Are Polish Entrepreneurs Swindlers?

Well imagine my reaction to reading this headline published by News From Poland (pictured):

Poles distrust entrepreneurs

According to a survey by PBS DGA (English here), almost eighty percent of Poles (1,000 people surveyed) believe that Polish entrepreneurs are thieves, cheaters and swindlers.

How could this be?

Half of the respondents claim that businessmen manage to achieve success and grow rich through backdoor activity and contacts with politicians. Every fifth Pole thinks that financial success can be achieved only by violating the law, i.e. fixing tenders, giving bribes or stealing confidential information from rival companies.

Care to weigh in with your comments or share your experience? As always, we welcome hearing from you!

Swiat Nauki

Yesterday, I visited Borders downtown Chicago, and scanned the recent edition of Scientific American (SA). I got caught up in "Does Language Shape What We Think?" Later, because I was so impressed with all the great content, I decided to check out SA's website. My goodness, I had no idea how global they are.

Swiat Nauki is their Poland edition. According to Google Translate, Swiat Nauki stands for "World Science."

If you want to get a quick course in cross-cultural online communications, pay a visit to each of these wonderful Scientific American sites from all over the world. You get a good feel on what works, what doesn't, especially on design and color schemes.

Russia
Spain
Taiwan
Italy
Japan
India
Israel
Germany
France
Czech Republic
Holland
Brazil
China
United States

Look at all the other countries that Scientific American operates in here.