You are, or are contemplating, doing business in/between East Asia, Australasia, and North America. The markets seem ripe; the economic forecasts look good. But do you know where your risks  really are? We can help you identify and prepare for the often unseen risks of global business management.

Corporate & International Business Services

• Analysis: Ethical, Int'l Legal, and Political Risk Analyses for import/export and joint ventures in high technology goods and services



• Audits: Ethical, Int'l Legal, and Political Risk Audits for domestic and foreign ventures, including guidance under the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and the OECD Bribery Convention



• Dispute Resolution: Arrange and Prepare for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration of Commercial Disputes within the U.S. and overseas



• Facilitation and Training: Transnational Negotiation Strategies for nationals and expatriots located in North America, Australasia and East Asia



• Seminars and Workshops: Sessions in Cross-Cultural Ethical & Political Risk Management, and Diversity & Affirmative Action/EEO Planning

* IL&PRC was a risk information brokerage, helping companies large and small from 1985-2004 to compete ethically, wisely, while minimizing risk in the global marketplace. It is now closed. *

Documents & Selected Readings

Syllabus for Ethics & International Business (ANU MBAX - Apr 2002)

Click here to review brief cases in business ethics; and click here to review a series of longer vignettes in int'l business for deeper study.

Syllabus for International Business Negotiation (ANU MBAX - Apr 2002)

Click here to review group negotiation project cases.

Click here to review individual negotiation project cases.

Click here to review concession slides.

Click here to download int'l negotiations slides (Freelance Graphics format)
If you do not own Lotus' Freelance Graphics program, click here to download the free FG Screen Show Player (MS Windows viewer), or download the free Mobile Screen Show Player direct from Lotus, in order to view this slide presentation

Common Knowledge as a Barrier to Negotiation, by Ian Ayres and Barry J. Nalebuff
This is a large PDF file (116k - 36 pages), requiring Adobe Acrobat Reader

Effective Legal Negotiation and Settlement, Second Edition, by Charles B. Craver     This book is provided in html format for browsers; see especially chapter 16 on negotiation ethics.

Legal Implications of Network Economic Effects, by Mark Lemley and David McGowan
This is a large PDF file (452k - 204 pages), requiring Adobe Acrobat Reader

Organizing for Empowerment, by Suzy Wetlaufer
An interview on business ethics with Dennis Bakke & Roger Sant of AES Corp, from the Harvard Business Review     This is a large PDF file (1324k with embedded photos and charts), requiring Adobe Acrobat Reader

RealVideo lectures on Confucian Ethics, by Tu Wei-ming at the University of San Diego (January 1998) Additional resources and links to Confucian ethics and thought also available on this site

Reports on Nike's and Reebok's Overseas Business Activity

• Fair Labor Association, Report on Apparel and Footwear Monitoring (June 2003)

• Global Alliance Report on Nike in Indonesia (2001)    (large pdf file - 447k)

• Nike's Executive Summary (1997)

• Nike's Response (1997)

• Nike's Code of Conduct (1997)

• Andrew Young's Report on Nike (1997)   (large html file - 88k)

• Report on Reebok (1999)    (large pdf file - 570k)

• To review Nike's continuing announcements and explanations of its activities, both in the U.S. and overseas, see the company's public relations website

• To review a letter and other links concerning academic economists' response to the anti-sweatshop movement, see the Academic Consortium on International Trade (ACIT) website.

• For a recent (9 May 2001) review of the human rights records of Nike and Reebok, and why the latter is getting better publicity than the former, see Advantage Reebok from Law.com