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What kinds of roles do labor unions play in improving the employee relations in managing a global workforce? Why do think the roles of the labor unions are generally weakening as the world economy becomes increasingly global?

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Overall, there are fewer union strikes worldwide, and the global trend has been away from collectivism and trade unionism, with the fastest-growing sectors of the world economy being nonunion.

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One way in which MNCs can be vulnerable to unions is:

Many countries require that companies, regardless of reason for termination, provide payment to former employees based on such factors as employee age, years of employment with the company, and most recent rate of pay.

An important ethical goal of employee relations that also has important bottom-line benefits includes the design of work that is personally satisfying and meaningful beyond just providing a job to support personal and family livelihood.

Organizations, in the interest of securing cheap labor contracts in their own domestic context, often overlook their due diligence responsibilities regarding the documentation details and working conditions of their contracted workers.

Which of the following represents a potential advantage of an MNC over a domestic labor union?

Many MNCs are finding that they face a(an) __________, in which their legal liability for unfair discrimination can cross national borders to protect their expatriate employees assigned to other countries where antidiscrimination laws may be weak or nonexistent.

Beyond helping to surface new productive information and insights, genuine two-way communication also can benefit an organization by encouraging a more open and trusting organizational culture.

The parties that make up the primary employment relationship underlying an organization's employee relations (ER) activity are the:

This is a form of professional support that organizations can provide for employees who are experiencing emotional or psychological difficulty that interferes with both employee well-being and overall productivity.

Internal company factors such as company culture, general management philosophy, and prevailing management style can be very influential in determining ER policy and practices despite heavy governmental regulations and union pressure.

Employee relations (ER) is best considered as the field within human resource management that consists of matters dealing with:

The most effective disciplinary action is characterized by public punishment and minimal opportunity for the guilty employee to provide excuses for unacceptable performance.

Organizations holding managers accountable for their contributions represents which major priority for achieving success in planning and dealing with employee health and safety?

Although a MNC may be barred from illegal discriminatory practices in their headquarters home country, their employees are not legally protected from such practices when they are assigned by the MNC as expatriates to other countries.

Besides decreased performance capability and increased legal liability due to workplace discrimination, companies can suffer significant damage in image and reputation among consumers and potential employees.

Regardless of governmental requirements, organizations are wise to carefully consider, even during an economic downturn, possible viable alternatives to layoffs to preserve a positive image and to have a head start with a ready workforce when economic conditions improve.

Despite a MNC's location of home headquarters, it typically still is subject to the anti-discrimination laws of the host country.

This morning an employee who has worked with a company for five years came to work 15 minutes late, whereupon his supervisor met with and fired the employee. Under a progressive disciplinary system, it is feasible that the supervisor's behavior would be appropriate.