This week around 300 graduating MBAs at Harvard Business School will take an oath, pledging to play a positive role in society once they graduate.

本周大约有300名将从哈佛商学院工商管理硕士(MBA)毕业生将举行宣誓，保证毕业后在社会发挥积极作用。

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For Americans to play a more effective role in international business negotiations, they must put forth more effort to improve cross-cultural understanding.

美国人要在国际商务谈判中扮演更为有效的角色，他们就必须投入更多的努力提高跨文化的理解力。

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They came to South Africa's business capital last weekend to play in a tournament to raise money for their trip to America.

她们在上周末来到了堪称南非经济之都的约翰内斯堡踢球赛，为美国之行募集资金。

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"They'll play it close to the vest, " rather than say they want to take a small business into a new market, Mr. Richmond said.

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Interestingly enough, that is a role the best chief information officers play, as they have reason to collaborate with leaders of each business unit and division of a company often in ways that those leaders do not with each other.

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