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1. Currency hedging Alpha and Omega are U.S. corporations. Alpha has a plant in Hamburg that imports components from the United States, assembles them, and then sells the finished product in Germany. Omega is at the opposite extreme. It also has a plant in Hamburg, but it buys its raw material in Germany and exports its output back to the United States.
How is each firm likely to be affected by a fall in the value of the euro?
How could each firm hedge itself against exchange risk?
2. What is the "reserve ratio?" What changes do you observe during expansionary and contractionary monetary policies?
3. Today, detailed policy manuals, a full staff of compliance professionals and rigorous training programs are the norm at most Fortune 500 companies. But what about your company? Does your company adopt a compliance program, and is it worth the cost? Based on the above article, discuss the five reason to adapt an effective corporate ethics and compliance program in regards to your company?
4. "Concerns about compliance have made companies wary of storing their data in public cloud environments". Do you agree with this statement? Does your company use cloud computing? Please discuss it in regards to your company?