Week 11

I just wanted to share some thoughts regarding to working hours that was discussed last class. As I am looking to work in the business industry, technology such as the cellphone, laptop, internet, all make the standard  9-5 workday unrealistic. If you work in the service industry this applies to you the most. For example, as a corporate lawyer working on an international project your clients are expecting that you reply to their emails, phone calls etc within a short period of time. This means that if they are half way around the world, when they send you a document that needs to be signed in the middle of their work day, you have to wake up in the middle of the night to respond to their request. You are working around the clock or whenever you are needed. This also applies to other sectors such as the health care industry. Doctors are on-call, they definitely do not have normal working hours if they work in a hospital.

This week we took a look at the diminishing privacy left in our lives. I believe in this day and age where are profile is a click away, we can not take piracy for granted because our information is something that can be capitalized on. If our privacy is a good that be bought and sold, businessmen are going to exploit this opportunity to the fullest like they always do with anything. A business exists to make profits, ethics is merely a side story. A database containing our personal information along with our personal preferences is probably being created by Google or a online shopping site.