Utilising these tools‚ an environmental scan of the jewellery industry will be performed. PESTEL Analysis Political Many of the raw materials for the jewellery industry can originate in countries that have political instability. Of the top five diamond producing countries‚ Canada is the most politically stable‚ with minimal probability of any mining disruption due to war. The other four are a different situation. Russia is still in a state of internal turmoil regarding Chechnya and other breakaway
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Blanket from 1885 shows the cross cultural impacts that serve as a large theme in Southwest Indian art. The Navajo learned many practices from the Pueblo such as weaving‚ using the loom‚ and sand paintings. The materials in the blanket show cross-cultural influences from the wool used in the blanket were spun from sheep from the Spanish and the dyes came from Indian traders.
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Cultural relativism is a process involving the examining and understanding of a culture‚ /different from your own‚ without discrediting their beliefs. Understanding differing cultural beliefs can be acquired by considering functions of practices‚ behaviors‚ symbols‚ traditions‚ and morals within a society. The initial concept of cultural relativism was created to turn people away from ethnocentrism‚ which is the belief that your cultures beliefs are authentic and all other cultures beliefs are
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avoid "blood diamond" sourcing‚ the brand has to transfer know-how to African employees. However‚ if the contentions regarding working conditions are true‚ the brand has merely replaced one evil with another. With increasing global concern over conflict diamonds‚ it’s hard to see how Tiffany & Co. will be able to maintain its once sterling brand image against such reports. Chief Executive Michael Kowalski stated he’d like his clientele’s focus “to be on the quality of the diamond ring‚ not how
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between Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism The world today consists of an incalculable number of societies. Each society varies significantly in the different elements of culture. Culture is one’s designed way of living based on erudite customs‚ knowledge‚ material items‚ and behavior. Within every society today lives an ethnocentric attitude. The belief that ones own culture is superior to that of another’s. However‚ it is important to develop a sense of cultural relativism in today’s society
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CULTURAL COMPETENCY Cultural competency is communicating and accepting everyone with no cultural barriers • Ensuring that the everyone the setting are aware of their own culture and have a clear view about other cultures • Ensuring that everyone has a positive attitude towards other cultures and belief. • Ensuring that everyone in the settings has a good knowledge about the different cultural practices across the world. • Ensuring everyone are skilled in communicating and interacting with people
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York College‚ City University of New York - Program in Cultural Diversity Fall 2010 ASSIGNMENT ONE: ‘SHOW-N-TELL’ AND CULTURAL MONOLOGUE (10 points) For this Assignment‚ each student will undertake the following: PART 1: Artifact Presentation (Show and Tell): You are expected to bring in some special material object (artifact) that is representative of your culture (T-shirts‚ baseball caps‚ passports‚ currency‚ miniature flags‚ coffee mugs‚ key-ring holders‚ music CDs‚ DVDs
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Cultural Relativism Introduction According to www.gotquestions.org/cultural-relavitsim‚ cultural relativism is the view that all beliefs‚ customs‚ and ethics are related to the social norms and culture that one comes from. In other words‚ right and wrong or good and bad are culture-specific‚ meaning that what is reflected moral in one society may be reflected immoral in another. Therefore‚ since no collective standard of morality subsists‚ no one has the right to judge another society’s customs
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Introduction and Background After finished the second public consultation on the three models (City Park‚ Cultural Connect and Project for a New Dimension)‚ West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD) project arouse public’s attention again. It was first announced by Tung Chee-hwa in 1998 to develop Hong Kong as the cultural hub in Asia with world-class facilities inside the district including theatres‚ performance venues‚ museums‚ exhibition centers and piazzas. However‚ after the first public consultation
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Cultural Relativism is a perspective that moral codes vary from culture to culture‚ no moral code within in a culture is superior to the other codes in different cultures; This ideology comes from that there is no universal truth‚ meaning there is no philosophical standard that determines if something is either right or wrong‚ therefore one cannot establish that something is “better.” In “The Challenge of Cultural Relativism‚” James Rachels introduces the topic by introducing Darius whom is a king
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