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    The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution or the Cultural Revolution (1966 -1976) was one of the most dramatic and bleakest periods in the history of the People’s Republic of China. The roots of the Cultural Revolution date back to the late 1950s to the early 1960s when the Great Leap Forward ended in catastrophe. The leader‚ Mao Zedong lost a lot of his influence among his revolutionary comrades‚ supporters and eventually‚ he was removed from actual powers by the members of the party. During his

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    made up idea called cultural relativism. Cultural relativism means each individual understands everyone’s beliefs and activities. But there are many issues that challenges this idea. Furthermore‚ because there are many different cultures in the world there are many different moral codes. For an example the Greeks and the Callatians practice totally different ideas of funerals. The Callatians use to eat the bodies of their fathers. Doing this in today standards for our cultural would be unethical and

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    find it repulsive or immoral to do so. When someone violates a social norm or breaks a social rule‚ he or she seen as abnormal. Most of normal human behavior is formed by social norms carried out by society such as eating‚ walking‚ and talking. Allan Horwitz states that‚ “Conceptions of “the normal” are used to sort people into jobs‚ screen out allegedly abnormal people from valued social roles‚ define what deviance is‚ and set norms by which people judge valued behaviors (2008).” This is true as certain

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    interactions; but to date no empirical links have been made between behavioral outcomes and cultural differences between the participants‚ which became the actual purpose of the study. The first hypothesis is that Intercultural condition will produce less positive behavioral outcomes and cooperation than the Control condition and the second hypotheses states that these behavioral differences are connected to cultural differences. Organizers of the study offered modified version of Prisoner’s Dilemma

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    the need for understanding cross cultural relations becomes more and more essential. The case study was conducted by M-J.Browaeys‚ R.L. Price‚ and C.R.Seifert about cross cultural relations between French‚ German and British managers in an international company – Galderma in the context of European intergration. This will provide us an overview and result of investigation of specific issues related to how three cultures mentioned dealt with each other’s cultural differences when working together

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    Cross-Cultural Communication “Communication in health care is a complex issue. Language and cultural barriers complicate the situation. Language is the framework in which the world view of a culture is molded‚ and it describes the boundaries and perspectives of a cultural system. A language barrier disarms a communicant ’s ability to assess meanings‚ intent‚ emotions‚ and reactions and creates a state of dependency on the individual who holds the keys to the entire process” (Putsch‚ 1985‚ para

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    Chapter 13 The Impact of Globalization on Cross-Cultural Communication Lowell C. Matthews and Bharat Thakkar Additional information is available at the end of the chapter http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/45816 1. Introduction In a global environment the ability to communicate effectively can be a challenge. Even when both parties speak the same language there can still be misunderstandings due to ethic and cultural differences. Over the last decade‚ there have been countless examples from

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    Cultural Observations of France & Mexico Anthony Li Instructor Byran Than MKTG 454 September 12‚ 2011 For my cultural study assignment‚ I have decided to observe and report my findings on France and Mexico. The two countries are quite stark in cultural differences‚ yet share an underlying theme of deep respect for their business partners and associates. I will now go into the analysis of these two countries and provide a brief explanation of my findings. France: The country of France

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    As technology continues to develop in our modern world‚ so does our cultural identity. From the beginning of the Internet in the early 1990s‚ people have already started relying on computers to store and share files within companies and shared groups of people. As the Internet’s development accelerated to the 2000s‚ the identity of individuals began to change. The world-wide web’s name itself tells us what it is; information constructed on a web with world-wide information. For people with access

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    Plan of investigation Within this investigation‚ I intend to investigate the role played by the Chinese youth during the Cultural Revolution in 1966-1969. I plan to analyze the importance and contributions committed by the youth of the time. In order to do this I will gather information‚ which I then will review‚ compare and evaluate from a critical perspective. This is in order to finally be able to come to a conclusion to the question above. By taking into account the sources’ origins‚ purposes

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