Friday, September 24, 2010

Visitor to business class

Westminster’s business class’ latest guest speaker was Mr. Sleeting. Mr. Sleeting’s business background varies from military to corporate finance. He currently works with Mr.Chapman in a small business that offers financial advisement.

His discussion stemmed from the question of “What is not a business?” The class was stretched to first classify the qualifications of a business. Through questions of ethics, the purpose of the business world was steadily unveiled.

After noting what, in fact, is a business, the initial question of, what is not a business, proved to be the most challenging. The only remaining societal non-business is the government. This new discovery proposed a different issue: should the government continue to be run by non business standards? If in fact the government became like a business, would governmental concerns, such as taxes, remain as they are?

---By Ellie Fink

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