Business Ethics and Doing Business internationally

Miss Uthaiwan Mingsupakul

ESL 154 Development of Oral Communication

Instructor: Professor Lyra Riabov

Content

1. The type and the name of business2. The country to do business with3. The number of employees and

where they are from4. The differences in business ethics

between Thailand and USA.

The type of business

Full service Thai restaurant

Location

“Thai big elephant”

The United States of America

The name of Business

Country Doing Business With

The United States of America

The number of employees

3 cooks

4 wait staff

Thailand

Differences in business ethics

Thailand USA

Self-service

Street vendors

Low hygiene

Low prices, low income

Wait staff

Less competition

Hygiene is required

High prices, high income

Conclusion

Business ethics in our own culture changes when doing business internationally.

To have a successful business internationally, these differences need to be thought about and put into the business plan.

References

“May Thai Restaurant" Retrieved from Yahoo Images on Sept 18, 2007 from <http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkaboutwolf/102025967/>

“Baby bowing elephant" Retrieved from Yahoo Images on Sept 18, 2007 from <http://www.flickr.com/photos/linzexploringtheworld/20071910/>

Blass, Laurie. Quest 2: Listening and Speaking. 2nd Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2007.