic Socialist Party (PDSP) 12. Centrist Democratic Labor Association (CDLA) 13. Associated Labor Union (ALU) 14. Philippine Transport and General Workers' Organization (PTGWO) 15. Youth Organizations Against Child Labor (YO! Child) 16. Federation of Free Workers (FFW) 17. Macajalar...
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...Cause and Effect Essay - Cause of Low Standard of Education in the Philippines Education is a privilege that most Filipinos have. Being able to attend a prestigious school can be beneficial for our future. It can have many different implications in our lives, especially when we are looking for a job. Most of the time, companies look for graduate students who have degrees in specific areas to work for them. But there are times wherein some Filipinos cannot find a good job because they do not have college degrees. Bearing this in mind, this essay will explain further the causes of low standard of education in the Philippines, which are due to child labor, lack of teachers, and the poor allocation of the government to educational funds. The first reason why the standard of education in the Philippines is low is because of child labor. It was found in previous studies that around sixteen percent of children ages five to seventeen are already working (“Child Labor in the Philippines”). Children are forced by their parents to work at a very young age without thinking twice if this may affect the future of their children. They tend to force their children to work just to earn money and to be able to buy their necessities. According to the article “Child Labor in the Philippines”, most children are working in various sectors and occupations. This includes working in plantations or working as a domestic servant. As a result, children spend most of their time earning a living instead...
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...poor work conditions and children in the labor force are some of the common issues done by organizations at the local and international level for a very long time now. Coca-Cola has tried to rid its company of all the child labor that has been going on for a while now. The United States has tried to free its country of all the child labor, but as for the other third world countries it’s harder for it to be stopped. The reason why is due to the living conditions and all the poverty that still exists within them. Coca-Cola’s Cultural Issue “Even though, Coca-Cola’s human rights statement, workplace rights policy and supplier guiding principles prohibit the use of child labor. There is no child labor in Coca-Cola’s Company-owned operations, they are aware that child labor still persists on the farms that grow cane for their sugar suppliers, which is driven by poverty and local social norms” ("Coca-Cola Journey", (2014). Coca-Cola has been participating in funding a project called the Little Red Schoolhouse Project it has helped over 51,000 children in the Philippines. Coca-Cola chose to build the schools where the most child labor consisted of at the time. This project has greatly benefitted the Philippines. Ethical and Social Responsibility Issues The ethical issues within the Coca-Cola organization is that the company is trying to get where they do not have to promote child labor. In El Salvador in the sugar plantations child labor still exists. It is getting to the point...
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...Child labor is one of the many concerns in the Philippines and, most disturbingly, one of the most rampant problems we face. In the endeavor to create an awareness of an already existing law that is evidently not properly implemented, child labor clearly falls within this category. Every child has the right to the most basic of necessities in life like a healthy environment, formal education, and most importantly, a loving family to come home to. Yet, poverty hinders the child to any of these things and forces labor in farming fields, mining shafts and peddling in the busy and dangerous streets of the country. Child labor remains a serious problem in the country, with millions of children failing to get decent education as they spend their youth working to augment their parents' income. There are many causes of child labor. However, a closer look into those causes can help end the exploitation around the world. Businesses or corporations around the world are one of the major causes. Due to their influence and money driven attitudes, many factories are placed strategically in poor areas. This is to attract cheap labor and millions of children end up working for them. Another cause is the lack of protection from governments. Many developing nations and some industrial countries fail to provide millions of children proper education. Poverty may be the biggest cause of child labor. Child labour refers to the employment of children at regular and sustained labour. This practice...
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...the flagship poverty alleviation program of the Aquino administration: *social assistance, giving monetary support to extremely poor families to respond to their immediate needs; and *social development, breaking the intergenerational poverty cycle by investing in the health and education of poor children through programs such as: -health check-ups for pregnant women and children aged 0 to 5; -deworming of schoolchildren aged 6 to 14; -enrollment of children in daycare, elementary, and secondary schools; and -family development sessions. The 4Ps also helps the Philippine government fulfill its commitment to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)—specifically in eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, in achieving universal primary education, in promoting gender equality, in reducing child mortality, and in improving maternal health care. The 4Ps operates in all the 17 regions in the Philippines, covering 79 provinces, 143 cities, and 1,484 municipalities....
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...seeks to harness the potential, initiative, skills, and leadership of marginalized women towards empowerment, justice, and equality. Her Story Women’s role in Philippine society has been shaped, by and large, by the Filipina’s demand for social justice, equality, freedom and democracy. That yearning and her consequent struggle have had a long and glorious, albeit invisible, history. Almost 400 years after she led a regional revolt against Spanish colonizers, Gabriela Silang remains a model, a beacon, and an icon to women of the Philippines. She was the seminal Filipina, leading long after her death her sisters to the struggle against social inequities and foreign domination. In 1984, fuelled by the resistance against the Marcos dictatorship and an overwhelming need for significant economic and political change in the archipelago, women from all walks of life – worker, peasant, urban poor, indigenous, middle class, artist, religious – banded together to set up a national women’s coalition. They took the name of the 18th century woman general. They called their coalition GABRIELA. Founded on October 28,2000, Gabriela Women’s Party is an offshoot of the biggest alliance of women’s organizations in the Philippines, GABRIELA. Rich with experiences and lessons of having been at the forefront of the Philippine women’s movement in its over 20 years of existence, GABRIELA first joined the electoral arena in...
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...China’s Competitive Advantage over the Philippines China has the world's second largest economy by nominal GDP and by purchasing power parity after the United States and though the Philippine economy has doing surprisingly well over last year, China has long been out performing us. First reason is due to the sheer number of its’ labor force, the country's population of 1.3 billion moves China to the top ranks of economic powers. Although the cost of labor has doubled since the year 2000, the output and productivity has increased almost fourfold compared to the productivity of the Philippines which has only risen 2.3 percent the past decade. Recently, the economic expansion due to the abundant supply of its labor force is being threatened by the one-child policy and ageing residents but for now it remains to be the go to place for cheap and consistent cost labor. Second, adding to cheap labor is frugal manufacturing, it now accounts for a fifth of global manufacturing. Its factories have made so much, so cheaply that they have curbed inflation in many of its trading partners. Chinese firms are often quite innovative in reducing costs by redesigning manufacturing processes, substituting cheaper “good enough” materials, and using simpler off-the-shelf components. Adding to that, China's supply chain is sophisticated and supple. That the right way to measure manufacturing competitiveness is not by comparing labour costs alone, but by comparing entire supply chains. Even if labour...
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...Gold Mining: Why it should be banned in the Philippines? Gold mining in the Philippines can be traced hundreds of years back before the colonizers came to the country. As early as 1521, our ancestors were already panning gold and have decorated themselves with gold accessories. As years passed, the growth of the mining industry has increased. In 1995, Philippine Mining Act was passed which the government allowed foreign companies to fully operate in the country; it created backlash from Filipinos stating that they should be the only ones to mine their own resources but the government still allowed it for large investments coming from foreign companies which will boost the economy. 1 The country’s mining industry was also ignited by the legend of Yamashita’s treasure. The legend has attracted tourists and curious treasure seekers to look out for the supposed ‘treasure’ of gold that the Japanese Army had hidden in the different parts of the country. 2 It seems that gold mining is a lucrative business. But is mining helpful to the country? Mining have garnered vast impacts in every aspect of the country. It boosts the economy by letting the mining companies give the government its share of their profits. But only a margin of profits is being given to the government. According to Governor Joey Salceda of Albay, “which hosts the Rapu-Rapu Polymetallic Project, only received P3.4 million from the mining company’s revenues. The company’s export value reached P7.7 billion...
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...POVERTY IN THE PHILIPPINES p DESCRIPTION: the photo above you can see how children are used to ask people for money not only the young child carrying a baby in her arms which in many cases is done on purpose for begging purposes you can also see on the top left an adult pulling a child’s arm to put out her hand to beg. DATE:AUGUST 11, 2010 Friday, February 18, 2011 Documentary: Street Children and Poverty in the Philippines [pic] Is there anything we can do about poverty in the Philippines? MALNUTRATION. [pic] This picture was taken in San Rafael, Brgy. Tikilaan, Municipality of Talakag Province of Bukidnon Mindanao Philippines during the feeding mission year 2007. P.I.M.O has blessed this area for the benefit of the Tribal People (HIGA-ONON TRIBE) living in the area. DATE: MAY 5, 2007 [pic] [pic] Political massacre in Maguindanao Philippines The Philippines declared emergency rule and dispatched additional security forces to the southern province of Maguindanao as the death toll in the country's worst election related violence case reached 57. Philippine security forces dug up three vehicles and more bodies. Victims were part of a group who were seized by armed men on 23 November while on their way to file the certificate of candidacy of Buluan Vice Mayor Esmael Mangudadatu for Maguindanao...
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...As the Philippine increases its population every year, there are some instances that accidentally a baby die for some reasons. Based on health statistics, the Philippines is one of the 42 countries that account for 90% of under-five mortality worldwide. 82,000 Filipino children under five years old die every year. 37% of them are newborn. The Child Survival Strategy published by the Department of Health has emphasized the need to strengthen health services of children throughout the stages. The neonatal period has been identified as one of the most crucial phase in the survival and development of the child. The United Nations Millennium Development Goal Number 4 of reducing under five child mortality can be achieved by the Philippines however if the neonatal mortality rates are not addressed from its non-moving trend of decline, MDG 4 might not be achieved Majority of them (3/4) die within the first two days of life. Mostly it is due to stressful events or conditions during labor, delivery and immediate postpartum period. The current practice of handling newborns, like clamping and cutting the umbilical cord and washing the baby right after birth, have been known to actually contribute to the high incidence of neonatal deaths and illnesses in the country. Thus the need for a paradigm shifts from the prevailing standard procedures into the new protocol. With the new protocol, the DOH expects a sharp cut in infant deaths to remove the Philippines from the list of 42 countries...
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...Republic of the Philippines Congress of the Philippines Metro Manila Twelfth Congress Third Regular Session Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-eighth day of July, two thousand three. Republic Act No. 9231 December 19, 2003 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ELIMINATION OF THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR AND AFFORDING STRONGER PROTECTION FOR THE WORKING CHILD, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACTNO. 7610, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “SPECIAL PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AGAINST CHILD ABUSE, EXPLOITATION AND DISCRIMINATION ACT” Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled: Section 1. Section 2 of Republic Act No. 7610, as amended, otherwise known as the “Special Protection of Children Against Child Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act”, is hereby amended to read as follows: “Sec. 2. Declaration of State Policy and Principles. – It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State to provide special protection to children from all forms of abuse, neglect, cruelty, exploitation and discrimination, and other conditions prejudicial to their development including child labor and its worst forms; provide sanctions for their commission and carry out a program for prevention and deterrence of and crisis intervention in situations of child abuse, exploitation and discrimination. The State shall intervene on behalf of the child when the parent, guardian, teacher or person having care or custody...
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...Rizal’s Writings El Filibusterismo by Jose Rizal El Filibusterismo is the second novel written by Doctor Jose Rizal and is a sequel Noli me Tangere. El Filibusterismo means “Reign of Greed” in English. Noli Me Tangere Noli Me Tangere is a Latin word which means “Touch Me Not”. Rizal described in details the sufferings of his countrymen under the Spaniards in this novel. To Josephine Rizal wrote this poem for Josephine Bracken, an Irish woman who went to Dapitan to have her father George Taufer treated for an eye problem. To the Philippine Youth At the age of eighteen years of age, Rizal won first prize for his poem “To the Philippine Youth” in 1879. Our Mother Tongue “Our Mother Tongue” is a poem originally in Tagalog written by Rizal when he was just eight years old. Mi Ultimo Adiós (Original Version) Here is the original Spanish text of My Last Farewell penned by Rizal during his last hours on December 29, 1896. My Last Farewell or Mi Ultimo Adios was the last poem written by Jose Rizal but his friend, Mariano Ponce, was the one who gave the title to this poem. To the Flowers of Heidelberg Jose Rizal wrote “To the Flowers of Heidelberg” on April 24, 1886 while he was in Germany and felt a deep longing for his family and his country. Memories of My Town In “Memories of My Town”, Jose Rizal spoke of his childhood days in Calamba, Laguna recalling his happiest memories of the place and the people. My Retreat Jose Rizal describes...
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