INTERVIEW ACTIVITY IN BMGT 102: BUSINESS ETHICS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Keefe P. Mentino 12-ABM (WEEKS 3-4)

Activity
Interview Activity: Interview 3 people from different companies but in the same industry. (e.g 3 bankers
from different banking institutions). Ask the following:
1. Can you describe to me your company’s culture?
2. Does your company culture fit your personality type?
3. What's the best part of working here that I wouldn't be able to see on a tour?
4. Describe the work-life balance of employees.
5. What's one thing you would change about the company if you could change absolutely anything?

FINDINGS:

COMPILATION OF INTERVIEW ANSWERS

Note: Interview was done through chats and no physical contact was made. Answers here does not reflect the original and raw
answers of respondents. It is somewhat paraphrased yet the point or content is still the same.
QUESTIONS:
1. Can you describe to me
your company’s culture?
2. Does your company
culture fit your personality
type?
3 Teachers from Different Institutions/School
TEACHER # 1
Private School A
Most of my co-workers
are approachable and
jolly, yet there are some
superiors who are too
bossy and very task-
oriented. Some bosses I
can say, is also money-
driven or someone who
focuses on the end
results only as well as
the fame.
I can say that I am only
somewhat fit in terms
of the culture just like
in the goal of being
number one. I always
want to excel. It’s hard
to adjust day-to-day,
TEACHER # 2 TEACHER # 3
Private School B Private School C
The culture is religion- It is very environment-
oriented, especially friendly. Bosses also take
Christianity. good care of us, the
Employees are more of employees. We are given
career-focused enough trainings,
individuals. They give seminars and extra
high regards to those activities to enjoy our
with advance education stay with the institution. I
like people with also like that they are
masters or doctorate focused on the goal of
degree. giving quality education
and access to its students.
They really strive to not
be the best, but to get
most students and give
them the comfort of being
home yet learning the
most lessons as they can.
Fairly. We are just Yes, absolutely! It’s my
humans, sometimes we passion to teach my
commit mistakes that students in the best
goes against the possible way and their
culture. mission and culture just
fits with me and makes
me do my job better.
 but I can handle.

3. What's the best part of I can say the best part is It is the relational I can say that it would be
working here that I the bond of us, the aspect of every the relationship of all
wouldn't be able to see on employees. We do employee to one including the faculty,
a tour? some out of work another. staff, board, and students.
wandering around the People might see that we
city. It helps us ease are too small and very
our stress and feel for engaged to extra-
some time that we are curricular activities but it
not tired. is a way to build great
relationships with
everyone. Even the
maintenance staff and
guards are treated fairly
by heads and the students.

4. Describe the work-life Overall, it is seamlessly It is slightly balanced. It is not that hectic. As I
balance of employees. fair. There is not that In terms of work, work said, the institution
much overtime and if is work. You can only provides breaks and
ever there is, we are have quality time with activities that can make
being paid at some yourself and your us rest a little bit about
point. After the family by applying or work. We also have
working hours or in filing a leave. smaller work hours
breaks, we can still talk needed to stay in the
about our outside work office compared to other
lives that’s why I think schools and that
its balance. contributes much to the
overall work-life balance
of employees.

5. What's one thing you If I would change I will improve one I can say is to banish
would change about the something, I would aspect. It is to become favouritism. It is
company if you could change the culture of more considerate and somewhat prevalent that
change absolutely very tight competition compassionate with there are special
anything? between higher their students. They treatments in some people
positions. I don’t like it should be the one that including teachers and
as it can cause conflict is the most important, students. I want to change
between departments, compared to its it especially for students,
resulting in poorer employees. so that there would be
performance. healthy competition and
to make sure that they
really receive the
recognition that they
deserve.

LEARNINGS:
From the data above, I can say that a corporate culture has major and minor impacts to the performance of
the employees and of the whole firm or organization. I have learned that it is important to establish a good
corporate culture so that the overall feedback of the organization is also good. If it is a not so good, it
could result to dissatisfied employees that can eventually haunt your organization’s reputation. I also
learned that it is important to dig deeper on the organization before judging them. As I interview some
employee, some of their answers did not incline with my way of thinking. Some think that their school is
better as it is good in making relationships with its employees. I also learned that as an employee, you
should be able to see the best fit of culture to yourself. In that way, you can be better at work and be better
overall. Not every company is perfect, you just need to find the perfect culture in which you can jive with.