After reading the prescribed sections of Chapters 4 and 5 in the textbook and the Lesson Modules on Culture and on Ethics, answer the questions below and respond to posts from at least two other students. General guidance and grading criteria for these discussions are provided on a separate page above.

Please answer both questions. For instructions and grading criteria, see the page above, and stick to the word count mentioned there.

Questions

Suppose you have to send a team to discuss an important business proposal with a local company in a certain Muslim country and the best person to put in charge would be a top female executive. A colleague asks whether, as a woman, she might not be well accepted and whether her male deputy should be sent instead. How do you respond and why?