Day11

2011/12/05 Mon.

 

TA (Teaching Assistant) in SALC (Self Access Language Center) told me that the fastest way to improve my English is to think in English so I try to write this blog in English occasionally.

If you find something wrong with my blog, I appreciate if you correct me :-)

 

Today, I had 4 classes. The first class of the day was International Management at the 3rd period. During the class, I was awarded a red band for the good essay which I submitted last week. I was really relieved because I had despaired of the difficulty of the requirements. That was really good news. 

 

The next class was Media and Politics. Dr. Takekawa let us watch the first 10 minutes of "All the president's men" to demonstrate the watch dog type media, which means investigative journalism. 10 mins was short but enough to see it is interesting so that I'll try to watch all later. 

 

The 3rd was Marketing. The agenda of the day was moral and ethics of the company. During the class, Dr. ALCANTARA presented a very interesting question.

 

 "Your boss handed you a stack of private strategic documents from your company's closest competitors. The documents are marked "proprietary and confidential" that were taken by your boss right off the competing firm's server. Using this confidential information will certainly give you and your company a competitive advantage. What would you do?"

 

I was a bit surprised because most students from abroad were so aggressive that they agreed to steal the information. One of them said he could not reject the order of the boss in a Japanese company, or someone said that he should steal because everyone does. If I were him, I would consult with the other bosses at the higher position in the company, and if all of them agreed to steal, I would start to find other job. If the fact that we stole information from the competitive company happens to be disclosed to customers, the company will lost the credibility from their customers. it is depends on the degree of importance of infromation but I don't think it is reasonable to take such a high-risk activity. Such a good company person I am ;-p

 

After the classes, I went to the SALC to talk to a TA for English speaking training. TA was a very talkative Vietnamese girl. She encouraged me to come to SALC everyday to improve English speaking skill so I will try to do that.