[lbo-talk] What should prospective Canadian Managers know about the USA?

[Will Thurber]

I teach the Intro to Business first-year class for business majors here at 
Brock University, In St Catharines, Ontario (10 miles from Niagara 
Falls).  In a few weeks I will give a lecture on "International 
Business."   I want to build that lecture on the theme of "What a Canadian 
Business Manager should know about the USA"

The rationale is that the USA is Canada's biggest trading partner, so if 
they find a job with a company that exports, chances are that most if not 
all of the exports will go to the USA.

I want to touch upon the legal and social environments mostly, but am 
willing to discuss anything that is important.  In the past I have 
discussed the politics behind the US love-hate relationship with free 
trade, but never have I discussed what it is like to be "AN AMERICAN".  It 
always surprises me what a barrier the border is to my students.  Many 
students never venture across just to explore during their 4 year stay 
here.  Concepts like the Pledge of Allegiance are completely foreign to 
them.  Should I include that?  The importance of the 2nd amendment?  Will 
any that help them relate to American co-workers and/or bosses in the future??

I am completely lost and my requests for info from the Department of 
Foreign affairs and Trade have been fruitless.  HELP!