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    Case Study: Cross-Cultural Stereotypes and Communication Read the scenarios below and write a 2 - 4 page paper (excluding cover page) that addresses the following: Analyze cross-cultural contact that police officers and civilian employees have with citizens‚ victims‚ suspects‚ and coworkers. Cultural differences may lead to erroneous conclusions about Asian/Pacific American behaviors. These misunderstandings can cause the entire system to become involved in a family’s life (courts‚ district

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    Language and culture are said to be different in some aspects because language is “the method of human communication‚ either spoken or written‚ consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way” and culture‚ “is the ideas‚ customs‚ and social behaviour of a particular people or society”‚ which then means if you share a language you also share the culture‚ i believe thats a hasty generalisation because for example if i can speak spanish does not necessarily mean i can make a spanish

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    Professional Communication Cultural Sensitivity Paper Linda Ginder Grand Canyon University - NUR 502 July 10‚ 2013 Professional Communication Cultural Sensitivity Paper No culture is growing at a faster pace than the Hispanic population‚ surpassing African Americans as the largest minority population in the United States. The Hispanic population increased from 35.3 million to 50.5 million in 2010. The intention of this paper is to increase the awareness and understanding of cultural competency

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    processed; they separated us all then took us all into a small office individually and asked which one of us was the one who shot the two gang members a few blocks over from my friends house. The two gangs in our area were the Nomads and Elderodoes. After he talked to all of us they put us into a cell together. There had to be twenty five guys that were their that were arrested for the same reason‚ which told me they had no idea who did the shooting so they just arrested everyone that was in the

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    COMMUNICATION IN MULTI-CULTURAL COUNSELING Communication in Multi-Cultural Counseling Connie Sutton Grand Canyon University PCN 509/Social and Cultural Diversity Susan Lutz‚ LMFT October 25‚ 2010 Introduction Research shows clients from ethnic minority groups are the least likely to make use of counseling services. One explanation for this is that it is an ethnocentric activity‚ based on the values of the white middle

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    • Discuss two factors that are a part of verbal communication‚ beyond the actual words themselves that might be important in your first meeting with John. Discovering John has a slight hearing impairment I would take him to a room that quiet so that we can both communicate without any outside interference. Body language speaks volumes to hear-impaired‚ making sure my non-verbal signals face expressions‚ gestures‚ and posture fit your intended message. To ensure that we communicate effectively I

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    MISUNDERSTANDING LAWYERS’ ETHICS Monroe H. Freedman* Abbe Smith** A Modern Legal Ethics: Adversary Ethics in a Democratic Age. By Daniel Markovits. New Jersey: Princeton University Press. 2008. Pp. xii‚ 361. $29.95. The title of Daniel Markovits’s book‚ A Modern Legal Ethics‚ gives the impression that it is a comprehensive treatise on contemporary lawyers’ eth2 ics. The contents of the book‚ however‚ are both more limited and more expansive than the title suggests. Markovits’s treatment of lawyers’

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    reconciliation between races in order to encourage amity‚ nation-building and economic growth between the country’s white minority and black majority racial groups. This lead to a period of growth throughout the 1980s‚ the economy performed extremely well‚ which led the Central government expenditure to triple and increase its share from 32.5% of GDP in 1979 to 44.6% in 1989(Hazzlewood‚ 1967:284). Having inherited a socially skewed system of allocation of resources from its predecessor‚ the ZANU PF government

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    shown in the above conversation‚ moral values were under consideration. It can be seen all over the new textbooks which are not according to Iranian Glory. 5. Does the new curriculum allow cultural communication? Cultural communication can be enhanced through using multimedia and audio-visual aids. Using modern technological techniques would be much more effective. Cultural communication as the focus of the question “can be enhanced” using multimedia. The new textbooks were presented to students with

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    Cross-Cultural Stereotypes and Communication Wendy Kinsey Kaplan University CJ 246 (section-01) Stacie Haen-Darden July 28‚ 2011 Scenario 1: Asian/Pacific American Using Coining to Heal Seng Chang and Kaying Lor had the couple’s Children taken on April 30 when some employee’s At Sherman Elementary School noticed marks on the children’s bodies. After the family had been in court on Monday‚ the couple been notified that there would be no charges and they would receive their children

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