Cultural Diversity Reporter: Elvin Kent Daza Introduction Healthcare workers must work with and provide care to a variety of people YOU must be aware of factors that cause each individual to be unique That uniqueness is influenced by many things: Physical characteristics Family life Socioeconomic status Religious beliefs Geographical location Education Occupation Life experiences One major influence is the person’s cultural/ethical heritage Culture The values‚ beliefs‚ attitudes‚ languages‚ symbols
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States has always been the “melting pot” of various racial and ethnic groups. In spite of the sides of our history where each group experienced prejudice and discrimination on different levels past and present‚ our nation is still rich with cultural diversity. From this I have learned a lot over the last nine weeks about my culture‚ other cultures‚ and the possible future if all of us come together to become a more pluralistic society. I began to understand the classification of subordinate groups
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MANASSAS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Cultural Diversity Essays Manassas City Public Schools Providing an innovative‚ engaging‚ inspiring and challenging learning environment for all students 2010-2011 School Year Cultural Diversity Essay Contest Grade 4 Topic (Local) Describe the changes that immigrants have brought to the cultural landscape in Manassas and Virginia. Virginia Studies Specific Standards of Learning: VS.4b The student will demonstrate knowledge of the life in the Virginia
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Cultural Diversity By Ellen LeBreton and Beverley Clarke Factors that may influence the equality of opportunity for individuals There are many factors that may influence the equality of opportunity for individuals for example: • Ethnicity- the fact or state of belonging to a group that has a common national or cultural tradition. • Religious beliefs.- this is when you believe that there is a certain god for each religion for example Jehovah witnesses believe god doesn’t exist and they don’t celebrate
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DeVry University Salesmanship Week 4 You Decide: Recruiting and Training Sales Personnel By Dashia Blue Attn: Personnel Team I’m excited about what the upcoming year has in store for our organization! According to the leadership team‚ sales continue to be the focus point on increasing revenue. The entry level sales position is vital to the growth and expansion of our consumer goods division. Based on the job description and the objectives of the company we must be strategic in our selection
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reasons many people embrace Cultural diversity 1. They value diversity 2. They think cultural imperialism is bad 3. They believe that cultural Relativism will preserve the integrity of diverse cultures from the threat of cultural imperialism. Does cultural Relativism offer a basis for promoting tolerance of cultural differences and opposing cultural imperialism? Every society has to set a rule when it is acceptable to kill some members. 5 claims of cultural relativism 1. Different
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Appendix A Part I Define the following terms found in Week One and Week Two readings: Term | Definition | Diversity | The state of being diverse‚ different‚ or unlike. | Ethnocentrism | The tendency to assume that one’s culture and way of life are superior to all others. | Melting pot | Diverse racial or ethnic groups or both‚ forming a new creation‚ a new cultural entity. | Minority group | A subordinate group whose members have significantly less control or power over their own
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Below are four scenarios pertaining to cultural diversity. For this assignment‚ you will prepare a research paper that focuses on one of these scenarios‚ analyzing what happened‚ what the consequences either are or might be‚ and how the situation can be corrected and/or prevented in the future. These must be concrete suggestions that could actually be implemented rather than vague references or opinions. While the situations have been fictionalized‚ there have been actual situations that are very
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Activity 2 Inventory of Cross-Cultural Sensitivity ©Kenneth Cushner‚ 1986 Purpose To complete a self-assessment instrument regarding your intercultural experiences. Instructions The following questionnaire asks you to rate your agreement or disagreement with a series of statements. Please respond honestly as there are no correct answers. You will find another copy of this in the last section of the workbook that you can complete at a later time. You can compare your responses
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Mathematics Bridge Program ©2002 DeVry University Algebra Chapter 1 The Real Number System 1.1. The Number Sets • Natural Numbers • Whole Numbers • Integers • Rational Numbers • Irrational Numbers • Real Numbers 1.2. Operations With Real Numbers • Absolute Value • Addition • Subtraction • Multiplication • Division
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