Business Ethics and Doing Business internationally Miss Uthaiwan Mingsupakul ESL 154 Development of Oral Communication Instructor: Professor Lyra Riabov

Content 1. The type and the name of business 2. The country to do business with 3. The number of employees and where they are from 4. The differences in business ethics between Thailand and USA.

The type of business  Full service Thai restaurant

Location  “Thai big elephant” The United States of America The name of Business Country Doing Business With The United States of America

The number of employees  3 cooks  4 wait staff  Thailand

Differences in business ethics ThailandUSA  Self-service  Street vendors  Low hygiene  Low prices, low income  Wait staff  Less competition  Hygiene is required  High prices, high income

Conclusion  Business ethics in our own culture changes when doing business internationally.  To have a successful business internationally, these differences need to be thought about and put into the business plan.

References  “May Thai Restaurant" Retrieved from Yahoo Images on Sept 18, 2007 from  “Baby bowing elephant" Retrieved from Yahoo Images on Sept 18, 2007 from  Blass, Laurie. Quest 2: Listening and Speaking. 2 nd Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2007.