This week in our CSR course, we had a lot of discussion about companies and the technicalities that are involved in management and governance of their innerworkings. Additionally, it was interesting to discuss and debate the two scenarios of the bank fraud article, which was my favorite part of this week’s discussion. My group argued why it is imperative that the bank has protocols in place to flag suspicious deposits in order to protect people from falling for scams. Although we argued that it was the bank’s fault that an elderly woman was a victim of fraud, it was eye-opening to understand why it was not actually the fault of the bank, and the elderly widow who lost over $700,000 had to face all of the consequences.

In my internship, I was assigned a few tasks to complete in the next few weeks. I received more information about the firm newsletter that I will be writing about. I chose to discuss labor laws and employee data privacy and security. My boss instructed me to learn many different country’s labor and employment laws, such as Italy, Germany, France, Spain, USA, and the UK. I have been finding the small differences between each country’s labor laws, however they are usually quite similar. Lastly, I have been instructed to find international law firms that represent employees in labor law cases and reach out to them to join the company’s international lawyers network.

This week in Milan, I started getting lunch with my coworkers. It has been a lot of fun getting to know everyone who works at my firm as well as the other IES interns. They are from different parts of the US and it’s been interesting to hear about where they go to school. Our program took a trip to Verona for the holiday on Friday. We explored Verona and took a tour of the city as well as a winery. The lunch that was served was so good and it was interesting to see how the wine company ages their wine in their cellar. For the rest of the weekend, we went shopping and explored the stores near the Duomo.