Week 2 EOC: Silicon Valley Rights and Wrongs

In the second episode of "Silicon Valley", the gang faces some challenges, some they handled well, others they did not. For example, one of the best decisions the group did was ad Jared. Jared brought business experience that then led to another thing they did correctly. "Young people are more likely to be successful in their job hunt if they have done some good work experience." The other thing Richard and the group did correctly was interview each group member to find out the strengths and weaknesses of each group. "Working in a group that does not utilize individual strengths is detrimental to the overall performance of the group." ( Vanderweele). Bringing a stripper into a workplace, which Erlich did, was very inappropriate and could be words as sexual harassment in the workplace. "The U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment Commission (EEOC) defines workplace sexual harassment as the act of creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment." Another thing Richard and Elrich did wrong was they were in no way prepared for the interview with Peter Gregory, nor did they create a business plan which Peter Gregory insisted they do. This made Pie Piper look unprofessional and ill prepared to face the challenges of owning an actual business. To go along with the unprofessional aspect, the group did not make Pi Piper an actual corporate nor did they include any actual corporate information. The group also did not patent or copyright their algorithm, which later the competing company found and is now using it as their work. This is very dangerous and is a well lesson learned for the group.


300 words on what they did right and wrong, with 3 quotes from book or internet.


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http://homepages.wmich.edu/~pillsbur/ES%203950/Writing/Sample%20Papers/samplepaper1LV.html

http://employment.findlaw.com/employment-discrimination/sexual-harassment-at-work.html