My experience with talking to a local was a little difficult. When asking her about sustainability, she did not really know what I meant. After explaining it to her, she told me that all recycling gets shipped to Athens and they take care of it. I then thought it was funny because after we took a picture, she asked me to retake it because she thought she looked bad.

On yesterday’s excursion to Hydra, we had the opportunity to ride donkeys. That was one of the highlights of this trip for me, even though the guys taking us talked about us the entire time. We were able to see parts of the island that I would not have gotten to see otherwise.

The company I researched today was Quest, a sustainability company in Greece. I learned that their sustainability statement is “focused on the strategic planning of its growth and development, with its people at the core and with emphasis on sustainable development, good corporate governance as well as medium and long term ESG strategy and objectives.” They have a low power distance because they give all employees equal opportunities. They are also a collectivism company because they think goals and people’s well-being is what are important and they focus on teamwork. Their main level of ethical responsibility is the do good section. Some characteristics of this level include the development of leadership skills, technical and vocational training, support youth-led and start-up businesses, support high quality education, combat against poverty, hunger, and social inequalities, make donations to education, and have voluntary blood donations.

I found it interesting that climate change has a greater impact on Greece because of its island nature. Greece benefits from solar, wind, and tidal energy. This was the first time I have heard of tidal energy and it comes from the ocean. I was also surprised to see Greece ranks lower with a score of 75 than the average EU which has a score that averages at 100 for their energy use.
Yesterday, we toured the Temple of Poseidon. The temple served as a place where the people hoped to appease the god of the sea. Only part is remaining because the rest was destroyed by the Persians during the war in 480 B.C.

One thing that brought me out of my comfort zone on this trip was that when I arrived in Greece, my luggage did not arrive with me. The first person I talked to about it spoke no English. The next person I talked to was able to help but I still did not receive my luggage for another 3 days. I had to borrow clothes from people I had just met since I had no time to go shopping.

The company that I researched yesterday was uber. I learned that they were involved in many confidentiality issues. An employee was accused of transferring information to his personal computer. That same employee accused Uber of wiretapping his phone. This information led to other information about an employee who recorded a meeting and released it to the media. In response, Uber denounced its intelligence team.