UNDERSTANDING DIVERSITY Defining DIVERSITY Definitions of diversity range from distributive concerns based on the traditional categories of race‚ ethnicity and gender to the inclusion of a vast array of differences in age‚ sexual orientation‚ disability‚ employment status‚ tenure‚ function‚ educational background‚ lifestyle‚ religion‚ values and beliefs in addition to race‚ ethnicity and gender. In the recent CIPD report‚ Diversity: Stacking up the evidence (Anderson and Metcalf 2003)
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Cultural relativity is the process to understand that all beliefs‚ customs‚ and ethics are relative to the individual within his own social context. In other words‚ “right” and “wrong” are culture-specific; what is considered moral in one society may be considered immoral in another society. And since there is no something as “universal standard of morality”‚ therefore we have to use the culture’s own value system to judge the culture. It is closely related to ethical relativism‚ which is to judge
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269557MaxeyEGT1 309.2.4-05-07 Melynda Maxey Cultural Sensitivity April 11‚ 2013 Due to the current import and export infrastructure we already have in place with China‚ I would like to make a recommendation that we look at this country for our new venture. Before making any decision toward this move there will be several cultural issues that must be addressed. Clearly there are differences between our two countries and I would like to mention ones that could affect our relationship
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3 2. Cultural Tourism 3 3. Where Can Cultural Tourism Be Found 3 4. Resources Required in Cultural Tourism 4 5. Businesses‚ Suppliers and Partners in Cultural Tourism 4 6. Target Audience 5 7. How it is attractive 5 8. Challenges and Issues 6 9. Possible Solutions 7 References 8 1. Introduction Cultural tourism is the topic that will be discussed on and the country of choice is Turkey. The resources‚ businesses‚ suppliers and partners that are involved with cultural tourism
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Canada: A Cultural Analysis Abstract Canada is a beautiful country that is adjacent to the United States of America. There are many resemblances between Canadian culture and American culture. It is also common for Canadians to expect great communications in the workplace and friendliness. It is valued to be respectful of others ethical background as well. It is also standard to see similarities in basic hand shake as a cultural behavior to mean many things. In a
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THE CULTURAL WEB BEFORE HOWARD STRINGER Organizational culture sometimes influences the organizations strategy if taken for granted. Culture has played a role in Sony’s current financial difficulties. They had power blocks which hindered the flow of communication and corporation between the management‚ designers‚ production and marketing. The Cultural Web‚ developed by Gerry Johnson and Kevan Scholes in 1992‚ provides one such approach for looking at and changing your organization ’s culture
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Abstract The purpose of this paper is to examine how personal‚ organizational‚ and cultural values affect decision making in my personal and professional life. My cultural‚ organizational and personal values represent my beliefs and traditions of my cultural environment. Through my research‚ I examined values and based them on how important they are within my personal‚ organizational‚ work‚ and cultural lifestyle. Based on the research‚ I came to the conclusion knowing the foundational elements
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University College Dublin National University of Ireland Bachelor of Science (Singapore) Cross Cultural Management Pre Course Assignment Lecturer: Dr. Richard Tan Student Name: Zefanya Amarya Titiheruw Student Number: 1320 7826 Intake: BSc20 (B) Word Count : 4047 words Part I Summary of Article December 8‚ 2013 – a riot involving 400 people took place in Little India at around 9 pm. The situation arises after the SCDF (Singapore Civil Defense Force) located
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One problem with cultural conservation: To put it simply‚ and its not a problems that only conservatives very often confuse (or conflate ethics and aesthetics. When Gertrude Himmererfarf lambastes out (as she perceives it) ’amoral‚ ’sexually deviant’ and ’polymorpously perverse’ culture she is primarily responding to something that she finds culturally foreign and aesthetically threatening. I agree with her that values are oftentimes a good thing‚ but only when they are born of an ethical
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Global Business Environment Case Study #2: Global Business Environment and Cultural Considerations Steeping in opportunity Twelve Trees is a Canadian company that imports loose teas from China. They receive the tea in bulk from independent Chinese farmers‚ and package the tea in 400g‚ 2000g‚ and 5000g portions for distribution among their retailers‚ for the price of $110.00‚ $410.00‚ and $1‚180.00‚ respectively. Their suppliers reside in the Lingnan area (comprising the Guangdong‚ Guangxi
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