Group Technology Utilization

Thinking back on our client project I realized that we relied quite heavily on technology. Most vital to our group was the file exchange feature on the group page of blackboard. This is where all the meeting minutes were posted in case you missed one. Also this is where we each posted our separate parts of the report and PowerPoint so they could be compiled into one piece. This was the first class that I have taken that utilized the group page or the file exchange. They are both very convenient and useful tools. Our group also emailed each other quite regularly, especially to make sure we were all on the same page about when we were meeting or what each group member was expected to have. Aside from blackboard and email, our project and presentation used Microsoft Word and PowerPoint. Each group member was familiar with these tools. We also uploaded digital pictures of the organic farm into our presentation. We did not have any virtual class meetings; however, if I was more familiar with that ability I believe it would have been a great substitute for meeting in person. It would have been more convenient for everybody. This format would have only worked if did not need to do a lot of back and forth discussion or exchange documents as this would have been slower in the virtual classroom. Overall our group did take advantage of a good amount of the technological capacity available to us, despite our perceived general ineptitude for technology. Hopefully all the technology works as it should and our presentation goes smoothly tomorrow.

Ethical Environment of Business

The biggest thing that I took away from our examples of poor ethical conduct in the business world is how deceptive and unclear business communication can be. The excerpt written concerning the design of vans for the Nazi party was a particularly effective example. The whole class read and analyzed the paragraphs, but it was only after several minutes of in-depth discussion and some steering in the right direction by Angie that we even knew what the writer was talking about. It was a little chilling to know that we did not even recognize the seriously disturbing nature of the excerpt.

I think it is important to recognize what is important to your own moral character, especially in the business world. You should probably take a step back and analyze any job or assignment you are given in your business career that requires you to use such vague and imprecisely language as can be found in the memo about the vans. If you are required to write in this manner because your company is trying to hide something, you should evaluate whether you should continue to call this company your employer.