Pre-discussion "When does the responsibility lie?"

Q1 : Should Government be responsible for keeping consumers safe

Indeed it is up to our governments to make sure the general safety of citizens is not threatened by minority groups, lobbies or private interests. Actually, it is one of the main responsibilities of a government. For instance, if a company starts to sell a product that could be harmful for citizen's health, it will undermine the government budget because healthcare expenses will dramatically increase. It's a high cost for a government and for society in general. Moreover, if every company sells whatever it wants, regarless from rules and guidelines, it will engender anarchy and prevent any citizen from a sustainable development.

Q5 : Should individuals be free to choose risky behavior if they want to? Explain

We have to be careful and make a clear distinction between the individual interest and the general interest. As long as an individual interest or behavior does not threaten other individuals interest or general interest, people are free to have the behavior they want to. Smoking is a good example. People are allowed to smoke at home or outside in the street. But when they start to "poison" or "pollute" other people or children lives, it becomes a big issue. To sum up, the individual freedom ends up when other people's freedom starts.

Feedback on my Research Project : Pandemic Flu

Research Paper

1. Do you think your writing has improved overall by doing this paper? Explain.
Paraphrasing helps a lot to improve writing skills.

2. What are some of the skills you improved in while doing the paper?
Reading several books and articles in english, summarizing main ideas and trying to put them in a consistent plan seem to be a very good warm-up for the MBA program.

3. How do you feel about your paper?
I think I have done a good job!

Presentations

1. Did you enjoy listening to the presentations?
Some topics were very interesting and I learned quite useful things. I believe everything relies on the speaker. It's up to him or her to make a presentation attractive for the audience

2. What did you learn about presentation techniques while listening to them?
Well... I have have some background on presentations techniques so I didn't learn more than I already know

3. What did you learn during the process of preparing for your presentations?
A good rehearsal can improve the quality of your presentation. it makes all parts of the presentation connected.

4. Were you satisfied with you own presentation?
Yes. It was a challenge to make a scientific issue (bird flu) interesting and to turn it into an understandable topic for my classmates

Comments on the Public Lecture Project

It was the first time I went to a public lecture (presented in English I mean). I believe this is a good experience to improve your listening skills. Indeed, in such presentations you could interact with native people and not only with students. Besides that, I learned some interesting things about Palliative care. Before attending this lecture, I had thought that Palliative care is only about cancer patients and the management of intractable pain. Then I realised that patients with neurological disorders are a growing segment of the population and they also require palliative care because of PROGRESSIVE neurological disease. Additionally, Dr Borasio is an excellent speaker. During his presentation, he tryed to make things explicit for the public audience