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| How would you handle these situations at your job? Your company is overcharging customers. selling defective merchandise. selling unsafe merchandise. asking workers to work in an unsafe environment. selling private customer information. importing illegal substances (endangered animals, illegal medicine, etc.). owned by the yakuza. operating an unsafe nuclear reactor. manufacturing its goods in sweatshops in Asia. |
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| Look at the list of ways to lose one’s job on p. 68. How culture-specific does the list seem to you? Is this a useful list for Japanese employees? How would a list tailored for Japanese employees differ? |
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| Other experiences, stories, research... Download page: http://tonyinosaka.googlepages.com/tonysensei Extra Material: http://www.impactseries.com/Issues_new/issues_link.html Video (opinions): http://www.impactseries.com/Issues_new/issues_personal_opi.html |
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| STRONGLY recommended: Silkwood <http://snipurl.com/3ecyb> The China Syndrome <http://snipurl.com/3ecz1> |
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