Write at least a one-page (maximum two pages—one full page per scenario) report, about the scenarios below, answering the questions related to each scenario.

Pleasewrite about the following ethical challenges

Support your position with facts, reliable information, textbook, appropriate resources, videos, etc.—credit will only be given for supported content, not merely opinions):

Scenario 1: You are a lawyer working with the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands. You have been asked to review a recent decision regarding extraterritoriality. The case: French survivors of the Holocaust sued Yahoo! U.S.A. because French citizens were purchasing Nazi memorabilia on Yahoo!'s U.S. Web site. The lawsuit also charged Yahoo! U.S.A. with hosting the Web sites of anti-Semitic groups. Although both these actions are illegal according to French law, they are permitted in the United States because of U.S. legislation protecting free speech. Because Yahoo!'s French Web site did not violate French law, the U.S. federal judge hearing the case threw it out. The judge ruled that French law does not have the right to dictate the behavior of U.S. firms operating inside the United States. Today, the Internet sometimes makes it difficult to determine where jurisdictions begin and end. Please respond to the following:

If you had been the judge in this case, would you have ruled similarly and explain why or why not? (Support your decision with resources, facts, etc., in order to have the opportunity to earn full credit)

List all factors you considered in arriving at your decision. (Support with concepts covered in chapter and other appropriate resources in order to have the opportunity to earn full credit )

Please describe in some detail any Internet controls that could stop such cases from happening in the future? (Support your decision with resources, facts, etc., in order to have the opportunity to earn full credit)

Scenario 2: You are an independent consultant currently working for Philip Morris Tobacco Company. Competitors are alleging that in important developing markets such as Turkey, Philip Morris created special tobacco blends containing additives that give brands such as Marlboro an extra "kick." If true, practices such as this by tobacco companies put the "standardization versus adaptation" issue in an unusual perspective. Please respond to the following:

Explain in some detail the differences between standardization and adaptation in global marketing?

If Philip Morris does, in fact, adapt its products this way, do you agree that such policies are ethical? Explain in some detail why or why not? (Support your decision with resources, facts, etc., to have the opportunity to earn full credit)

If summoned before the firm's board of directors, describe in some detail what kind of advice you would give regarding the company's policy on this issue? (Support with concepts covered in chapter and other appropriate resources in order to have the opportunity to earn full credit)

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