Inter-cultural Presentation
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In this presentation, our group acted as staff members of a international relationship team for a multi-national company. Our team was tasked to develop a presentation for sales representatives to assisst and help them acquire new business accounts in Japan. The presentation included a brief history of Japan, its culture, and the proper etiquette an employee needs to remember while doing business in Japan.
My group assigned me to research the proper etiquette in gift giving and dining using at least one peer reviewed article. My research gave me the knowledge that gift giving in Japan is part of their culture. Gifts are given to one another for every occasion or as a souvenir or as a simple thank-you gift. Giving gifts to Japanese business associates is a must in conducting business in that country. I also learned that the dining etiquette in Japan is different in the U.S. Japanese uses a different utensil, called the chopsticks, to eat food. Some of their restaurants have low tables and cushions instead of the tables and chairs. The Japanese people also have different eating rules that differs from the west such as lifting small bowls close to your mouth and making slurping sounds when eating soup.
The presentation gave me the oppurtunity to learn a different culture. It also helped developed my communication skills, and gave me the confidence to give a presentation in front of a diverse audience (in terms of gender and nationality). My group and I learned that some habits could be impolite to other culture even if that said habit was normal in your own culture. It made us recognize that we should be careful to what we say and do when performing business with a person from a different culture.
My group assigned me to research the proper etiquette in gift giving and dining using at least one peer reviewed article. My research gave me the knowledge that gift giving in Japan is part of their culture. Gifts are given to one another for every occasion or as a souvenir or as a simple thank-you gift. Giving gifts to Japanese business associates is a must in conducting business in that country. I also learned that the dining etiquette in Japan is different in the U.S. Japanese uses a different utensil, called the chopsticks, to eat food. Some of their restaurants have low tables and cushions instead of the tables and chairs. The Japanese people also have different eating rules that differs from the west such as lifting small bowls close to your mouth and making slurping sounds when eating soup.
The presentation gave me the oppurtunity to learn a different culture. It also helped developed my communication skills, and gave me the confidence to give a presentation in front of a diverse audience (in terms of gender and nationality). My group and I learned that some habits could be impolite to other culture even if that said habit was normal in your own culture. It made us recognize that we should be careful to what we say and do when performing business with a person from a different culture.
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Ethics Problem Presentation
Enron Scandal
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In this presentation, our team acted as staff members of the Human Resources Employee Development in a large American company. Many of the newly hired employees of the company came from the “millennial” generation and are too young to remember the key ethical crises that occurred in American businesses over the last two decades. The CEO of the company tasked our team to develop a presentation for the new employees to encourage them to make good ethical decisions when developing new products and services for your company and its customers. Our presentation focused on the 2001 Enron Scandal that led to the bankruptcy of the Enron Corporation. We decided to present the "Rise and Fall of Enron" with the emphasis on the greed of the people and the ethical decisions they took in deciding the fate of the company.
My group tasked me to research the beginnings of Enron and the method they used to conceal the fraud they are committing. I learned in my research that greed can make people make unethical decisions. Greed for money is probably the number one reason why companies make unethical decision. Fear can also induce people to do unethical behaviors. In this case, the company policies forced the employees to make unethical decision for fear of being discharge from their job.
The Enron scandal also taught me that one decision can affect different stakeholders of different organizations. Enron, which incurred a massive debt, was affected by the deregulation of gas pipelines that limit their ways of making money. The corporation was forced to find alternatives cover their debts. This led to them to exploit the accounting loopholes, special purpose entities, and poor financial reporting to hide billions of dollars in debt from failed deals and projects. This exploitation also affected another company, Arthur Andersen LLC, from making unethical behaviors. Andersen became their accomplice in hiding the truth.
The key thing I learned from this presentation is keeping your integrity. Having your integrity intact can help you sleep with a clean conscience.
My group tasked me to research the beginnings of Enron and the method they used to conceal the fraud they are committing. I learned in my research that greed can make people make unethical decisions. Greed for money is probably the number one reason why companies make unethical decision. Fear can also induce people to do unethical behaviors. In this case, the company policies forced the employees to make unethical decision for fear of being discharge from their job.
The Enron scandal also taught me that one decision can affect different stakeholders of different organizations. Enron, which incurred a massive debt, was affected by the deregulation of gas pipelines that limit their ways of making money. The corporation was forced to find alternatives cover their debts. This led to them to exploit the accounting loopholes, special purpose entities, and poor financial reporting to hide billions of dollars in debt from failed deals and projects. This exploitation also affected another company, Arthur Andersen LLC, from making unethical behaviors. Andersen became their accomplice in hiding the truth.
The key thing I learned from this presentation is keeping your integrity. Having your integrity intact can help you sleep with a clean conscience.
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