Reading the comment of a Samsung executive on Steven Jobs’ death opens your eyes on the cutthroat attitude of business. I have always believed that companies -although competing in same markets and same products- managed to get along. I understood the need for a competitive edge and a need for the company to do better than the competitor, however, I never realized the intensity and war-like attitude of many executives that run companies. Executives like Michael Pennington, who made the comment on capitalizing on Steve Jobs’ death dampens my hope for equal competition with healthy sportsmanship.
I have always wanted to become an innovator and have the ability to create innovations to make the world more efficient and modern, however, with the current state of business it is extremely hard to be hopeful for aspirations such as that. Having the ability to succeed in the business world seems to be becoming more and more ferocious as companies fight for the competitive edge. I do condone healthy competition, nonetheless, when the death of a CEO occurs, it has come to the point where people wish to use it as a way of boosting their own company in the means of becoming number one.
Reference:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/16/samsung-steve-jobs-death-attack_n_5161877.html?utm_hp_ref=android