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1 John graduated from an accredited four‐year program in interior design and has been working as a residential interior designer for six years. A past client asks John to design a 50‐unit assisted‐living facility in a foreign country. The project would include the design of nursing care units as well as assisted living units. John has designed one senior living facility, but it was a senior independent living apartment complex of 20 units. John has the language skills to do the project, but no experience in working outside the United States. Should John take on this project?

2 Robert was very interested in doing international design work. He has some language skills but was not fluent. He traveled to two different countries after making contacts with interior designers in those countries through professional associations. He also searched on the Internet for design companies in the two countries. These tactics gave him some ideas about how he might approach obtaining clients there.At lunch with one of these contacts, he agreed to joint venture with one of the designers on a commercial project. Robert was going to provide working drawings and construction documentation from notes provided by his new design partner.Robert retuned to the United States without an agreement, but expectations that it would soon follow. He began the drawings immediately upon his return to his home office.

3 David and Monica have finally made some inroads with a client who is opening a series of small retail stores in two European countries. The client is comfortable with the design firm, and is eager for them to begin the designs. David and Monica began the working drawings for the prototype and the client has given tentative approval to those drawings. However, Monica has had problems getting approvals on drawings from the foreign building officials. Exasperated, David implies that he will provide furniture for the home of one of the officials if the approvals are finalized. Monica does not like the idea, but since David is the senior partner she goes along with him.