Maryland Baltimore Ethics Role in Business Discussion

Questions to be addressed:

• What are some elements that you need to begin thinking about as you get started as an entrepreneur?
• Whatare some of the important outside resources that helped guide and aidyou through the planning stages of owning a business?
• Describe the importance of networking?
• Did you work with a mentor? Why or why not?
• What type of strategies do you use and how do they impact planning?
• Doyou handle all of the functional areas of business (Operations,Marketing, Management, HR, Finance, or Legal) or do you outsource thesepositions? Why?
• What role do ethics play in business?
• What are some cultural issues that might have an impact on a business that I should be thinking about or at least aware of?
• Do you feel that ethical and legal issues are one in the same? If not, how do they differ?
• How do you feel about technology?