Instructions Answer the following questions with the greatest amount of detail possible:

1. How can diversity create competitive advantage for a firm?

2. If a subordinate came to you and said that they felt the company's new diversity hiring initiative was unfair and would compromise their well-deserved opportunities for advancement, how would you respond?

3. What can leaders do to be effective when team members are from different cultures and have different expectations about how the leaders should behave?

4. Identify at least three ways in which the globalization of business affects businesses in your community? What are your personal opinions about international outsourcing in the garment industry?

5. Do you think that lower prices are worth sending U.S. jobs to other countries? Explain your answer.