I watched the movie the Constant Gardener.  I noticed a few things that relate to what we have discussed in class.  The first most obvious one that stuck out to me was the bribery the African government wanted the main character to use to pay them off.  Justin was really confused about what they wanted because where he is from they don’t use bribery. Later on in the movie Justin thought bribery was acceptable he tried to pay the plane pilot to get a child on the plane but then it wasn’t acceptable.

The second issue that related to our class was how Tessa was ignorant to the African society when it is related to business.  An example of this is when there was a party Tessa confronted a businessman in front of everybody expecting an answer.

The whole movie was about the issue of a drug company from Britain using Africans for testing.  This relates to the class because instead of staying in Britain and using some other form of testing, they went to Africa where the “labor” was cheap and could get away with it.

I feel like there wasn’t much success on Justin or Tessa’s part because they ignored a lot of the ways the Africans do business.  They were close with the villages but the villages weren’t who they needed to be concerned about.  They needed to be concerned with who ran the area which was the government.  I think that is why Justin and Tessa both ended up dead.

In the clip we watched from the movie we were suppose to find what the message was and who was it going from and to.  To me the message was to the girl from the older lady who was a guest in the home.  The message was they knew that the young girl was a thief.  The older lady was trying to tell the younger girl that they are aware everyone has a bad judgment call and her stealing was just that.  She needs to be careful or she needs to right the wrong she had done.

Sexism is discrimination based on sex, generally towards women in the business world.  It’s a growing concern if sexism is acceptable because everyone in America is equal.  When doing business with a different country we need to not only look at our laws and customs, but also we need to investigate theirs.  Most middle eastern countries are governed under Islamic law.  As we have learned, it is against the law for men and women to work together even in a below minimum wage job like factory work.   If it is against rules for women and men to work in a factory together, how appalled would someone with power be if a woman showed up to negotiate a deal?  In countries like these it is just out of the question for women to physically be there and be apart of the negotiating process.  If we are ignorant and choose to send women to do business with a country that doesn’t operate that was it will ruin that certain deal and could affect previous or future contracts.  Therefore I think it is in our best interest for the company and the company’s shareholders to respect the other country’s rules and customs.  Many countries are slowly allowing women to have more equality, but it takes time.  The future is full of unknowns maybe one day women will have equality in all parts of the world but until then I think we should respect other’s customs.

I hope we get out of class early!

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