Justin Cowan, Nick Yeager, Simona Isklander, and Nick Hoban

Survivor Season 1 Cast

Ways not to CommunicateBeg. Season

Mid/End SeasonPeople were being

demanding/upset with each other Especially starting

off on island together

Some members not working hard like others Older members

especially

Tribes were eliminated People started working

alone moreAlliances were more

important to last in the game

Some members were too blunt towards others Caused them to be

eliminated earlier than more quiet members

Productive CommunicationBeg. Season Mid/End Season

First reaching island worked together well Had to build living

space, find food/waterTeam Challenges

showed teamwork Members had to work

together or would lose Losing team votes off

member

Friendships and alliances from previous tribes overpower single players Teamwork pays off with

more powerFinal episode is vote

for who they want to win Positive communication

in past pays off in end

Building TeamworkBeg. Season Mid/End Season

Teamwork was very productive Teams had to build

camp from scrapsTeamwork started

all of the alliances and friendships that lasted during game

Teamwork started to disappear Game was based

more on individual efforts

Only lasting teamwork was alliances that were made earlier in the game

Who made themselves relevant and therefore succeed?Season 1, it was Richard Hatch

How they made themselves relevantEarly in the game:

The Strongest Who can win challenges for their tribe

The Providers Who can fish, hunt, or gather

Later in the game:The Manipulators

Who make alliances, backstab, and deceive

Are any behaviors from Survivor represent on your team?The team building is more of the positive

aspects of the show but there aren’t really any of the negative aspects.

Behaviors that undermined someone’s ability to become relevant: Blatant or SubtleJokes: both blatant and subtle. Uses humor to

distract what the person is saying. Not hearing/overruling/not listening to

people: Subtle if pretending not to hear the person. Blatant if you tell the person to shut up.

“Not the one bitchin”: Blatant. Directly tells the group that the person is being detrimental to the group.

Behaviors determining Relevance: Blatant or Subtle cont.People overworking: Subtle. This puts others

off that they think they are better than the rest of the group

Making the negatives of people pointed out for the reason they need to go home: Blatant, directly insinuating they won’t be relevant.

Alliances: Subtle, people group up to not allow others to succeed.

Voting person off: Blatant, it is part of the game, but shows the person is not a true survivor

Misleading peopleUtilitarianism: Misleading people is normal if

the greater good is achieved.The ends justify the means.

Kant: Ethical stance that the way a person gets to the end decision is important and universal truths.If everyone misleads each other it causes

deceit, chaos, and distrust.If everyone tells the truth and works together

toward common goal it creates bond and an utopian society.

Is it more important to tell the truth bluntly or be sensitive and still truthful?

It is always better to be sensitive and still truthful rather than being blunt.

Being blunt can make people become defensive and can break the relationships in a team.

Politeness, even if criticizing, provides higher chances to get a good outcome/ solution to a problem.

Have you witnessed any of these behaviors in life?

One person of a team did someone else's part of the project to be “nice” without being asked to. The other person had nothing left to do for the project and received a C based on team rating.

In one of my classes during a team project, one team member out of 4 showed up with his own project because he did not blended into the group.

Is it always best to tell the truth and nothing but the truth even if it hurts someone?It depends on the situation and the truth. If someone will be hurt a lie is better.If the truth is constructive criticism, than

truth is better.In our case study, as long as the truth does

not hurt you and hurts someone else is perfectly fine as long as you do not get caught, if you do you will be voted off.

Ethics versus money, or truth versus being voted off.

What did you learn from this project?

The best one does not always win.Don’t trust anyone.Watch your back.Sweet talk bring more advantages.You have to decide if money or ethics are

more important to you.