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Blog Post #2: The Strong Impacts of Exogenous Shocks to Businesses

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One of the first-hand business experiences or knowledge I had that had impacted me was during the Thailand flood, that had caused massive floods in industrial areas, which also included the location where my family’s business was. This was a very devastating time, as many factories ranging from tech to garmented companies lost a lot of money when its factory was flooded in Thailand (2011). The Thai flood has influenced me as it made me realise the domino-effect, where the exogenous shock had lead many big and small firms (ex:…read more

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Blog Post #1: Business Ethics and the Slippery Slope Effect

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Chosen article: “The slippery slope of getting away with small stuff” – Bryan Borzykowski Do most company’s choose to perform unethical acts that would benefit the firm more in terms of finance, than choosing to perform more ethical acts that would make the firm benefit less than if it was to perform the unethical acts? This question can be tied into the idea of opportunity cost for a firm that is facing a dilemma in business morality/ethics. From my point of view, it is best if the firm performs ethically…read more

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