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Chapter 3 Politics, Law, and Business Ethics TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS 1. As a global player in helping communicate, access information, and sell things on the Internet, Yahoo! must be conscious of political and legal differences worldwide. 2. A political system includes the structures, processes, and activities by which a nation governs itself. 3. A country’s political system derives from the history and culture of its people. 4. A political system can be characterized by who participates in it and to what extent they participate. 5. The “four tigers” of Asia—Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan—built strong market economies in the absence of truly democratic practices. 6. In a totalitarian system, individuals govern without the support of the people, government maintains control over many aspects of people’s lives, and leaders do not tolerate opposing viewpoints. 7. A totalitarian system is marked by narrow participation. 8. Totalitarian regimes require the near-total centralization of political power. 9. A “pure” form of totalitarianism is entirely possible. 10. The likelihood that a government or society will undergo political changes that negatively affect local business activity is called tribal totalitarianism. 11. Conflict among races, religions, and ethnic groups is a source of political risk. 12. Frequent changes in the form of government reduces a nation’s political risk. 13. International businesses can reduce their political risk if they simply ignore local customs, values, and traditions. 14. Macro political risk threatens companies within a particular industry or even smaller groups. 15. Local content requirements are one form of political risk. 16. Conflict can arise from a people’s resentment toward their government or from territorial disputes between countries. 17. Terrorism always has silent approval from the local population. 18. Latin American countries have some of the world’s lowest kidnapping rates. 19. Experts agree that the best inves