Businessmen behind bars: the growing hazards of flouting the law in foreign lands

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With increasing frequency, businessmen assigned to foreign countries are being arrested and imprisoned for breach of local laws. Examples of such cases are discussed, including: the life imprisonment in Libya of a British executive of Plessey PLC, the arrest of an owner of a road-building firm in Colombia, two Australian businessmen sentenced to death in Malaysia, and the British engineer who, along with his wife, faces possible beheading in Saudi Arabia. Most businessmen identify the Middle East as the worst area of the world insofar as enforcing local laws on visiting foreigners is concerned, although nations in the Far East, Latin America and Europe are also cracking down in areas where they had been 'looking the other way' for foreign businessmen. The reasons for arrest of foreign businessmen range from smuggling and murder to failure to register with local authorities and bouncing checks. Foreign businessmen are well-advised to: register with their embassies upon entering a foreign country, avoid photographing public buildings and any area that is military, minimize political discussion while in the foreign country, never show anger or ill-will, assume that telephones and hotel rooms are bugged, avoid involvement in fights and local disturbances (including the offer of help), and never act as a courier for someone else.

Usage, Laws, regulations and rules, International business enterprises, Multinational corporations, International economic relations, International relations, Commerce, Foreign law, Pleading and proof of, Pleading and proof of foreign law

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Xerox searches for life beyond boxes

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Xerox Corp.'s CEO David T. Kearns believes that it is vital that the company not limit itself by over-emphasizing its photocopier business and that it continue to pursue interests in office automation and personal computer markets. Roland Magnin, CEO of Rank Xerox Ltd., the British subsidiary of Xerox, agrees with Kearns that the company must break from its reliance on selling 'boxes' (standalone copiers, electronic typewriters, and laser printers) and begin selling 'systems' (integrated office information systems). The company has one advantage in the crowded and competitive office automation market in that it considers its copiers have provided it with a clearly defined niche from which it can branch out. The urgency of the move from boxes to systems and the steps the company has made to realize its goals are described.

Analysis, Office equipment and supplies, Office supplies, Computer industry, Technology application, Business planning, Photocopiers, Diversification in industry, Industrial diversification, Copying machines, Kearns, David T., Magnin, Roland

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