diversity of cultures
Cultural Ethics
DeVry University
Nelly Cavero
Cultural Ethics
Few decades ago, people from different places of the world started coming to America, well known as the land of opportunity – the promised land for several reasons: search of employment opportunities, to leave poverty behind, cost of living but most importantly the dream of better future. Nowadays, if walking by the streets of the famous city of the U.S it will be easy to find people from different cultures such as Hispanics, Indians, Europeans, African Americans who have been living in this country for years and already have a career, their own house and children who has been born and raised here. Due to the diversity of cultures in America, managers and professionals must be aware that in order to be respected, we must respect first. Also they should understand that each country possesses customs, beliefs and values that remain in each individual no matter what. In order to create a peaceful environment at work, managers should promote meetings about how to understand diversity. Two common words that come into place at a work setting are prejudice and ethnocentrism. For instance, when I used to work at a nursing home two years ago, I witnessed how this two concepts can affect the way you do your work. By that time, I was a certified nursing assistant and ninety percent of the nursing staff was formed by Philippine people. At first, I did not have any problem with that because I respect everybody’s cultures and beliefs. As days were passing, I started feeling excluded because the nurses talked in their own language in front of me. At the same time, I was assigned to do the “dirty job” while the others were sitting in the conference room drinking coffee. I started getting tired of this situation, I felt they thought they were in a higher level than me. One day I asked the supervisor if there was any reason why they seemed hesitant to accept someone from other culture
DeVry University
Nelly Cavero
Cultural Ethics
Few decades ago, people from different places of the world started coming to America, well known as the land of opportunity – the promised land for several reasons: search of employment opportunities, to leave poverty behind, cost of living but most importantly the dream of better future. Nowadays, if walking by the streets of the famous city of the U.S it will be easy to find people from different cultures such as Hispanics, Indians, Europeans, African Americans who have been living in this country for years and already have a career, their own house and children who has been born and raised here. Due to the diversity of cultures in America, managers and professionals must be aware that in order to be respected, we must respect first. Also they should understand that each country possesses customs, beliefs and values that remain in each individual no matter what. In order to create a peaceful environment at work, managers should promote meetings about how to understand diversity. Two common words that come into place at a work setting are prejudice and ethnocentrism. For instance, when I used to work at a nursing home two years ago, I witnessed how this two concepts can affect the way you do your work. By that time, I was a certified nursing assistant and ninety percent of the nursing staff was formed by Philippine people. At first, I did not have any problem with that because I respect everybody’s cultures and beliefs. As days were passing, I started feeling excluded because the nurses talked in their own language in front of me. At the same time, I was assigned to do the “dirty job” while the others were sitting in the conference room drinking coffee. I started getting tired of this situation, I felt they thought they were in a higher level than me. One day I asked the supervisor if there was any reason why they seemed hesitant to accept someone from other culture