Running head: CULTURAL VALUES AND PERSONAL ETHICS PAPER Cultural Values and Personal Ethics Paper August 8‚ 2005 Cultural Values and Personal Ethics Paper All people have personal values and ethics‚ just as they have cultural values. Often times‚ those personal values and ethics may clash with those of their employer. As an example‚ as an individual‚ a person’s ethical guidelines might require honesty‚ integrity and respect. If that individual works for a company that does not necessarily
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THE PREVAILING CULTURAL VALUES I. Introduction Today we live in a world that is somehow smaller than it is used to be. New communication technology (e.g. email and the WWW) has made it easier to a certain extent to cross previous boundaries and communicate across time and space. However‚ the new technology does not necessarily make it easier to collaborate and communicate intercultural. To effectively collaborate and communicate we have to share meanings. This often requires that we
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In most Asian families‚ most kids’ first language is their native language. My first language is English but my second language is Vietnamese. It has always been equally important to me in my life. My parents spoke English‚ but little of it. As I was getting a little older‚ one day I heard my parents talking in Vietnamese and it was something about me because they said my name‚ I got really curious and asked them. They would not tell me anything and would just laugh so it made me angry. I realized
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EuroDisney case‚ Disney’s lack of cultural analysis led it to believe that the products and characters which were large sellers in the United States would hold the same amount of success in Europe. The park in Paris was very much like the American parks and symbolized the American culture which was vastly different than Paris’ “historical and refined” culture.
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Full name: Nguyễn Duy Khương Student Code: 2009598 Topic: Vietnamese Food Vietnam territory is divided into three regions is markedly North‚ Central and South. The characteristics of geography‚ culture‚ ethnicity‚ climate regulation the specific characteristics of the cuisine of each region - domain. Each domain has a sharp taste characteristics. That contributed to Vietnam cuisine rich and diverse. This is a cultural eating lots of vegetables used (boiled‚ fried‚ making pickle‚ eaten raw)
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By the 1930s Vietnamese nationalists‚ led by Ho Chi Minh‚ had burnt out most options for achieving self-determination peacefully. The revolutionary activism that followed was the only choice Vietnam had to attain their freedom from the occupying colonial France. A few years before World War I all the way through the 1960s‚ Ho Chi Minh tried persistently to gain basic rights and freedoms for his people to no avail. The French had oppressed the Vietnamese during the duration of their occupation and
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People perceive life differently‚ they value things differently and classify their experiences differently. Culture influence our everyday interactions‚ perspectives‚ marriage‚ religion‚ ethnicity‚ and even the way we see people with disabilities. Moreover‚ some cultures value people with disabilities and treat them just like any other human being‚ while this is not the case in all cultures. Some cultures discriminate and abuse people with disabilities and isolate them from the world because they
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Social norms are created through both cultural values and presentation of self‚ with these concepts of reality being constantly learned throughout our lives by means of social interaction as well as outside influences such as media‚ movies‚ television‚ and even observing strangers. Through these interactions and influences we determine what is publically acceptable in our society and conform ourselves to these social norms in order to remain in sync‚ by upholding our self presentation and social
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AMERICAN IDEALS AND VALUES I. Ideals: 1. Freedom: “The notion that America offers freedom for all í an ideal that unifies Americans and links present to past. Yet this ideal has not always corresponded to reality.” - Americans commonly regard their society as the freest and best in the world Proud when thinking that their country a heaven destination for those longing for freedom and opportunities. all people are equal all people are equal - Americans’ understanding of freedom is shaped
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weapon dropped from planes‚ they sprayed the sticky glue like substance and then set it on fire‚ it burns and does not cease until there is no napalm left • Agent orange used to kill trees as Vietnamese used to hide in the jungle and surprise attack the Australian troops‚ by demolishing the vegetation the Vietnamese were unable to hid from the Australians
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