Monthly Archives: February 2017

05Feb / 2017

Sexual assault scandal

Since Donald Trump has been selected as the new president of America, there are overwhelming news about him. But among these news, I was most impressed by his sexual assault scandal. The news stated: “At least 24 women have accused the Republican president Donald Trump, of inappropriate sexual behaviour in multiple incidents during the last 30 years.”

As a female, I can’t stand this inappropriate sexual behaviour. This behaviour not only destroys the ethical principles of life, but also violates the dignity of women. Although Donald Trump has denied the women’s accusations and dismissing the as “lies” and “fabrications”, there is a lot of evidence to approve his guilty.

In my opinion, this is an ethical issue. In chapter 12 of the text book, there is a specific section about ethics. It defined ethics as the “moral values or principles that guide people’s behavior and inform them whether the actions are right or wrong.” In this incident, it is obvious to see that Donald Trump broke the ethics of his life. He used his high reputation and wealth to violate those women’s both their bodies and dignity. Everyone around the world knows that Donald Trump indeed did these things and I’m doubt whether he can be an ethical leader. A person who couldn’t make an ethical decision on his personal life, how could he make an ethical decision on his country? And this not only bothers me, but also bothers the citizens of the United States. As a political man, the president of a country, if he couldn’t face his own mistakes frankly, how could he lead the whole country down the right path?

In conclusion, I know sometimes it is inevitable to make some decisions which are violated your own principles, but it is unforgivable not to admit your own mistakes.

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Amber Jamieson, Simon Jeffery, & Nicole Puglise. (2016, October 27). A timeline of Donald Trump’s alleged sexual misconduct: who, when and what | US news | The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/13/list-of-donald-trump-sexual-misconduct-allegations

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05Feb / 2017

How to create an effective group?

Throughout commerce courses, students are always divided into different groups and required to work as a team. During last lesson, our professor asked us to share our own good and bad experience when we were working in a team. From those good experience, I found out that good team generally has the following specific characteristics.

Firstly, every member in the team participates in the group discussion and shares their own ideas with each other. A good team always has an open communication. It is also mentioned in chapter 6 of the textbook. It states that open communication is one of the most important characteristics of creating an effective team. Open communication allows team members feel free to express their feelings on the tasks as well as on the group’s operation. This will not only create a harmony working environment, but also improve the effectiveness in a team. secondly, every member is able to come group meeting on time and does their job properly.

However, in my opinion, as a good team member, it is not enough to only do well in our own parts. It is also very necessary for us to help others in a team, which is related to citizenship behaviour. Citizenship behaviour is a person’s voluntary commitment within an organization. All things being equal, a team whose team members who exhibit citizenship behaviour will perform better than one whose members don’t. It means that if all the members are willing to make effort by helping others. This will bring benefits to both our team and ourselves.

In conclusion, it is time for us to stop thinking about just finishing and completing our own parts of work, the success of a team as someone else’s responsibility. This is our mutual responsibility to achieve success. As a result, it is time for every member in a team to manage our time properly to help other group members who needs help.

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